Dissertation Defense: Aykut Ozturk

You are invited to attend and participate in the oral doctoral examination of Aykut Ozturk, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, which will be held on Thursday, September 24, at 2:45 p.m. in Zoom.

Ozturk’s advisor is Professor Brian Taylor. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Matthew Cleary, Seth Jolly, Shana Gadarian and Yahya Madra. Professor Natalie Koch will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “The Affective Politics of Democratic Erosion: Explaining Mass Support for Executive Aggrandizement.”