Meral Çulha

e-mail: mculha@sabanciuniv.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology
Major: Counseling/Clinical Psychology
Minor: Tests and Measurements
June 1974

M.A. Hacettepe University and Medical Center (Turkey)
Major: Clinical Psychology
June 1967

B.S. Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
Major: Psychology
June 1964

CERTIFICATION

Licensed Psychologist
Iowa State Board of Psychology Examiners (License No: 597)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SABANCI UNIVERSITY 2000-Present
Center for Individual and Academic Development
CONSULTANT, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

KOÇ UNIVERSITY 1995-1999
DEAN OF STUDENTS

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 1987-1995
Student Counseling Service, Ames, IA

PSYCHOLOGIST
Provide direct service to ISU students including individual, couple/marital, group, career counseling and crisis intervention; supervise senior staff and counseling psychology faculty for licensure, supervise interns and practicum counselors; serve as member of Training Committee, which is responsible for training and continuing education activities of the staff; provide consultation to Faculty, staff and student organizations; serve as liaison for international Office of Students and Scholars and University Student Apartment Community; act as Faculty Advisor to ISU Turkish Student Organization. Member of Employee Assistance Program Board and ISU Diversity Facilitators Committee. Led Personal growth, Assertiveness, Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Coping with depression groups.

COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Coordinate and further research by staff, graduate students and other professionals of their direct service or academic programs. Coordinate a joint University of Minnesota-Hacettepe University and Medical Center project of Restandardization of the MMPI-2 in Turkey. Coordinated an ISU Student Needs Assessment Survey.
ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES
Managed clinical and related areas in the absence of the Clinical Director.
ADJUNT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Taught Abnormal Psychology undergraduate course and co-taught Cross-cultural counseling and psychotherapy graduate seminar.
CONSULTANT
To write items for the Examinations for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) of the American Association of State Psychology Boards (AASPB)
1983 - 1987 BOGAZICI UNIVERSTY
(formerly Robert's College,
an American University)
İstanbul, Turkey

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Taught graduate courses in Theories of personality, Observation and techniques of interviewing in counseling, Group counseling and Adult development. Supervised students' practica, advised theses. Provided in-service training for counselors in the school system.
CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGIST/ PRIVATE PRACTICE
PSYCHOTHERAPIST İstanbul, Turkey
Group leader and trainer in the research project on Preschool education and development and Mother education.
INTERIM DIRECTOR BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY
Preschool Education Center
Resolution of organizational conflicts. Istanbul, Turkey
1978 -1982 UNITED NATIONS FUNDS
FOR POPULATION ACTIVITIES (UNFPA)
New York, NY

PERSONNEL OFFICER (CHIEF OF PERSONNEL)
Established a meaningful base for successful recruitment, placement, career development and training of staff by extensively detailing the organization's related objectives and work programs.
Recruited professional and secretarial staff. Transferred staff to facilitate career advancement. Administered career development, planning and counseling services. Provided career development training.
Acted as personnel administration liaison to the Division of Personnel of the sister agency, United Nations Development Program.
1977 -1978 New York City, New York
Washington, D.C.

CONSULTANT
Conducted a personnel seminar and workshop program for Teletext Communication Corp. and acted as Assistant Project Director for PSS Associates (research consulting firm), among other consulting activities.
1975 - 1977 COLLEGE OF STATEN
ISLAND, CUNY
Department of Psychology
Staten Island, NY

ADJUNT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Taught graduate courses in Clinical use of psychological tests (projective and non-projective tests) and Social systems; application of methods of counseling and therapy for different groups and cultures. Supervised students' practica.
1974 - 1977 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
TEACHERS COLLEGE
Institute for Psychological
Research
New York, NY

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Interviews and consultations with managers, supervisors and secretaries in corporations, industry and educational institutions. Test development and validation for the study of personal attributes. Career counseling. Co-authored with Professor Donald E. Super the Work Salience Inventory, the Word Processing Interest Inventory and Role Expectations Questionnaire.
1967 -1974 UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA
Department of Psychology
Minneapolis, MN

DOCTORAL PROGRAM
Research Fellow In the project of Work Adjustment.
Graduate Assistant Advised and counseled graduate students. Coordinated graduate
Courses and seminars in Counseling Psychology.
Counselor/Consultant International Students Advisor's Office.
Co-facilitator Cross-Cultural Center.
Practicum Student Counseling Bureau.
Counselor Comstock Hall (women's dormitory).
Teaching Assistant Psychology Department.
1964 -1967 HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
AND MEDICAL CENTER
Department of Psychology
Ankara, Turkey
MASTER'S PROGRAM
Clinical Intern Ankara University, Mental Hygiene Clinic.
Instructor Hacettepe University, Nursing College.
Practicum Hacettepe University, Counseling Center.
1960 - 1964 MIDDLE EAST
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Ankara, Turkey
BACHELOR'S PROGRAM

Clinical Practicum Psychiatric Ward of Medical School.
Field Work Adaptation and interpretation of WAIS and Stanford Binet
Intelligence Tests to Turkish Culture.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

Cheung, F., Culha, M. "A Correspondence Model of Cross-Cultural adjustment" in Berry, J.W. and Lonner, W.J. (eds). Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology, London: Sage Publications, 1975

Culha, M. "A Classification Careers Counseling Battery for Personel Use." International Review of Applied Psychology, Vol.26, No. 2, 1977.

Culha, M. "Testing in Personnel Selection" Articles: III. National Psychological Convention. Ankara Psikoloji Yayınları, 1985.

Culha, M. "Mother Education Program." YA-PA: Congress of Preschool Education. İstanbul: YA-PA Yayın, 1986.

Culha, M. "Construction of an Instrument to assess the Needs and Satisfactions of Foreign Students. A Factor-analytical Study." Bogazici University Journal, Vol.14, 1990-1991.

Reilher, T.C., Romans, J.S.C., Andersen,, P. And Culha, M. "Clients who do not Return Following Intake: A Replication and Extension. "Journal of College Student Development, Vol. 33, No. 5, Sept. 1992.

Savaşır, I. and Culha, M. (1996). "Development of the MMPI-2 in Turkey". In J.N. Butcher (Ed.) International Adaptations of the MMPI-2. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
GRANT

Culha, M. And Savasir, I. (1992) MMPI-2 Restandardization Project in Turkey. $5,000 grant from the University of Minnesota Press.

THESIS ADVISING (SELECTED)

A Preliminary Study Towards the Development of the Turkish Form of the California Psychological Inventory (1987).

A Validity Study on the Turkish Form of the Mooney Problem Check List (1985).

Increasing Assertiveness In Junior High School Students With a Special Training Program (1984).

PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED)

Paper on "Gender Bias for Client Referrals after Initial Intake" at the ACPA 1991 Convention.

Paper on "Effects of Male Sexual Orientation and Age on MMPI Profiles Within Turkey" at the 24th annual Symposium on Recent Developments in the Use of the MMPI/MMPI-2, Honolulu, HI, March 1989.

Colloquium on "Cultural Diversity" at the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1988.

Colloquium on "A Model of Cross-Cultural Adjusment" sponsored by the Office of International Education and the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, and Cargill Corp., Minneapolis, MN. 1987.

Paper on " A Correspondence Model for Counseling in Higher Education" at the Counseling in Higher Education Seminar, Ankara, Turkey, 1987.

Paper on "Eclectic Approach to Psychotherapy: A Contemporary View" and An Assertiveness Training Program" at the IV. National Psychological Convention, Ankara, Turkey, September 1986.

Paper on "A Correspondence Model of Cross-Cultural Adjustment Revisited" at the 8th International Congress of the Cross-Cultural Psychology , Istanbul, Turkey, 1986.

MEMBERSHIPS

American Psychological Association
Turkish Psychology Association