Dr. Selcuk R. Sirin is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Psychology in New York University's Steinhardt School. Dr. Sirin's research primarily focuses on the lives of immigrant and minority children and their families and ways to increase professionals' ability to better serve them. Dr. Sirin conducted a major meta-analytical review of research on socioeconomic status (Sirin, 2005) and he co-produced the Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test (REST) and accompanying training program for school professionals. He is currently serving as the Research Coordinator for the Partnership for Teacher Excellence project at NYU in collaboration with New York City School of Education.

Dr. Sirin's most recent research focuses on immigrant youth in general, Muslim American children and adolescents in particular. Dr. Sirin's book with Dr. Michelle Fine, entitled "Muslim American Youth: Understanding Hypenated Identities Through Multiple Methods" will be out in June, 2008 from the NYU Press.

He is the recipient of Teaching Excellence Award from Boston College, Young Scholar Award from the Foundation for Child Development for his project on immigrant children, and Review of Research Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) given in recognition of an outstanding article published in education. Sirin's work has been published in several scholarly journals including Journal of Educational Psychology, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Review of Educational Research, and Youth & Society. He recently co-edited, with Aida Balsano, a special issue of Applied Developmental Science focusing on immigrant Muslim youth in the West.

In this website you can learn more about Dr. Sirin's work, meet the members of his research lab, and have access to his publications.

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