SULE TOMKINSON, Ph.D.
Email : [email protected] Website : http://sule-tomkinson.com/Tel : +1514-961-1904 ACADEMIC POSITION
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Kansas Fall 2015- School of Public Affairs & Administration
Institute for Policy & Social Research EDUCATION
Ph.D. Université de Montréal, Political Science 2010- 2015 Received outstanding dissertation mention and nominated to the Dean’s Honor List (top 10%)
Comprehensive exams: Comparative Politics, Canadian and Quebec Politics
MA University of Essex, Theory and Practise of Human Rights 2006-2007 Specialization: International Human Rights Law
B.A Bilkent University Political Science and Public Administration 2002-2006 (High Honours)
RESEARCH and TEACHING INTERESTS
Law and society, comparative politics of migration, governance of migrants, international human rights law, policy implementation, administrative tribunals, comparative ethnography of state, qualitative research methods and research ethics
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed publications
2015 Soupçon sur l’asile au Canada, Plein Droit, 105(2), 26-29
2015 “Studying refugee decision-making: challenges of access to the research site and strategies resolution”, Refugee Review, 2(1), 151-160.
2015, “Doing Research on State Organizations: Ethical Challenges of Research on Refugee Decision Makers”, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16(1), Available at http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150168
2014, “The impact of quality counsel and procedural capital in the Canadian refugee determination process”, International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 1(3), 276-290 2012, “Multiplicity of Truths about Human Trafficking: Beyond the Sex Slave Discourse”, CEU Political Science Journal, 7(1), pp. 50-67
Non-refereed publications
Book review : “Affirmer la laïcité, un pas de plus vers l’égalité réelle entre les femmes et les hommes”, du Conseil du statut de la femme, Québec, Gouvernement du Québec, mars 2011, 161 p., Politique etSociété, 31(2), 2012, pp. 163-165
“Childhood to Womanhood: Child Brides and the Inefficiency of the Indian State”, Australian Journal of Gender and Law, 1(1), 2009, Working Paper, Available at https://genderandlaw.murdoch.edu.au/index.php/sisterinlaw/article/view/17/49
TEACHING
Université de Montréal, Science Politique
2015 (Winter), POL 1020 Politique au Québec, au Canada Teaching Assistant 2015 (Winter), POL 1953 Institutions politiques Québec – Canada Teaching Assistant
2014 (Fall), POL 2752 Le Japon Teaching Assistant
2014 (Winter), POL 3120 Méthodes qualitatives Instructor 2013 (Winter), POL1008- Forces et comportements Teaching Assistant 2012 (Fall), POL 1009, Politique comparée Teaching Assistant 2012 (Summer), POL 1009, Politique comparée Teaching Assistant
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Panel convenor, “Studying Asylum Adjudication from Below: North American and European Perspectives”, International Political Science Association, 24th World Congress, July 23-28 (submitted)
2016
Peer review for Canadian Political Science Journal, CEU Political Science Journal and Refugee Review
Panel convenor, “Emotionally charged moments in refugee and forced migration research; contaminations or sources of insight?”, Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, May 13-15, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Member, Professional Development Committee, International Studies Association Canada Section
Panel co-convenor, La recherche de terrain: Défis, pratiques et stratégies pour bien s'y préparer (Fieldwork : Challenges, practices and strategies for preparation), Oct 9, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada
Panel convener, “Ethnographic study of state organizations – tales from sites of power” International Political Science Association, 23rd World Congress, July 19-24, Montreal, QC, Canada
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Immigration Control and Public Administration of Refugees in Canada”, American Association of Political Science Annual Meeting (APSA), September 3-6, San Francisco, CA, USA
“What does using ethnography as a methodology bring to the study of Canadian public administration and decision making?” Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), June 2-4, Ottawa, ON, Canada
“Deciding who is a refugee: the use of discretionary reasoning to process refugee claims made in Canada”, Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA), May 25-26, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
“The Politics of Immigration Control and Public Administration of Refugee Claimants in Canada and the United States”, Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), May 13-15, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Making sense of tears: emotionally charged moments in refugee decision-making”, CARFMS, May 13-15, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Une épreuve de vraisemblance ou de vérité: le processus de décision relatif aux réfugiés au Canada”, Centre de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté (CRIEC), February 6, Montreal, QC, Canada
2014
2015 2015
“Doing Research on State Organizations: Ethical Challenges of Research on Refugee Decision Makers”, International Political Science Association World Congress (IPSA), July 19-24, Montreal, QC, Canada
“Being invisible at a research site that is hidden from sight”, doing politically sensitive research on refugee decision makers”, CPSA, May 27-29, St Catharines, ON
“Prove to me that you are a genuine refugee”: Credibility assessment at Canadian refugee hearings”, CPSA, May 27-29, St Catharines, ON
“Truth is a stubborn beast – how will you handle it? Truth seeking and credibility assessment during refugee hearings”, CARFMS, May 7-9, Montréal, QC
“Truth is a stubborn beast – how will you handle it? Truth seeking and credibility assessment during refugee hearings”, International Studies Association Convention (ISA), March 26-29, Toronto, ON
“Does professionalization of decision makers create a difference in the treatment of refugee claims?”, ISA, March 26-29, Toronto, ON
“Refugee Determination Process: Truth seeking and credibility assessment during refugee hearings”, CPSA, June 4-6, Victoria, BC
“Comment cherche-t-on la vérité: le processus de détermination du statut de réfugié au Canada”, Congrés annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), May 27-29, Montréal
“New Understandings of Human Trafficking in Canada”, ISA, April 3-6, San Francisco, USA
“Changing Paradigms of Canada’s Refugee Determination System”, ISA, April 3-6, San Francisco, CA, USA
“Making Sense of Discretion: Micro-Dynamics of Canada’s Refugee Determination System”, Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Convention (NPSA), November 15-17, Boston, MA, USA
“Studying Discretion in Action: Micro-Dynamics of Canada’s Refugee Determination System”, Changing Landscapes: Rethinking Policy, Practice and Research on Migration, May 11, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2014
2013
“Making up victims, criminalizing migrants, a critique of anti-trafficking discourse”, Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference, the Centre for International Policy Studies, March 22, Ottawa, ON
INVITED TALKS
“The mantle of responsibility: research on the quality counsel”, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL), 8th Annual Conference, April 2, Toronto, ON
“Neither Turkish spring nor Turkish occupy: universal democratic claim making within diversity”, From Protecting the Trees to Occupying the Streets in Turkey: Understanding the Gezi Park Protests, Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, McGill University, June 20, Montréal, QC
“Stephen Harper, peut-il procéder à la « réingénierie » du system de statut de réfugié du Canada? ”, Mutations de l’espace institutionnel et polarisations social, École d’études politiques, February 27, Ottawa, ON
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Outstanding dissertation award and nomination to the Dean’s Honor List (top 10%) 2015 Université de Montréal, Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, travel grant 2014 The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Student
paper prize, short listed
2014 International Studies Association Canada Section, Student Paper prize, Honorable Mention 2012 Presidency of Turks Abroad and Related Communities, co-applicant with Dr. Ekrem Karakoc (Binghamton University), 6 months field in Canada on civic and political participation of immigrants from Turkey in Canada, $ 20,000
2011-2014 Fonds de recherché société et culture, Québec, Doctoral Scholarship, $ 60,000
2009 The United Kingdom-India Education and Research Initiative, (UKIERI), main applicant, 3 months field research in India on child marriage, $ 3,300
2006-2007 Chevening Scholarship, British Foreign and Common wealth Office (full scholarship) 2015
2002-2006 Bilkent University B.S. Scholarship (full scholarship)
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native) English (fluent) French (fluent)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP - ASSOCIATIONS
American Political Science Association Canadian Political Science Association
Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Société québécoise de science politique
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP – RESEARCH CENTRES
Center for Evaluation of Immigration Policies (Concordia University)
Centre de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté (Université du Québec à Montréal) Centre de recherche sur les politiques et le développement sociale (Université de Montréal) Centre for Refugee Studies (York University)
Observatoire sur les profilages racial, social et politique (Université de Montréal)
CITIZENSHIP
