Faculty Profile

Gul Seckin

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 2006.
Major: Sociology
Dissertation Title: Virtual Network for Cancer Patients of the 21st Century Patient Empowerment, Psychological Well-Being and Trauma Transcendence
MS, University of Southern California, 1998.
Major: Gerontology

Current Scheduled Teaching*

SOCI 3220.900, Quantitative Data Collection, Summer 2024
SOCI 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
SOCI 4600.001, Internet and Society, Spring 2024 Syllabus
SOCI 3220.900, Quantitative Data Collection, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

SOCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
SOCI 3220.001, Quantitative Data Collection, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
SOCI 5200.001, Research Methods and Design, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5200.601, Research Methods and Design, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
SOCI 5410.001, Medical Sociology, Fall 2022 SPOT
SOCI 6603.001, Medical Sociology, Fall 2022 SPOT
SOCI 3220.001, Quantitative Data Collection, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2022
SOCI 6900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2022
SOCI 4550.900, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
SOCI 3120.002, Sociology of Health and Illness, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6302.001, Advanced Statistics in Sociology, Fall 2021 SPOT
SOCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.900, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021
SOCI 3220.900, Quantitative Data Collection, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5200.001, Research Methods and Design, Spring 2021 SPOT
SOCI 5200.601, Research Methods and Design, Spring 2021 SPOT
SOCI 6950.705, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020
SOCI 3220.001, Quantitative Data Collection, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.702, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W2 2020
SOCI 3220.900, Quantitative Data Collection, Summer 5W2 2020 SPOT
SOCI 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020
SOCI 6940.702, Individual Research, Spring 2020
SOCI 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020
SOCI 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020
SOCI 5200.001, Research Methods and Design, Spring 2020
SOCI 5200.601, Research Methods and Design, Spring 2020
SOCI 4550.001, Sociology of Aging, Spring 2020 Syllabus
SOCI 5900.703, Special Problems, Spring 2020
SOCI 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2020
SOCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019
SOCI 5950.706, Master's Thesis, Fall 2019
SOCI 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2019
SOCI 5410.001, Sociology of Health, Fall 2019 SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6500.001, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2019 SPOT
SOCI 4550.900, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.950, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W1 2019 SPOT
SOCI 4550.001, Sociology of Aging, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.703, Special Problems, Spring 2019
SOCI 4260.001, Topics in Sociology, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6201.001, Quantitative Research Methods and Design, Fall 2018 SPOT
SOCI 5200.001, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.900, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.950, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.708, Master's Thesis, Spring 2018
SOCI 6500.002, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5260.002, Topics in Sociology, Spring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 6200.002, Seminar on Research Methods, Fall 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5200.001, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2017 SPOT
AGER 4550.001, Sociology of Aging, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.001, Sociology of Aging, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.900, Sociology of Aging, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2016
SOCI 6200.001, Seminar on Research Methods, Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 5200.001, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 5200.791, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2016
SOCI 3220.900, Quantitative Data Collection, Summer 8W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2016
SOCI 6200.002, Seminar on Research Methods, Spring 2016 SPOT
SOCI 3120.001, Sociology of Health and Illness, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2016
SOCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2015
SOCI 6200.001, Seminar on Research Methods, Fall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 5200.001, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 5200.791, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2015
SOCI 3220.900, Quantitative Data Collection, Summer 8W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.900, Sociology of Aging, Summer 3W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4550.950, Sociology of Aging, Summer 3W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015
SOCI 6200.002, Seminar on Research Methods, Spring 2015
SOCI 6200.792, Seminar on Research Methods, Spring 2015
SOCI 6500.001, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2015
SOCI 6500.791, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2015
SOCI 5260.001, Topics in Sociology, Spring 2015
SOCI 5200.001, Seminar on Research Methods and Design., Fall 2014
AGER 4550.001, Sociology of Aging, Fall 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 4550.001, Sociology of Aging, Fall 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2014

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Seckin, G., Hughes, S., Hudson, C., Laljer, D., Yeatts, D. E., Hale, T. M., Chou, S. Y., Cotten, S. R., Khilnani, A. (2018). Positive impacts of online health information seeking on health perceptions.. eHealth: Current evidence, promises, perils, and future directions, Studies in media and communications.. 15, 205-240. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Seckin, G., Tettegah, S., Evie Garcia, Y. E. (2016). Digitized emotions in the pocket: Social computing and mobile mental health (mMH) applications.. Emotions, Technology, and Health. 41-61. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press, Elsevier.
Seckin, G. (2012). Cyber patients’ self-health care management. 1, 722-734. Hershey, Pensylavania: IGI Global.
Kahana, E., Kahana, B., Kercher, k., Seckin, G., Stange, K. (2007). Changing health care experiences and perspectives of older adults: Comparisons of HMO and fee-for-service enrollees. Research in Sociology of Health Care.
Conference Proceeding
Seckin, G. (2014). Health information on the Web and Consumer Perspective on Health Professionals' Responses to information Exchange. Medicine 2.0 Proceedings of the World Congress on Social Media in Medicine, Health, and Biomedical Research. 3, e4.
Seckin, G. (2011). Health: Opportunities and challenges of technology-integrated health management.. Athens Institute for Education and Research..
Seckin, G. (2007). Psychological support using the internet: Who joins online cancer support groups and patterns of participation.
Encyclopedia Article
Seckin, G., Kahana, E., Yan, Z. (2015). Smart phone health application. The Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior. 2, 898-905. Hershey, Pensylavania: IGI.
Seckin, G., Cockerham, W. ., Dingwall, R., . Quah, S. R. (2014). Online health information seeking and gender.. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society.. 1-3. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. . https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs176
Journal Article
Seckin, G., Hughes, S., Campbell, P., Lawson, M. (2021). In Internet We Trust: Intersectionality of Distrust and Patient Non-Adherence. Information, Communication, & Society. 24(5), 751-771.
Seckin, G., Hughes, S. (2021). In Sickness and in Health: Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey of Older Internet Users. Journal of Medical Internet Research Aging. 4((4):e16006), .
Seckin, G. (2020). Expansion of Parson's sick role into cyberspace: Patient information consumerism and subjective health in a representative sample of U.S. internet users. Social Science & Medicine. 247, 112733 (p. 1-10). https://doi.org.10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112733
Seckin, G., Hughes, S., Yeatts, D., Degreve, T. (2019). Digital Pathways to Positive Health Perceptions: Does Age Moderate the Relationship Between Medical Satisfaction and Positive Health Perceptions among Middle-Aged and Older Internet Users?. Innovation in Aging. 3(1), 1-14. Gerontological Society of America.
Yeatts, D. E., Seckin, G., Shen, Y., Thompson, M. F., Auden, D., Cready, C. M. (2018). Burnout among Direct-Care Workers in Nursing Homes: Influences of Organizational, Work Place, Interpersonal and Personal Characteristics. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(19-20), 3652-3665. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.14267
Seckin, G., Yeatts, D., Hughes, S., Hudson, C., Bell, V. (2016). Being an informed consumer of health information and assessment of electronic health literacy in a national sample of internet users.. Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Yeatts, D., Shen, Y., Yeatts, P., Solakoglu, O., Seckin, G. (2016). Shared decision making in nursing homes: Factors associated with the empowerment of direct care workers. Journal of Aging and Health.
seckin, g. (2013). Using hierarchical multivariate analysis to examine interactions between alternative appraisals of cancer and virtual health support among older internet users: Predicting positive self-reappraisal after cancer.. Research on Aging. 35(6), 686-707.
Seckin, G. (2013). Satisfaction with health status among cyber patients: Testing a mediation model of electronic coping support. Behaviour & Information Technology. 32(1), 901-101.
Seckin, G. (2011). I am proud and hopeful: Age-based comparisons in reports of positive coping affect among online women living with cancer and perceived benefits of peer support on the Internet. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 29(5), 573-591.
Seckin, G. (2011). Informational and decisional empowerment in online health support communities: initial psychometric validation of the Cyber Info-Decisional Empowerment Scale (CIDES) and preliminary data from administration of the scale, Supportive Care in Cancer,. 19, 2057- 2061.
Seckin, G. (2010). Cyber patients surfing the medical web: Computer-mediated medical knowledge and perceived benefits. Computers in Human Behavior. 26, 1694-1700..
Seckin, G. (2010). Patients as information managers: The Internet for successful self-health care and illness management. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. 10(1), 99-116.
Seckin, G. (2010). Patients as information managers: The Internet for successful self-health care and illness management. Bentham Science Journal. 4, 36-42.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Seckin, G., "Health, Aging, Technology," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $8000 Funded. (August 20092010).
Fellowship
Seckin, G. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Grant by the Office of the Vice President," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (August 2015December 2015).
Grant - Research
Seckin, G., "Faculty Success Summer Grant," University of North Texas, $2800 Funded. (20212021).
Seckin, G., "Health Literacy, Aging, and Technology," Sponsored by Scholarly and Creative Activity Award by the Office of the Vice President for Research, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (January 2017July 2017).
Seckin, G., "Development and Testing Efficacy of Patient Centered and Health Information and Communication Technology (PC-HICT) Integrated Medical Care Model: A Longitudinal Randomized Clinical Trail," Sponsored by University of Maryland Baltimore County, Other, $20000 Funded. (June 2011August 2012).
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Challenge and
Engagement Index
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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