Kerem Morgul

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

Lindner Hall - Arts & Sciences, Office 209A 2035 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Brief Biography

Kerem Morgül is a political and cultural sociologist whose research focuses on populism, national identity, and international migrants' reception by and integration into their host societies. Dr. Morgül received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022 and served as a visiting faculty at Hamilton College in the 2022-23 academic year. He was also a Fox International Fellow at Yale University in 2010–2011, an experience that inspired him to pursue a Ph.D. in the United States.

Dr. Morgül has taught courses on populism in the 21st century, polarization and culture wars in America, race & racism, and research methods. See Dr. Morgül's Google Scholar profile for his publications and his personal website for additional information.

News & Notes

Education

PhD, Sociology—University of Wisconsin-Madison

Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year Award (Sociology and Community & Sociology Departments, UW-Madison)

MA, Modern Turkish History—Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey)

BA, Political Science and International Relations—Marmara University (Istanbul, Turkey)

Employment History

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Elon University, 2023 - present

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College, 2022-2023

Lecturer of Modern Turkish History, Bogazici University, 2008-2010

Courses Taught

SOC 1110: Introductory Sociology

SOC/ANT 2160: Quantitative Research Methods

SOC 3702: Polarization and Culture Wars in America

SOC 3704: Racism and Race in the United States

SOC 3706: Populism in the 21st Century

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Research Reports

Morgül, Kerem & Osman Savaskan (2025). "Unusual suspects? A group position approach to explaining anti-refugee attitudes among secular Turks." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2452261
Morgül, Kerem (2024). "Beyond the inclusion-exclusion dichotomy in populism studies: Erdogan’s Muslim nationalist discourse on Syrian refugees." American Journal of Cultural Sociology 12, 138-168.
Morgül, Kerem (2023). "Sending ‘our brothers’ back ‘home’: Continuity and change in President Erdogan’s discourse on Syrian refugees." New Perspectives on Turkey 69: 30-51.
Morgül, Kerem & Osman Savaskan (2021). "Identity or Interests? Religious Conservatives’ Attitudes toward Syrian Refugees in Turkey." Migration Studies 9(4):1645–72.
Morgül, Kerem, Osman Savaskan, & Burcu Mutlu (2021). Attitudes toward Syrian Refugees in Istanbul: Partisanship, Xenophobia, Threat Perceptions, and Social Contact. Istanbul: The Social, Economic, and Political Research Foundation of Turkey.
Morgül, Kerem, Osman Savaskan, & Burcu Mutlu (2021). Istanbul’da Suriyeli Siginmacilara Yönelik Algi ve Tutumlar: Partizanlik, Yabanci Karsitligi, Tehdit Algilari ve Sosyal Temas. Istanbul: Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Arastirmalar Vakfi.
Morgül, Kerem (2019). “Performing Revolutionary Populism: The Revolutionary Path Movement in Turkey.” Qualitative Sociology 42(2):273–97.
Kim, Jinho & Kerem Morgül (2017). “Long-term Consequences of Youth Volunteering: Voluntary versus Involuntary Service.” Social Science Research 67:160–75.