{"id":4,"date":"2018-04-05T09:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T09:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:11:04","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"fw-main-row \"  >\n\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-4\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mkarakoc-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mkarakoc-300x400.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-8\">\n\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Welcome to my website!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Adana Alparslan T\u00fcrke\u015f Science and Technology University in Turkey. I hold a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, as well as an M.P.A. in Public Administration, both from the University of Delaware, where I also served as a teaching and research assistant. Since 2022, I have been a Senior Fellow at the University of Delaware\u2019s Institute for Public Administration.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Prior to my graduate studies in the United States, I earned my undergraduate degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Kocaeli University (2006\u20132011). I also pursued graduate-level coursework in Administrative Sciences at Ankara University\u2019s Faculty of Political Sciences (2012\u20132014), which helped strengthen my foundation in public policy and governance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">My research and teaching focus on public policy, public administration, cybersecurity, and democratic governance. I am particularly interested in how technology shapes public management and how state and local governments respond to emerging cybersecurity challenges.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I have contributed to research projects funded by U.S. public institutions such as the Delaware Department of Transportation and have presented my work at international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. My recent research examines state-level cybersecurity policies in the United States, the privatization of public spaces, environmental governance, and data breach issues.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This website includes information on my research, publications, teaching activities, and academic background.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Feel free to reach out at mkarakoc@atu.edu.tr. I welcome questions, collaborations, and new ideas!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my website!I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Adana Alparslan T\u00fcrke\u015f Science and Technology University in Turkey. I hold a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, as well as an M.P.A. in Public Administration, both from the University of Delaware, where I also served&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page-entry","loop-entry clr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mesutkarakoc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}