Instructor, Department of Psychology

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Education

• PhD in Biology, University of Turin (Italy) 
• MSc in Biology, University of Florida (USA) 
• MSc in Zoology, Hacettepe University (Turkey) 
• BS in Biology, Gazi University (Turkey)

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Research

Animal Behavior & Cognition; Human-Animal Interactions 

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Selected Publications

Salgırlı Demirbaş, Y., Kerman, K., Atılgan, D., Ünler, M., Yıldırım, T., & Şimşek, S. (in press) Greeting vocalizations in domestic cats are more frequent with male caregivers. Ethology. 

Kerman, K., & Başar, B. (2025). Not-So-Prestigious: Social Status Sensitivity Reduces the Adoptability Ratings of Non-Pedigree Cats in an Online Task. Anthrozoös, 38(2), 331-347. 

Kerman, K., Roggero, A., Rolando, A., & Palestrini, C. (2023). Sex-specific expression of activity as a personality trait in dung beetles: Males perform better only in the sexually dimorphic species. Journal of Ethology. 1-14. 

Kerman, K., Miller, L., & Sewall, K. (2018). The effect of social context on measures of boldness: zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are bolder when housed individually. Behavioural Processes, 157, 18-23. 

Kerman, K., Sieving, K. E., Mary, C. S., & Avery, M. L. (2018). Social conformity affects experimental measurement of boldness in male but not female monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus). Behaviour, 155 (13-15), 1025-1050. 

See my Google Scholar webpage for a full list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J4Pa9TgAAAAJ&hl=en