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University Education:
Jacobs University Bremen (formerly International University Bremen) PhD degree in Psychology. Thesis topic: ‚When men read romance and women read adventure – an empirical study on the emotional engagement of men and women while reading narratives.’ |
March 2003 - March 2007 special distinction | Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg Successfully completed Psychology Studies and was awarded a Vordiplom in 1996 (German version of Bachelor of Science) and a Diplom in 2001 (German version of Master of Science). Thesis topic: ‘Testing the reliability of the Heidelberg Body Shame Questionnaire’ |
October 1993 - January 2001 (including two years of internship) Final grade: sehr gut | Goethe Gymnasium Düsseldorf Successfully completed secondary school and passed the Abitur in English and German |
June 1992 |
Fellowships & Awards:
Graduate Student of the Year 2005 Award at Jacobs University Bremen | 2005 | One-year research grant by the ‘Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfonds’ for doctorate thesis | January 2002 - January 2003 |
Research and Teaching Positions:
HISTORY OF ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT | | Jacobs University Bremen Lecturer in empirical methods (qualitative methods) |
February 2009 to date | Zeppelin University Lecturer in empirical methods (quantitative and qualitative methods) |
August 2008 to January 2009 | Jacobs University Bremen Lecturer in empirical methods (qualitative methods) Research associate in the research project ‘Reading and gender’ funded by the German Research Foundation DFG (headed by Prof. Dr. Margrit Schreier) Research associate in the research project ‚Distinguishing between fact and fiction in adult media use’ funded by the German Research Foundation DFG as part of the priority program ‘Reading socialization and the media (headed by Prof. Dr. Norbert Groeben und Prof. Dr. Margrit Schreier) |
February 2008 - June 2008 January 2006 - June 2007
March 2003 - December 2005 | Arbeitsstelle für Leseforschung und Kinder- und Jugendmedien – Cologne University Research assistant at the department of research on reading and media of children and adolescents. Conducted quantitative and qualitative data analyses in the research project ‘Historical transitions of media socialization in the family’ funded by the German Research Foundation DFG (headed by Prof. Dr. Bettina Hurrelmann) |
June 2001 - December 2002 | Research Group on ‚Shame’ – University Heidelberg Participated in developing and evaluating the Heidelberg Body Shame Questionnaire (headed by: Prof. Dr. Annette Kämmerer) |
January 1999 - January 2000 |
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE | | ‘Research Design and Methods’ (MA); ‘Research Colloquium’ (BA); ‘Academic Writing’ (BA) At the department Communication and Cultural Management, Zeppelin University | 2008 (Fall Semester) | ‘Culture & History: Methodology and Methods’ (BA) At the methods department of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen |
2008 (Spring Semester) | Workshop ‘Qualitative Content Analysis’ At the Leibniz-Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig / the Social Science Research Center, Berlin at (GESIS-) ZUMA: assisted Prof. Dr. Margrit Schreier |
November 2007 / March 2007 October 2006 / January 2007, 2008 | ‘Advanced Qualitative Methods’ (MA & PhD) At the methods department of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen: conducted two workshops and assisted Prof. Dr. Margrit Schreier |
2006 (Fall Semester) | ‘Scientific Work and Learning Skills’(BA) At the methods department of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen |
2003 (Fall Semester) |
Other Professional Activities:
INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL PRACTICE | | ‘Die gute Hand’ – Biesfeld Completed a one year internship at the educational-therapeutic centre for children and adolescents. Established a dance therapy group for children with severe disorders. |
January 1999 – December 1999 | Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy – Izmir, Turkey Written and oral translations of publications, conference presentations, seminars |
January 1998 to date | St.- Marienhospital – Bonn University Completed a four-month internship at the psychosomatic inpatient centre for adults. Employed dance therapy techniques and psychoanalytic methods in group therapy settings. Founded and conducted ambulant dance therapy groups after completion of internship |
N ovember 1998 - February 1999
January 2000 - April 2002 | ‚Ross Hospital’ in Ross, California, USA Completed a six-month internship at the unit for children and adolescents of the inpatient psychiatric facility. Employed dance and art therapy techniques in group and individual settings. |
March 1997 - September 1997 | ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE | | Participated in several home-stays in Great Britain and spent four months at a college in Cornwall | 1988 and 1990 | Spent first six years of life in Ankara, Turkey | 1973 – 1979 |
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS | | Co-organizer of collaborative lecture series ‘Ortswechsel’ concerning questions and findings of gender- and women’s studies – under participation of all institutes of higher learning in Bremen. | 2005 - 2007 | Organizer of ‘Gender Workshop II’ at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Jacobs University Bremen in April 2005 (with co-organizer Alex Pershai). | 2005 | Organizer of ‘Gender Workshop I’ at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Jacobs University Bremen in February 2004 (with co-organizer Alex Pershai). | 2004 | Assistant organizer of the annual psychotherapy conference at the 'Halime Odag Psychotherapy Foundation' in Turkey (Izmir). | 2005 to date |
Academic Publications:
PUBLICATIONS | | Book | | Odag, Ö. Wenn Männer von der Liebe lesen und Frauen von Abenteuern... Eine empirische Rezeptionsstudie zur emotionalen Beteiligung von Männern und Frauen beim Lesen narrativer Texte. Lengerich: Pabst Science Pubishers | 2007 | Edited Book | | Odag, Ö. & Pershai, A. (eds.). Negotiating space for gender: Frameworks and applications. Hamburg: Peter Lang. | 2005 | Chapters in edited books | | Odag, Ö. Of men who read romance and women who read adventure-stories… An empirical reception study on the emotional engagement of men and women while reading narrative texts. J. Auracher & W. v. Peer (eds.), New beginnings in literary studies, (pp. xxx-xxx). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2008 | Odag, Ö. Sozialpsychologie des Unterrichts. In N. Groeben und B. Hurrelmann (eds.), Empirische Unterrichtsforschung: Literatur- und Lesedidaktik, (pp. 255-271). Weinheim: Juventa. | 2006 | Odag, Ö. In pursuit of interdisciplinarity: A resumé for Gender Workshop at IUB. In Ö. Odað & A. Pershai (eds.) Negotiating space for gender: Frameworks and applications, (pp. 137-151). Hamburg: Peter Lang. | 2005 | Hurrelmann, B., Becker, S., Elias, S. & Odag, Ö. Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit: Zur (Re-) Konstruktion geschlechtsspezifischer Vermittlungsformen in der Lesesozialisation. In H. Bonfadelli und P. Bucher (eds.), Lesen in der Mediengesellschaft. Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung, (S. 178–214). Zürich: Verlag Pestalozzianum | 2002 | Journal Papers | | Odag, Ö. (submitted for publication). The Third Iraq War: On the credibility of media reports. Submitted to Communication Quarterly | 2008 | Odag, Ö. (2008). Frauen lesen anders! Männer auch? Eine empirische Rezeptionsstudie aus der Medienpsychologie. Psychotherapie und Sozialwissenschaft, 2. | 2008 | Schreier, M. & Odag, Ö. (accepted for publication). Experiential states during reading: A gendered view. To appear in Siegener Periodicum zur Empirischen Literaturwissenschaft SPIEL Special issue: How literature enters life | 2008 | Odag, Ö. Besprechung von Steinmann, M. – Sophies zweite Welt. (review) Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 17(4), 161-162. | 2005 | Odag, Ö. Bericht vom Doktorandenworkshop im Rahmen der dritten Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (in der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie). Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 1, S. 41-42. | 2004 | Schreier, M. & Odag, Ö. Genuss und Distanz: Geschlechterspezifische Kompetenzen beim Umgang mit Realität(en) und Fiktion(en). Siegener Periodicum zur Empirischen Literaturwissenschaft SPIEL, 23, 94-115. | 2004 | Schreier, M., Odag, Ö. & Groeben, N. Der Dritte Golfkrieg: Zur Glaubhaftigkeit der medialen Berichterstattung. Qualitative Markt-, Medien- und Meinungsforschung, FQS, 5, 1. | 2004 |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | | Odag, Ö. Some men read like some women! Further findings from an experimental reception study on the emotional engagement of men and women during reading. Paper presentation at the 11th IGEL-Conference (International Society for the empirical study of literature and related media) at the University of Memphis | 2008 | Odag, Ö., Schreier, M. & Thies-Brandner, Y. Reading with a difference? Reading styles and strategies in relation to gender. Paper presentation at the 11th IGEL-Conference at the University of Memphis | 2008 | Schreier, M. Thies-Brandner, Y. & Odag, Ö. Sleuthing for gender differences in reading experience: A study with thriller-type short stories. Paper presentation at the 29th International Congress of Psychology in Berlin | 2008 | Odag, Ö., Schreier, M. & Thies-Brandner, Y. A gendered view of reading fiction: Going beyond sex difference. Paper presentation at the 20. Feminist & Women’s Studies Association Conference Feminism and Popular Culture in Newcastle | 2007 | Schreier, M., Odag, Ö. & Thies-Brandner, Y. Lesen Frauen und Männer wirklich anders? Eine empirische Rezeptionsstudie. Paper presentation at the 5th Media Psychology Conference in Dresden | 2007 | Odag, Ö. Frauen mögen Liebesgeschichten und Männer Abenteuer? Eine empirische Rezeptionsstudie zu geschlechtsspezifischen Leseweisen. Paper presentation at the 45th Congress of the German Psychology Association in Nurnberg | 2006 | Schreier, M., Odag, Ö. & Groeben, N. Nur ein Roman? Zum Einfluss fiktionaler Erzählungen auf die Zustimmung zu unglaubhaften Textaussagen. Paper presentation at the 45th Congress of the German Psychology Association in Nurnberg | 2006 | Odag, Ö. Women love romance and men adventure? An empirical study on the emotional impact of narrative texts on men and women. Paper presentation at the 10th IGEL-Conference at Munich University | 2006 | Odag, Ö. Frauen lesen besser als Männer? Eine empirische Studie zur emotionalen Beteiligung beim Lesen aus Geschlechterperspektive. Paper presentation at the 4th Media Psychology-Conference in Erfurt. | 2005 | Schreier, M., Odag. Ö & Groeben, N. Wie glaubhaft sind Fiktionen? Eine Rezeptionsstudie zur wahrgenommenen Glaubhaftigkeit von Fiktionen. Paper presentation at the 4th Media Psychology-Conference in Erfurt. | 2005 | Odag, Ö. Warum Frauen von der Liebe und Männer von Abenteuern lesen... Lecture as part of the lecture series ‘Ortswechsel’ at Bremen University. | 2005 | Odag, Ö. Women love romance, men love adventure - a gendered view of emotional participation while reading literature. Paper presentation at the 3rd Graduate Students Conference at Jacobs University Bremen. | 2005 | Odag. Ö. Sozialpsychologie des Unterrichts. Paper presentation at the symposium ‘Literaturdidaktische Unterrichtsforschung’ as part of the DFG-priority program ‘Reading socialization and the media’ at the University of Cologne | 2005 | Odag. Ö & Schreier, M. Evaluating the credibility of war reports. Paper presentation at the Conference ‘Communicating War: Strategies, Implications and Ethics’ at Guildford University. | 2005 | Schreier, M. & Odag, Ö. (Soziales) Geschlecht und Realitäts-Fiktions-Unterscheidungen: State und Trait. Presentation at the symposium ‘Geschlecht und (interaktive) Medien’ as part of the DFG-priority program ‘Reading socialization and the media’ at the University of Cologne | 2004 | Schreier, M., Odag, Ö. & Groeben N. Identification, involvement, immersion: experiential states during reading. Paper presentation at IGEL-Conference at Edmonton University, Canada | 2004 | Odag, Ö. & Schreier M. The third Iraq War: On the credibility of media reports.Paper presentation at the 6th international German Online Research (GOR-) Conference at Duisburg University | 2004 | Odag, Ö. Gender and emotional participation while reading narrative texts. Paper presentation at the first Graduate Students Conference at Jacobs University Bremen | 2003 |
Odag, Ö.(2003b). An empirical study on gender and emotions while reading. Paper presentation at the Media Psychology doctorate workshop (as part of the German Psychology Association) in Saarbrücken | 2003 | Hurrelmann, B. & Odag, Ö. Familienkulturelle Voraussetzungen des kindlichen Erwerbs von Lese- und Medienkompetenz zur Zeit des ´Eintritts in die Mediengesellschaft`. Paper presentation at the symposion ‘Interaktion von Lese- und Medienkompetenz’ as part of the DFG-priority program ‘Reading socialization and the media’ at the University of Cologne | 2003 | Odag, Ö. Gender and emotional participation while reading narrative texts – an empirical study. Paper presentation at the international IGEL-Workshop ‘How Literature Enters Life II’ in Utrecht | 2003 |
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