Doç. Dr. Şule Betül Tosuntaş
Curriculum Vitae

Doç. Dr. Şule Betül Tosuntaş

Associate Professor · Department of Educational Sciences · Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

22

H-index

4184

Citations

90+

Publications

Contact Information

Phone

+90 224 275 5031

Office

Eğitim Fakültesi B Blok, Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Office 110.
Görükle Kampüsü Nilüfer / BURSA, Turkey

Education

2022 – 2023

Nottingham Trent University

Post-Doctoral Research

Nottingham Trent University

School of Social Sciences, Psychology Department, UK

2013 – 2017

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Educational Sciences Institute, Turkey

Thesis: Factors affecting teachers' use of interactive whiteboards and their effect on teacher performance.

2016 – 2020

Anadolu University

B.A. in Sociology

Anadolu University

Open Education Faculty, Turkey

2012 – 2013

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

Educational Sciences Institute, Turkey

Thesis: Evaluation of teaching methods used by instructors in the Educational Sciences department.

2006 – 2010

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

B.A. in Computer Education and Instructional Technology

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Faculty of Education, Turkey

Academic & Professional Appointments

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

Associate Professor (Doç. Dr.)

Current

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

2021 – Present
Nottingham Trent University, UK

Postdoctoral Researcher

Nottingham Trent University, UK

2022 – 2023
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

Assistant Professor (Dr. Öğr. Üyesi)

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

2019 – 2021
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

Research Assistant (Dr.)

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

2018 – 2019
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Visiting Scholar

Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Feb 2017 – Aug 2017
Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Research Assistant

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

2013 – 2017
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

Research Assistant

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

2011 – 2013

Administrative Roles

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

BAP (Scientific Research Projects) Commission Member

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

2023 – Present
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Faculty of Education

Faculty Board Member

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Faculty of Education

2020 – 2021
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

Department Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Member

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

2019 – 2021

Awards & Fellowships

University Recognitions

Highly Cited Researcher Award

Highly Cited Researcher Award

Awarded by the Rector of Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi for publishing in the top 10% most highly cited journals in the Web of Science database.

2024 / 2025

TÜBİTAK International Scientific Publication Incentive Awards

March 2022

"Childhood Emotional Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration"

October 2021

"Compensatory Usage of the Internet: The Case of Mukbang Watching on YouTube"

November 2020

"Trait Emotional Intelligence and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Gamers"

June 2020

"The Mediating Role of Self/Everyday Creativity and Depression… & Uses and Gratifications of Problematic Social Media Use Among University Students"

January 2020

"Analyzing the Links Between Problematic Social Media Use, Dark Triad Traits, and Self-esteem"

September 2019

"Dark personality traits and problematic smartphone use"

July 2018

"Cyberbullying perpetration among undergraduates"

April 2015

"The factors affecting acceptance and use of interactive whiteboard within the scope of FATIH project"

TÜBİTAK Fellowships

2022 – 2023

2219 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Abroad

2017

2214-A International Research Fellowship Program

2013 – 2017

2211-E Direct Domestic PhD Scholarship Program

2010 – 2012

2228-A Graduate Scholarship Program

Teaching & Mentoring

Courses Designed

  • Graduate Instructional Design (Öğretim Tasarımı)
  • Undergraduate Technology Addiction (Teknoloji Bağımlılığı)

Selected Courses Taught

  • Scientific Research Techniques and Research Ethics (Graduate)
  • Current Issues in Education (Graduate)
  • Instructional Technologies
  • Measurement and Evaluation
  • Curriculum Development in Education

Theses Supervised

Master's Thesis

"Do We Trust AI As It Is? Extending The UTAUT Model to Explore the Acceptance of AI-Based Recruitment Tools from the User's Perspective"

A. Aktaş · 2024

Selected Publications

Social Media Addiction & Digital Psychology

  1. Tosuntaş, Ş. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2024).

    Sharenting: A systematic review of the empirical literature.

    Journal of Family Theory & Review, 16(3), 525–562.

  2. Tosuntaş, Ş. B., Karadağ, E., Emirtekin, E., Kircaburun, K., & Griffiths, M. D. (2024).

    Sofalizing and its relationship with social media addiction and psychosocial factors: A new phenomenon among emerging adults.

    Social Science Journal, 61(2), 378–390.

  3. Kircaburun, K., Jonason, P., Griffiths, M. D., Aslanargun, E., Emirtekin, E., Tosuntaş, Ş. B., et al. (2021).

    Childhood Emotional Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration: The Role of Dark Personality Traits.

    Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(21–22).

  4. Kırcaburun, K., Alhabash, S., Tosuntaş, Ş. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2020).

    Uses and Gratifications of Problematic Social Media Use Among University Students: a Simultaneous Examination of the Big Five of Personality Traits, Social Media Platforms, and Social Media Use Motives.

    International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18(3), 525–547.

  5. Karadağ, E., Tosuntaş, Ş. B., Erzen, E., Duru, P., Bostan, N., Sahin, B. M., et al. (2015).

    Determinants of phubbing, which is the sum of many virtual addictions: A structural equation model.

    Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 4(2), 60–74.

Educational Technology Integration

  1. Tosuntaş, Ş. B., Çubukçu, Z., & Beauchamp, G. (2021).

    A new model for the factors that affect interactive whiteboard usage of teachers and its effect on performance.

    Education and Information Technologies, 26(3), 3575–3592.

  2. Tosuntaş, Ş. B., Çubukçu, Z., & İnci, T. (2019).

    A Holistic View to Barriers to Technology Integration in Education.

    Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 10(4), 349–371.

  3. Tosuntaş, Ş. B., Karadağ, E., & Orhan, S. (2015).

    The factors affecting acceptance and use of interactive whiteboard within the scope of FATIH project: A structural equation model based on the Unified Theory of acceptance and use of technology.

    Computers & Education, 81, 169–178.

Books

Anagün, S. S., Karademir, E., Çubukçu, Z., Tosuntaş, Ş. B., & Kartal, M. S. (2020).

Fen Öğretim Programları

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