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Fatmanur Cifci

Teaching Fellow

University of North Texas

Department of Educational Psychology

Email: Fatmanur.Cifci@unt.edu

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • HDFS 2313 - Courtship and Marriage, 3 courses.
  • HDFS 3423 - Family, School, and Community, 1 course.

Awards and Honors

  • Trainee Diversity Award, Society for Affective Science (SAS). (January 2025).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Anderson, A., Cifci, F., Samuels, C., Cato, L., Monjaras Gaytan, L., Nikhat, A. (2025). A mixed methods study of natural mentoring relationships and loneliness in emerging adulthood.. Applied Developmental Science.
  • Cifci, F., Chiang, J., Shen, A., Nikhat, A. (2025). Building college students’ happiness through Resilience Theory: Promotive factors. Journal of College Student Retention.
  • Cifci, F. (2024). Life-Course Perspective on Immigrant Loneliness: A Conceptual Framework for Intergenerational Loneliness Trajectories. The Family Journal. 32 (3) 371-381. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241235324
  • Anderson, A., Jones, K., DuBois, D., Cifci, F. (2024). A qualitative synthesis of adult mentors' cultural humility development in formal youth mentoring.. American Journal of Community Psychology. Wiley.
  • Chiang, J., Roopnarine, J., Cifci, F., Shen, A. (2024). An Exploration of Parenting Practices Among Chinese Immigrant Families in the United States: Does Perceived Normativeness Matter?. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families. 1-8. SAGE Publications.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Acar, S. (Author), Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Childhood experiences, parental education, and resilience among public and private university students, Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Dang, T. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Psychological and social behavioral indicators of alcohol risk perception among adolescents, Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author), Jones, K. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action, Moving toward social justice: Exploring changes to mentor cultural humility in youth mentoring interventions, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Paper

  • Chiang, J. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Why self-regulation matters: Understanding its role in academic self-efficacy, Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Nikhat, A. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Cato, L. (Author), Cifci, F. (Author), Interdisciplinary Symposium on Qualitative Methodologies, Emerging college students’ perspectives on university efforts to mitigate loneliness., United States of America. (2025).
  • Shen, A. (Presenter), Chiang, J. (Author), Cifci, F. (Author), Lin , W. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Graduate student research-in-progress roundtable series: Exploring the role of family cohesion in the effects of family type on immigrant adolescents’ mental health and academic achievement., Denver, CO, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Chiang, J. (Author & Presenter), Annual conference of Society for Affective Science (SAS), Descriptive discriminant analysis of parental marital status on happiness and resilience, The Society for Affective Science (SAS), Portland, OR, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Cifci, F. (Author), Acar, S. (Author), Chiang, J. (Author), Society for Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2024 Annual Conference, From Adversity to Advantage: An Investigation on the Relationship Between Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences, Resilience, and Creativity, American Psychological Association Division 10, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Poster

  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Examining differences in adverse childhood experiences in public and private university students, Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), National Council on Family Relations, The role of identities in relationship between ethnocultural empathy and loneliness among emerging adult university students., United States of America. (2025).
  • Cifci, F. (Presenter), Ji , W. (Author), Chiang, J. (Author), Shen, A. (Author), Nikhat, A. (Author), American Psychological Association (APA), Enhancing the happiness of college students through resilience theory, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Southwestern Psychological Association, Exploring moderators to the association between empathy and awareness of racial privilege., San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author), Society for Prevention Research, Mentor cultural humility profiles and relationship duration in formal youth mentoring., Early Career Preventionist Network, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Southwestern Psychological Association, Exploring demographic differences in enhancement motivation for mentoring among volunteer mentors., Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Symposium

  • Anderson, A. (Chair), Cifci, F. (Author), Samuels, C. (Author), Cato, L. (Author), Nikhat, A. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), Elevating youth potential: The role of mentoring in belonging, sociopolitical development, and connection: A mixed methods study of natural mentoring and loneliness in emerging adulthood, East Lansing, MI, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Nikhat, A. (Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Cato, L. (Author), Cifci, F. (Author), Expanding Possibilities for Qualitative Research Across Disciplines: 8th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Qualitative Methodologies, Emerging adult college students’ perspectives on university efforts to mitigate loneliness., Student Organization for Qualitative Methodologies (SOQM), University of Florida, FL, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author), Jones, K.V. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), In A.J. Anderson (Chair), Moving Toward Social Justice: Exploring Changes to Mentor Cultural Humility in Youth Mentoring Interventions: A qualitative synthesis of adult mentors’ cultural humility development in formal youth mentoring relationships., Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).