Duygu Basaran Sahin

Duygu Basaran Sahin is a social scientist and lecturer specializing in sociology, demography, and aging. Currently, she serves as a postdoctoral research fellow at the RAND Center for the Study of Aging and has held adjunct lecturer positions at Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY). Her work focuses on inequalities experienced by older adults through interdisciplinary lenses.

Her educational background includes:

• Bachelor of Sociology, Galatasaray University, Istanbul
• Master of Population, Health and Social Policy, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
• PhD in Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, New York

Dr. Basaran Sahin's research integrates life course, cumulative advantage/disadvantage, and intersectionality frameworks to analyze aging populations. She investigates workplace ageism's impact on economic and health outcomes, racial/ethnic disparities in later life, economic vulnerability during crises like the Great Recession, and health inequalities including cognitive performance and mortality patterns. Her teaching emphasizes real-world connections to current events such as pandemic-related age discrimination.

Her scientific recognition includes:

• CUNY Institute for Demographic Research Fellow

While her teaching portfolio demonstrates innovative pedagogy through student-led debates and theoretical applications in courses like 'The Aged in Modern Society,' no formal advisees or grant funding details are specified in available materials. Her research infrastructure affiliations remain unmentioned beyond her RAND Center appointment.