Nebi Sümer

Nebi Sümer is professor of social psychology at Middle East Technical University. He has two main research interests. One focuses on the close relationships, especially the attachment dynamics and parenting behaviors from the cultural perspective. The other focuses on transportation safety and driver behavior. He has conducted large-scale studies on attachment and parenting behaviors, aberrant driver behaviors, and hazard perception abilities of novice drivers. He has published a number of articles and book chapters, and books on both areas and received funding from both national and international agencies. He also runs research and has publications on the issues concerning personality assessment, effects of unemployment, teaching of psychology, and advanced statistics. He received his Ph.D from Kansas State University and spent a year as a Fulbright research scholar in Cornell University. He is the member of the Science Academy Society in Turkey