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Sebnem Cilesiz, PhD
Patrick Rutherford/BORSF Endowed Professor
Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership
College of Education
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Education

PhD, University of Florida, College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction
EdM, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Technology in Education
BSc, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey), Secondary Mathematics Education (honors)

Selected Publications

Greckhamer, T. & Cilesiz, S. (in press). The extension of strategic management discourse into public education administration: A critical analysis. Organization: The Critical Journal of Organization, Theory and Society.

Cilesiz, S. & Greckhamer, T. (2020). Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in education research: Its current status and future potential. Review of Research in Education, 44(1) 332-369. link

Cilesiz, S. (2020). Making meaning through lived technological experiences. In E. Creely, J. Southcott, K. Carabott, & D. Lyons (Eds). Phenomenological Inquiry in Education: Theories, Practices, Provocations and Directions. Routledge.link

Cilesiz, S. & Drotos, S. M. (2016). High poverty urban high school students' plans for higher education: Weaving their own safety nets. Urban Education, 51(1) 3-31. download

Drotos, S. M. & Cilesiz, S. (2016). Shoes, dues, and other barriers to college attainment: Perspectives of students attending high poverty, urban high schools. Education and Urban Society, 48(3) 221-244. link
* Featured in the London School of Economics blog on US Policy

Cilesiz, S. (2015). Undergraduate students' experiences with recorded lectures: Towards a theory of acculturation. Higher Education, 69(3) 471-493. link

Greckhamer, T. & Cilesiz, S. (2014). Rigor, transparency, evidence, and representation in discourse analysis: Challenges and recommendations. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13 422-443. download

Cilesiz, S. & Spector, J. M. (2014). The philosophy of science and educational technology research. In J. M. Spector, D. Merrill, J. Elen, & M.J. Bishop (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology (4th ed) (pp. 875-884). New York: Springer. link

Greckhamer, T. & Cilesiz, S. (2012). Critical and poststructural approaches to strategy research: Theoretical and methodological suggestions. In C. L. Wang, D. J. Ketchen, & D. D. Bergh (Eds.), West Meets East: Building Theoretical Bridges (Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Volume 8) (pp. 3-38). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. link

Cilesiz, S. (2011). A phenomenological approach to experiences with technology: Current state, promise, and future directions for research. Educational Technology Research and Development, 59(4) 487-510. link
* Winner of the AECT Young Scholar Award, 2010

Cilesiz, S. (2009). Educational computer use in leisure contexts: A phenomenological study of adolescents' experiences at Internet cafes. American Educational Research Journal, 46(1) 232-274. link
* Featured in Savin-Baden, M. & Major, C. H. (2013). Qualitative Research: The essential guide to theory and practice. New York: Routledge.
* Featured in the Dutch Education Portal Meesterleraar

Greckhamer, T., Koro-Ljungberg, M., Cilesiz, S., & Hayes, S. (2008). Demystifying interdisciplinary qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry , 14(2) 307-331. link

Recent Courses

EDLD 803: Qualitative Research Methods
EDLD 875: Critical Perspectives on Educational Leadership
EDLD 830: Curriculum Theory
EDLD 880: Research Practicum
EDLD 801: Writing for Research
EDLD 900: Doctoral Dissertation Seminar
EDLD 999: Dissertation Research

Contact

Picard Center, Room 251
200 E. Devalcourt St.
Lafayette, LA 70506
Phone: (337) 482-6470
Email: cilesiz /at/ louisiana /dot/ edu

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8779-4197

Feel free to email me if you do not have access to the full text of any of my articles/chapters.

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