Text Box:   Mehmet ‘Dali’ Öztürk, Ph.D.   Executive Director, Research, Evaluation and Development Office of the Vice President for Education Partnerships   Education   Post Doctorate High Academic Performance, University of California at Berkeley (UCB) 2002-2004   Doctor of Philosophy International/Intercultural Education Policy, Planning and Administration (Cognate: Public Administration), University of Southern California (USC) May 2001   Master of Arts College and University Administration, Michigan State University (MSU) January 1994   Bachelor of Arts Measurement & Evaluation in Education, Hacettepe University (HU), Ankara, Turkey, June 1990   Teaching Certificate Educational Sciences, Hacettepe University (HU), Ankara, Turkey, June 1990     Research Interests   High academic achievement; equity; equality and efficiency in educational outcomes; student motivation and access to higher education; under-represented minorities and academic performance; academic technology; education for development; literacy and adult education; international and intercultural education; comparative education; study abroad and brain drain; evidence-based policy development; organizational effectiveness; systems thinking in evaluation; and education policy, planning and administration.   Academic Research Papers & Publications   Ozturk, M. (November 2007). Multiplicity in Action: Creating and Implementing a Multi-Program, Multi-Site Evaluation Plan for a Predominantly Minority/Urban School District Paper will be presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, MD, November7-10, 2007 (proposal submitted). Ozturk, M. (June 2007). Global Competition: America’s Underrepresented Minorities Will Be Left Behind. Teachers College Record, Date Published: June 11, 2007 http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=14518 ID Number: 14518. Ozturk, M. (May 2007). Measurement and Evaluation of University-School Partnerships; Panel: Sustainable University-School Partnerships: A Tool for Effective Community Engagement. Paper presented at the 20th Annual National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE 2007). May 29 through June 2, 2007. San Francisco, CA. Ozturk, M. & Garcia, E.E. (April 2007). Providing University Leadership to Envision and Develop Partnerships with Schools in High-Need Communities. Paper presented at the 2007 AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Division J: Postsecondary Education, Section 4: Governance, Management Policy and Politics. Ozturk, M. (February 2007). From Inputs to Impacts: Measurement and Evaluation of University-School Partnerships. Paper presented for the panel Education Partnerships: A Mechanism for Educational Innovation at The National Forum, Leadership for Equity and Excellence: Transforming Education in Washington DC. February 7-9, 2007. Organized by The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt) Ozturk, M. (November 2006). Evaluation of Measurable Engagements for University-School Partnerships in Underserved Communities. Paper presented at The 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference, Evaluation 2006: The Consequences of Evaluation, November 1-5, 2006, Portland, Oregon. Ozturk, M. (Summer 2005). The Evidence Base for Increasing High Achieving Minority Undergraduates. The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education; (Volume XI. No. 2, Summer 2005). Miller, L.S. with Ozturk, M. & Chavez, L. (2005). Increasing African American, Latino, And Native American Representation Among High Achieving Undergraduates At Selective Colleges And Universities. Consortium for High Academic Performance, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley.   Ozturk, M. (2004). A Trojan Horse in Pandora’s Box: High Academic Performance and Diversity in America (Working paper, Consortium for High Academic Performance, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley). Ozturk, M. (2004). I Still Haven’t Found What I Am Looking For: Inquest for High Performers (Working paper, Consortium for High Academic Performance, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley).   Ozturk, M. (March 2002). Nanotech Gets Real: Students Get Real with Nano, Comments on John Benditt's editor's note in the March 2002 issue, Technology Review: MIT’s Magazine of Innovation March 26, 2002.   Ozturk, M. (March 2001). Mama I Ain’t Coming Home. The Continuing Debate of Brain Drain. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, Washington, D.C., March 14-17, 2001.   Ozturk, M. (2001). So Far From Home: Turkish Student Motivation And Access To Overseas Higher Education In The United States Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California (html/pdf)   Ozturk, M. (March 2000). Why Do Parents, Family and Relatives of Turkish Students Give Support to the Education of Their Children? Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 8-12, 2000.   Bensimon, E., O’Neil, H., Ozturk, M. and Diamond, M. (February 2000). The Academic Scorecard: Measures of Organizational Effectiveness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, February 2000, New Orleans, LA. (power point slides)   Ozturk, M. (April 1999). Turkish Student Motivation and Access to U.S. Colleges and Universities. Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, Toronto, Canada, April 14-18, 1999.   Ozturk, M. (March 1997). Turkish Scholar Explores the Allure of An American Education. International Connection, March 1997, Volume XIII, No.5 (html)   Ozturk. M. (January 1996). Higher Education in Developing Countries: Access to Higher Learning in the Republic of Turkey. Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Comparative and International Education Society Regional Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.   Ozturk, M. (March 1996). The EEE in Education: Efficiency, Equity and Equalities. Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.     Academic Conference & Panel Presentations   Ozturk, M. (October 2007). Social Embeddedness: Community Engagement through Education Partnerships. Panelist at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), Baltimore, MD, October 20-23, 2007 (proposal accepted). Ozturk, M. (October 2007). Improving Mathematics and Science Talent Pools: Strategic Pathways for Visualizing Relationships among Stakeholders. Poster Session at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), Baltimore, MD, October 20-23, 2007 (proposal accepted). Ozturk, M. (April 2007). School-University Collaborations for Social Justice. Panel chaired at the 2007 AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. SIG-School-University Collaborative Research. Ozturk, M. (April 2007). Using Standards and Competencies to Define Evaluation and Research. Panel chaired at the 2007 AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. SIG-Research on Evaluation.     Miller, L.S. & Ozturk, M. (November 2006). Survey Of High Academic Performance (SHAPER): An Instrument Designed To Gather Information From Undergraduates At Selective Colleges And Universities On Factors That May Influence The Students’ Academic Achievement. A demo session conducted at The 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference, Evaluation 2006: The Consequences of Evaluation, November 1-5, 2005, Portland, Oregon. Ozturk, M. (April 2006). Public Policy and Its Influence on Student Access and Institutional Success. Panel chaired at the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Division J: Postsecondary Education, Section 4: Governance, Management Policy and Politics. Ozturk, M. (October 2005). Shared Knowledge Across Borders: Multiculturalism in Evaluation. Panel chaired at The 2005 American Evaluation Association (AEA) and the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Joint Conference, Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries, October 24-30, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ozturk, M. (October 2005). Higher Education Assessment at the Program Level: Department Applications. Panel chaired at The 2005 American Evaluation Association (AEA) and the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Joint Conference, Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries, October 24-30, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Miller, L.S. & Ozturk, M. (October 2005). Evaluating Strategies and Programs that Increase African American, Latino, and Native American Representation among High Achieving Undergraduates At Selective Colleges and Universities in the U.S. Paper presented at The 2005 American Evaluation Association (AEA) and the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Joint Conference, October 24-30, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Garcia, E.E. and Miller, L.S. & Ozturk, M. (October 2005). Engaging the Community and Institutionalizing the Connections Between K-12 and Higher Education. Workshop jointly developed for The American Council on Education (ACE) Biennial Educating All of One Nation Conference, Realizing America’s Promise: Embracing Diversity, Discovery, and Change, October 6–8, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona. Ozturk, M. (October 2005). Monitoring the Connections Between K-12 and Higher Education. Paper presented at The American Council on Education (ACE) Biennial Educating All of One Nation Conference, Realizing America’s Promise: Embracing Diversity, Discovery, and Change, October 6–8, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona. Miller, L.S., Ozturk, M. & Tsukahara, T. (January 2005). Developing Empirically Grounded Strategies to Increase the Number of High Achieving Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates Paper delivered at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Philadelphia, PA. January 7-9, 2005. Session sponsored by the Association for the Study of the Grants Economy and the International Association for Feminist Economics.   Ozturk, M. (June 2003). Finding Programs That Produce High Academic Achievers Undelivered speech prepared for The National Institutes of Health Minority Opportunities in Research (NIH/MORE) Program Directors’ Meeting, Tahoe City, California, June 15-18, 2003.   Ozturk, M. (May 2003). Identifying Promising Strategies for High Academic Performance Presenter at the FIPSE/CHAP Joint Conference: Academic Achievement, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA May 19-20, 2003.   Ozturk, M. (March 2001). New Scholars Doctoral Dissertation Workshop. Workshop sessions co-chaired at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, Washington, D.C., March 14-17, 2001.   Ozturk, M. (March 2001). Surviving Your Dissertation. Guest speaker at the Education Graduate Student Organization Graduate Student Research Workshop Series, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.   Ozturk, M. (March 2000). Turkish Student Access to Overseas Higher Education in the United States. Participant of New Scholars Doctoral Dissertation Workshop at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 8-12, 2000.   Ozturk, M. and Rideout, W. (March 2000). What Parents and Families Contribute to the Academic Achievement of Students: A cross-cultural/international perspective. Panel co-chaired at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 8-12, 2000.   Ozturk, M. (April 2000). Educational Matters: Hybridity, Remedial Classes, and Non-Formal Teaching. Panel chaired at the 3rd Annual University of Southern California Interdisciplinary Conference, Los Angeles, California, April 1, 2000.   Ozturk, M. (November 1999). Exploring the Allure of An American Education: An Analysis of Turkish Student Motivation and Access to Study at American Colleges and Universities. Roundtable discussion at the 8th Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual International Forum, San Antonio, Texas.   Rideout, W. and Ozturk, M. (April 1999). Educational Reform Movements in Southeastern Europe. Panel co-chaired at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, Toronto, Canada, April 14-18, 1999.   Ozturk, M. (November 1998). An Analysis of Turkish Student Motivation and Access to U.S. Colleges and Universities. Roundtable discussion at the 7th Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual International Forum, Miami, Florida.   Ozturk, M. (October1996). Alternative Higher Education in Developing Countries: Open University and Open Access in Turkey. Panelist at the 1996 Annual Comparative and International Education Society Regional Conference, Sacramento, CA     Professional Service   The Source May 1997-May 2003 Founder & Editor-in-Chief The Source, a peer reviewed on-line journal, supporting the needs of graduate students and professionals in all areas of education. Duties included chairing the executive editorial board meetings, reviewing of submissions, providing of technical support for on-line publishing, and supervising of reviewers and editors.   The Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education Research Paper Proposal Reviewer (December 2005) International Migration (published by the International Organization for Migration) Research Paper Proposal Reviewer (April 2007) American Evaluation Association (AEA) and the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Research Paper Proposal Reviewer, The AEA and CES Joint Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (October 2005) (for Topical Interest Groups (TIGs), Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation, and Assessment in Higher Education. Proposal Reviewer, The 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference, Evaluation 2006: The Consequences of Evaluation, November 1-5, 2005, Portland, Oregon (for Topical Interest Group (TIG) Systems in Evaluation. Association of Education Practitioners and Providers (AEPP) Volunteer, EDVentures 2001 Conference Planning Committee, Los Angeles, CA (July 2001)   Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Co-chair, the New Scholars Committee (March 2000 to May 2002) Conference Planning Committee, Regional Conference, Los Angeles, CA (1997)   American Educational Research Association (AERA) Co-chair, Program Committee, Division J: Postsecondary Education, Section 5: Society, Culture, and Change. 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Proposal Reviewer (April 2007), Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Division A-Administration, Organization, and Leadership (Section 1: Leadership; Section 2: School Organization and Effects; Section 3: School Improvement; and Section 4: School Contexts and Communities). Proposal Reviewer (April 2007), Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Division H-School Evaluation and Program Development (Section 2: Program Evaluation in School Settings). Proposal Reviewer (April 2007), Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Division J-Postsecondary Education (Section 1: Students; Section 2: Faculty, Curriculum, and Research; Section 3: Teaching, Learning, Assessment, and Evaluation; and Section 4: Governance, Management, Policy, and Politics). Proposal Reviewer (April 2007), Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Division L-Educational Policy and Politics (Section 2: Policymaking, Implementation, and Evaluation; and Section 5: Economic, Fiscal, and Resource Management Issues) Proposal Reviewer (April 2007), Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Special Interest Groups (SIG-Advanced Studies of National Databases; SIG-Research on Evaluation; SIG-School Indicators, Profiles, and Accountability; and SIG-School-University Collaborative Research). Research Paper Proposal Reviewer (April 2006), Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Division J: Postsecondary Education, Section 4: Governance, Management Policy and Politics. Research Paper Proposal Reviewer (April 2006), Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Division H: School Evaluation and Program Development, Section 2: Program Evaluation in School Settings. Research Paper Proposal Reviewer, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (April 2000). Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Research Paper Proposal Reviewer, Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas (November 1999) Symposium Proposal Reviewer, Annual Conference, Miami, Florida (November 1998)   University Service Member, Dean’s Council, ASU Mary Lou Fulton College of Education (2004-2006) Member, ASU Organization and Planning Team for the Determined to Succeed: Stories of School Improvement Conference organized and hosted by the Arizona Dept. of Education and ASU, Tempe, AZ, January 11-12, 2006 Member, Advisory Board for the Vice President for University-School Partnerships, ASU (Since 2004) Member, Re-structuring and Transition Team for the Office of the Vice President for University-School Partnerships, ASU (Since 2005) Member, the Academic Program Review Committee, USC Rossier School of Education (November 1999 to April 2000) Faculty Fellow- USC Hospitality Services, Los Angeles, CA (1999) MSU International Health Council, E. Lansing, MI (1993) MSU Project Impact- Profits (Substance Abuse Awareness program) (1993) Student Ambassador- MSU Residence Life, E. Lansing, MI (1992) Member, Turkish Student Association of USC, Los Angeles, CA (1995 to 2001) USC European Club (Founder/Vice President), Los Angeles, CA (1997) Education Graduate Organization, USC, Los Angeles, CA (1995 to 2001) Organizations/Membership (current and past) American Evaluation Association (AEA) American Educational Research Association (AERA) Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)   Awards/Honors National Merit Scholarship granted to study for Master’s degree in the U.S. by the Turkish Ministry of Education, 1991 Outstanding Academic Achievement, 1994, MSU National Merit Scholarship granted to study for doctoral degree in the U.S. by the Turkish Ministry of Education, 1994 Outstanding International Leadership Award, 1998, USC Outstanding International Leadership Award, 1999, USC Doctoral Dissertation Workshop Scholarship granted by the New Scholars Committee of the CIES, April 2000 Acknowledgement of Exemplary Job Performance, 2006, Office of the President, ASU     Bio for Mehmet Dali Öztürk, Ph.D.   As a member of the Executive Management Team for the ASU Office of the Vice President for Education Partnerships, Dr. Öztürk oversees office’s research, evaluation and development efforts.   Most recently, as Principal Management Research Analyst with the ASU Office of the Vice President for University-School Partnerships and the College of Education Dean’s Office, Dr. Öztürk supported and advised the Vice President and Dean in the management of educational evaluation and research projects, college of education outcomes, and activities related to pre-K-12 student outreach. He also worked with university and College of Education administrators to implement the Vice President's strategic agenda.   Dr. Öztürk has extensive evaluation and research experience in the field of education policy, planning and administration, and the development and use of technology in academic settings and for educational purposes.  Dr. Öztürk received his Ph.D. in International/Intercultural Education Policy, Planning and Administration in 2001 from the University of Southern California (USC). He also holds a Master of Arts in College and University Administration from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Measurement, Testing and Evaluation in Education from Hacettepe University.   As a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California-Berkeley, Dr. Öztürk’s work focused on identifying, reviewing and assessing exemplary and promising strategies and programs designed to improve educational outcomes for underrepresented minorities in the U.S., especially in the Science, Math, Engineering and Technology fields, at higher education institutions around the country. Dr. Öztürk gathered and produced information and strategies that help institutions raise academic achievement levels of their targeted groups (with a focus on increasing the number of students who graduate with honors, earn a high GPA, and/or maintain a superior undergraduate research record). He also provided assistance with the conceptual and technical development and administration of the Survey of High Academic Performance (SHAPER), an instrument designed to measure variables related to high academic achievement and achievement-related experiences in collegiate settings.    As Assistant President for Academic Affairs and Administration at the Quarry Lane School, a for-profit private school in California, Dr. Öztürk assisted the president with the execution of the school's day-to-day operations and worked closely with the director of technology to oversee and improve the school's information technology systems.   As a research assistant with USC’s Rossier School of Education Dean’s Office, Dr. Öztürk provided technical and content assistance in the development of the Academic Scorecard, which is an administrative tool for measuring organizational effectiveness. In addition to serving as a teaching assistant/course builder for graduate level classes, he also provided assistance in the production of the School of Education's self-study for the Academic Program Review, which was an evaluation of the School's academic programs over a five year period.    Dr. Öztürk has been an active member of a number of professional societies such as The American Evaluation Association (AEA) and The American Educational Research Association (AERA). He currently serves as the Co-chair of the AERA Division J: Postsecondary Education, Section 5: Society, Culture, and Change. In addition, Dr. Öztürk has produced dozens of academic and scholarly research papers, publications & conference presentations. His research interests include: high academic achievement; equity; equality and efficiency in educational outcomes; student motivation and access to higher education; under-represented minorities and academic performance; academic technology; education for development; international and intercultural education; study abroad and brain drain; evidence-based policy development; organizational effectiveness; education policy, planning and administration; university-school (K-12) partnerships; evaluation research; and systems thinking in evaluation. Dr. Öztürk is a recipient of the University of Southern California’s Outstanding International Leadership Award. Dr. Öztürk’s hobbies include reading from pages of The New Yorker and The Economist to his baby daughter.       _______________________________________________________________________________ Education Research Interests Academic Research Papers & Publications Academic Conference & Panel Presentations Professional Service University Service Organizations/Membership Awards/Honors Biography