CURRICULUM VITAE
SELIN GUNEY
CONTACT INFORMATION
2108 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC,27606, USA Email: [email protected] Contact Number: +1 919 518 61 60
LANGUAGES Turkish French (Basic)
FIELDS OF INTEREST Agricultural Demand and Price Analysis, Agricultural Supply, Agricultural Trade and Finance, Agricultural Policy, Applied Econometrics (Nonstationary Time-Series and Time-Series Econometrics, Nonlinear Time-Series Models, Panel Data Econometrics), Risk and Market Analytics and Statistics
EDUCATION
GRADUATE Ph.D.
North Carolina State University, College of Management, Department of Economics, 2009-2014(Expected) (Major: Economics, Minor: Statistics)
Dissertation: Modeling Nonlinear Price Relationships in Agricultural Markets Committee: Barry K. Goodwin (Chair), David A. Dickey, Atsushi Inoue, Nicholas Piggott Cum GPA: 3.754/4
Gazi University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Econometrics, 2008- 2015(Expected) Cum GPA:88.37/100 Masters in Economics
North Carolina State University, College of Management, Department of Economics,2009-2011 Cum GPA: 3. 694/4
M.A. in Econometrics
Gazi University, Institue of Social Sciences, Department of Econometrics, 2005-2008 Cum GPA:83/100
Masters Thesis: The validity of Net International Reserve Model in Determining the Exchange Rates in Turkey:ARDL Bounds Testing Procedure
UNDER GRADUATE Gazi University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Statistics Department, 2001–2005 Cum GPA: 3.12/4 (Graduated with Honors)
Gazi University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Deparment of Econometrics, 2003 – 2005 (Double Major) Cum GPA: 3.5/4
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE The Graduate Research Assistant in Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI) to conduct risk analyses of sustainable farming practices as well as data analysis for the development of a strawberry crop insurance policy, March 2013-Present Research Assistant in RDU Project: A Proposal to Measure the Regional Economic Benefits from a New Direct International Flight at RDU International Airport, May 2014- Present Gazi University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Econometrics, Research Asistant, 2005 December –Present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE North Carolina State University, College of Management,Department of Economics,Independent Instructor, 2012 August-Present
EC 201 Principles of Microeconomics
North Carolina State University, College of Management,Department of Economics,Independent Instructor, Summer I, 2013
EC 205 Fundamentals of Economics Gazi University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Econometrics, Research Asistant, 2005 December –Present
ECON 105 Basic Statistics I, Fall 2005 ECON 106 Basic Statistics II, Spring 2005 ECON 301 Econometrics I, Fall 2006- Fall 2007 ECON 302 Econometrics II, Spring 2006- Spring 2007 ECON 401 Applied Econometrics I, Fall 2008 ECON 402 Applied Econometrics II,Spring 2008
Certificate of Accomplishment in Teaching (COAT) Training Program-December 2013(Expected) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Spring 2013- Fall 2013
Awarded Certificate of Completion of Economics Graduate Teaching Assistant Training Program‟, August 2012.
RESEARCH Work in Progress
"Validity of Net International Reserve Model in Analysis of Turkey’s Nominal Exchange Rate: Bounds Testing Approach" (will be submitted soon)
"An Analysis of the Pass-Through of Exchange Rates in Tropical Forest Product Markets: A Smooth Transition Approach"(will be submitted soon)
"Semi-Parametric Generalized Additive vector Autoregressive Models of Spatial Price Dynamics"(will be submitted soon)
Peer-Reviewed Publications "Investigating Inflation Persistence with Bai-Perron Method in Turkey", Gazi University, Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,2010, Vol: 12, Issue: 2, pp: 1-26.
CONFERENCES AND SESSIONS "Semi–Parametric, Generalized Additive Vector Autoregressive Models of Spatial Price Dynamics", AAEA & CAES Joint Annual Meeting, Washington,August 4-6, 2013.
“Socioeconomic Determinants of Crime in Turkey: A Panel Data Analysis”, The 13th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security,CITY College Business Administration&Economics Department,Thessaloniki, Greece,24-26 June 2009 “The determination of exchange rate models within the monetary models framework using the bounds testing procedure” ,The 9th Symposium on Econometrics and Statistics, Dokuz Eylul Unıversıty, Izmır,Turkey, 28–30 May 2008 “The endogenous determination of the multiple structural breaks in Turkey’s some macroeconomic indicators” ,The 9th Symposium on Econometrics and Statistics, Dokuz Eylul Unıversıty, Izmır, Turkey,28–30 May 2008
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Participation in the organization committe in a 3-day symposium “Economic, Political and Legal Relations Between Turkey and The Balkan States in The Light of The European Union Accession Process”, Gazi University, November 22–23, 2007
AWARDS,HONORS AND GRANTS Travel Grant Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Summer 2013. Ph.D. Scholarship Higher Education Council of Turkey, 2009-2012 Graduated with honors
Ranked 3th in the graduating class of 2005 in the Statistics Department at Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. TECHNICAL SKILLS Econometrics and Statistics Software SAS, Matlab, R, SPSS, EViews, Microfit
Applications Latex, MS Office REFERENCES Barry K. Goodwin, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Agricultural and Resource Economics Department North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-8109 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (919) 515-4620 David A. Dickey, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Department of Statistics North Carolina State University, 2311 Stinson Drive Raleigh NC 27695-8203 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (919) 515-1925 Atsushi Inoue Southern Methodist University Department of Economics Umphrey Lee Center Suite 301 3300 Dyer Street Dallas, TX 75205 Phone: (214) 768-2689
E-mail: [email protected] Nicholas E. Piggott Agricultural and Resource Economics Department North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-8109 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (919) 515-4668 Mehmet Caner Economics Department North Carolina State University, 4168 Nelson Hall Raleigh NC 27695 Email: [email protected] Phone:(919) 513-0853 Tamah C. Morant (teaching reference), Teaching Associate Professor Department of Economics North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-8110 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (919) 515-4616