Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
PhD, Hacettepe University
MSW, Hacettepe University
BSW, Hacettepe University
About Me
Dr. Oguzhan Zengin joined the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work at Auburn University as a faculty member in 2026. Prior to joining Auburn, he served as Professor of Social Work at Karabük University in Türkiye, where he also served as Department Chair. He earned his BSW, MSW, and PhD in Social Work from Hacettepe University, home to Türkiye's first school of social work.
Dr. Zengin's research focuses on mental health, secondary traumatic stress, solution focused brief therapy, migration, and social work education. His recent work has examined the experiences of social workers responding to the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake, as well as the mental health and psychosocial needs of refugees and asylum seekers. His scholarship has been published in international peer-reviewed journals, including The British Journal of Social Work, Social Work Education, and Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, and he has collaborated with researchers across multiple countries. He is committed to advancing evidence-based social work practice and preparing future social workers through research-informed teaching and community engagement.
Research Interests
Mental health, secondary traumatic stress, solution focused brief therapy, migration, social work education
Publications
Zengin, O., & Saglik Tugrul, G. N. (2026). Between survivor and social worker: The experiences of social workers in the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake. The British Journal of Social Work, 56(1), 240-260.
Snoubar, Y., Tatlıcıoğlu, O., Zengin, O., Çay, M., & APAK, H. (2026). Asylum Seekers in Healthcare Settings as a Human Rights Matter: Examining the Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals to Asylum Seekers in Türkiye. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 11(1), 212-222.
Zengin, O., Tuğrul, G. N. S., Saygı, A., Yumrukaya, B., Şimşek, E., Demir, H., & Dönmez, R. (2025). Challenges faced by BSW students in distance education amid the Covid-19 pandemic. KUJEAS, 5(1), 18-36.
Zengin, O., & Saglık Tugrul, G. N. (2024). The invisible face of social work field education: Secondary traumatic stress experiences of BSW students. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(7), 3180-3198.
Zengin, O., Alptekin, K., & Topuz, S. (2023). The current situation, bottlenecks, and expectations for the social work education: A pilot study. Social Work Education, 42(1), 65-79.
Cindik‐Herbrüggen, E. D., Demirkol, R., & Zengin, O. (2022). The effects of perceived discrimination on immigrants' mental health: A pilot study from Germany. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 58(4), 1847.
Snoubar, Y., & Zengin, O. (2022). Social support effectiveness of the mental health of immigrants living in Belgium. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(5), 2707-2725.
Courses Taught
SOWO 2000: Introduction to Social Work
SOWO 7110: Trauma Informed Practice