ABIDIN KUSNO, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Currently Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Asian Urbanism and Culture at the Institute of Asian Research at University of British Columbia. Graduated from Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia (1991); received M.A. in History and Theory of Art and Architecture, (1993), and Ph.D. in History and Theory of Art and Architecture, at Binghamton University, SUNY(1997). An Indonesian architectural and urban cultural historian, his research has focused on colonial and postcolonial politics of architecture and urban space. Published books and articles on architecture, spatial politics and historical memory in Indonesia.
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ALISON B. SNYDER; B.A., M.Arch, Registered Architect.
Graduated with B.A. in architecture from Washington University, St. Louis and M.Arch from Columbia University, New York. Associate Professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene (USA), where she teaches design studios and seminars related to her research. Currently interested in light and culture in sacred and everyday spaces; and, about how modernization and globalization impact lifestyle and building in central Anatolian villages. Was visiting professor in the Faculty of Architecture at METU during fall semester 2000.
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ALİ İHSAN ÜNAY; B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph. D.
Received B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (1985) at METU Department of Civil Engineering; M.Sc.(1988) and Ph.D. in Building Science (1997) at METU Department of Architecture. Currently teaching structural analysis and design at METU. Major areas of interest are structural analysis and design; analysis and repair of historical structures; finite element modelling and analysis.
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ALİ UZAY PEKER, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Studied Art History at İstanbul and Bosphorus Universities, received Ph.D. from İstanbul Technical University (1996). Worked at Canadian Centre for Architecture, Study Centre as a visiting scholar (2000). Currently teaching history of architecture at METU, Department of Architecture.
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ALİ YAYCIOĞLU; B.IR: M.A.
Received his bachelor's degree in International Relations at METU in 1994; studied Ottoman history at Bilkent University and Islamic History at McGill University. Currently completing his dissertation on the Ottoman Balkans at Harvard University.     
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ANTHONY D. KING
Bartle Professor of Art History and of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton (Emeritus from 2006). Has been Visiting Professor in Architecture, University of California Berkeley and  for five years, Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology. His most recent book is Spaces of Global Cultures: Architecture Urbanism and Identity (2004). With Thomas A.Markus, he is Co-Editor of the Routledge Architext series on architecture and social/cultural theory.
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ASHRAF M. SALAMA, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Architecture currently teaching at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals-KFUPM, KSA, a practicing architect in Egypt trained at Al Azhar University and North Carolina State University. Was the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Consultants in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (2001-04); the former Chairman of the Department of Architecture, Misr International University in Cairo (1996-01). Has written numerous articles and papers in international conferences, archival journals and magazines; published the books “Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio,” “Human Factors in Environmental Design,” and recently co-authored “Architectural Education Today” in Switzerland, and “Architecture as Language of Peace” in Italy.
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AYDAN BALAMİR, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture at METU, teaching architectural design and theory courses. Received her degrees from METU, carried out doctoral research at UC Berkeley. Has research and publication in the field of architectural history and criticism, focusing on the modern condition of architectural culture, profession and education.
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BÜLENT BATUMAN, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Received his B. Arch. and M. Arch. degrees from the Department of Architecture at METU in 1998 and 2000; his Ph.D. in History and Theory of Art and Architecture from State University of New York - Binghamton in 2006. Currently teaches architectural design at Mersin University. Areas if interest are social production and politics of built environment, history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism, urban politics, and critical social theory.
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B.IŞIK  AKSULU , B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Studied architecture in Ankara State Academy of Architecture and Engineering (1973), Associate Professor of Restoration at Gazi University Faculty of Architecture and Engineering Architecture, Department of Restoration.
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CÂNÂ BİLSEL, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Graduated from the Department of Architecture at METU (B.Arch. 1987, M.Arch. 1989), she received her Ph.D. degree at the Université de Paris X – Nanterre (1996). Recently collaborated in the book, Smyrne 1830-1930 : De la fortune à l’oubli, edited by Marie-Carmen Smyrnelis, to be published by the Editions Autrement (Paris) in January 2006. Is currently directing a research project on the Henri Prost’s planning work in İstanbul (1936-1951). She has been teaching architectural and urban design at the Department of Architecture of METU since 1996.    
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CANAN PARLA; B. Arch.; M.A.; Ph.D.
Received her Bachelor in Architecture at State Architecture and Engineering Academy (ADMMA) in Ankara (1978). Graduated from the Art History Department, Hacettepe University in Ankara, with MA (1990) and Ph.D. degrees (1997). From 1997 till 2002, she was employed as a lecturer by the Art History Department of Anadolu University in Eskişehir; where she has been teaching as Assistant Professor from 2002 on.
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ÇAĞRI İMAMOĞLU, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Received his B.Arch and M.Arch degrees from METU in 1992 and 1995; his Ph.D.
in Architecture in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA in 2002. Currently employed in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University. His research areas include environmental cognition and evaluation, environments for older adults, and architectural education.
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DAVID SEAMON, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Trained in environment-behavior research, is interested in a phenomenological approach to place, architecture, environmental experience, and environmental design as place making. His books include A Geography of the Lifeworld (1979) and Dwelling, Seeing, and Designing (1993). He is also editor of the Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter.
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DENİZ ŞENGEL, B.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the İzmir Institute of Technology. Studied Comparative Literature and received her academic degrees from Boğaziçi University and New York University. Her research interests are the history of the classical tradition and the Renaissance. She has published on contemporary Turkish art, Shakespeare, the Renaissance, and the nineteenth-century reception of medieval and Renaissance culture. Her two forthcoming books concern interrelations of verbal and spatial arts, and metaphor.
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ESRA AKCAN, B.Arch, M.Arch, M. Phil., Ph.D
Received her B.Arch. and M.Arch. from METU, her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York. Works as a postdoctoral lecturer at Columbia University. Received awards and fellowships from Columbia University, Graham Foundation- Carter Manny Award of Special Recognition, Mellon Foundation, DAAD, Kinne, KRESS / ARIT.
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FUAT GÖKÇE; B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Studied architecture and restoration; received his B.Arch. and M.Arch. degrees at METU, his Ph.D. in classical archaeology from Ankara University. Currently coordinator of the Graduate Program of Restoration and Conservation, is teaching design in restoration; architectural photogrammetry and architectural design at the Department of Architecture, METU.
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HASAN BÖKE; B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Restoration, İzmir Institute of Technology İYTE. Studied Chemistry and received his academic degrees from METU. His research fields are sulphur dioxide-calcite reaction mechanisms and its control; characterization of the physical, mechanical, mineralogical and chemical properties of the historic mortars and plasters; archeometric studies on medieval glazed ceramics; durability and compatibility of historic building materials.
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HENRY SANOFF, AIA.
Professor Emeritus, College of Design, North Carolina State University. Widely published and known for his many books - including, 53 Research Papers in Social Architecture: 1963-2005; Programming and Participation in Architectural Design; Three Decades of Design and Community; Community Participation in Design and Planning, Creating Environments for Young Children, School Design, Integrating Programming Evaluation and Participation in Design, and Visual Research Methods in Design. Is the USA editor of the Journal of Design Studies, and the founder of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). Has research concentrated in the areas of social housing, children's environments, community arts, aging populations and community participation. Has been a visiting lecturer at more than 85 institutions in the USA and abroad.

İLHAN TEKELİ; C.E., M.S., M.CP., M.A., Ph.D.
Distinguished professor of METU Faculty of  Architecture, the Department of City and Regional Planning. Wrote and co-authored more than 60 books; over 1000 papers and articles, the full account of which is to be found in the book İlhan Tekeli İçin Armağan Yazılar (2004) published by Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul, to celebrate the Symposium dedicated to his 67th birthday.
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İNCİ ASLANOĞLU, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Architectural Historian at METU Department of Architecture (Emeritus from 2003). One of the pioneers on ‘Historiography of Early Republican of Architecture’, she has extensively published on the history of early Republican architects and buildings, and the foreign experts practicing in Turkey.

KORAY ÖZCAN, B.CP., M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor currently teaching at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Selçuk University, Konya. Received his Bachelor in City and Regional Planning at YTU in 1995, MS in Landscape Architecture at Ankara University in 2000, and his doctorate at the Selçuk University in 2005, with his Ph.D. thesis titled Urban Network and Urban Models in Anatolia during Seljuk Period. Fields of interest are urban history and urban landscape in Turkish culture from Central Asia and Iran to Anatolia.
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KIVANÇ KILINÇ, B.Arch., M.Arch.
Graduated from Çukurova University (1999), received M.Arch degree at METU (2002). Worked at Anadolu University and METU as a research assistant (2001-2003). Currently Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in the Art History Department at Binghamton University, SUNY. His research focuses on the spatial politics of gender in the 1930s Ankara.
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MEHMET ADNAN BARLAS, B.CP., M.CP., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor currently teaching at the Department of City and Regional Planning, METU. Received his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. Has a number of articles and published a book titled “Urban Streets and Urban Rituals” in 2006. Fields of interest are symbolism, psychology, basic design and urban design.
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MEHTAP SAĞOCAK, B. Arch., M. Arch., Ph.D
Received her degrees from İstanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture. Assistant Professor at Uludağ University Vocational School of Technical Sciences, at Bursa, Görükle. Research focuses on interpretation of architecture in  philosophical, social and historical contexts.
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MUSTAFA KORUMAZ, B.Arch., M.Arch.
Received his B.Arch. and M.Arch. degrees from Selcuk University in 1999 and 2003. Currently he is a research assistant, and a Ph.D. student in the same university. His research interests include vernacular architecture and conservation of historical buildings.
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MÜGE AKKAR, B.CP., M.Sc. in Urban Policy Planning, Ph.D. in CP.
Studied at METU, and University of Newcastle. Works as assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at METU. Has published articles and presented papers on the privatisation of public lands and local government finance in Turkey, and public spaces in Britain. Her current interests are in public space, urban regeneration and urban design.
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NEBEEL HAMDI, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Professor of Housing and Urban Development at Oxford Brookes University. Qualified as an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1968); worked for the GLC (1969-1978), where his award-winning housing projects established his reputation in participatory design and planning; was Associate Professor of Housing at the MIT (1981-1990). Consulted on participatory action planning and upgrading of slums in cities to all major international development agencies, and to charities and NGOs worldwide. Is the author of Small Change (2004), Housing Without Houses (1995), and co-author of Making Micro Plans (1988) and Action Planning for Cities (1997), and editor of the collected volumes Educating for Real (1996) and Urban Futures (2005).
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NEELUM NAZ; B. Arch., Ph. D.
Professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan; Postdoc Scholar in the Department of Architecture, METU from May 2005 to January 2006. B.Arch. from UET, Lahore (1980) and Ph. D. from University of Sheffield, England (1997). Teaches architectural design, theory of design, history of European architecture, graphics and model making at undergraduate level and business communication at postgradaute level. Areas of interest are interaction of social and built environment, biograghies of renowned architects, and theory of architecture.
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NERİMAN ŞAHİN GÜÇHAN; B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture, Graduate Program in Restoration, METU. Studied architecture and restoration; received her academic degrees from METU. Areas of interest and research are preservation, rehabilitation and regeneration of historic sites; conservation / rehabilitation of timber framed historic houses; material decay; Ankara; Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) and old Greek settlements in Turkey.
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NESLİHAN ASUTAY-EFFENBERGER, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Habil.
Studied Art History at the İstanbul University, received her doctorate from the University of Bonn. Currently works at the Free University of Berlin, where she received her venia legendi for Byzantine Art and Archaeology with a Habilitationsschrift, entitled “Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel. Untersuchungen zu Topographie, Architektur, Mauerwerk und Baumaterial“. Her research interests include Byzantine Architecture, culture transfer between Byzantium and its Islamic neighbours and the historical topography of Constantinople/İstanbul.
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OLGU ÇALIŞKAN, BS.CRP., M.S.CP.
Research assistant at METU Faculty of Architecture. Received his Bachelor in City and Regional Planning (2001) and M.CP in Urban Design (2004) at METU. Currently a Ph.D. candidate and studying on his dissertation on urban compositions to be submitted to TU Delft School of Design. Major areas of interest are urban physical planning, design theory and urban morphology.
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OYA ATALAY FRANCK, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D. (Dr. sc. techn.)
Architect and architectural historian. Has received her Bachelor’s in Architecture at METU and her Master’s at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich with her research on Ernst Egli. Her main areas of research are concepts of space in modern art and architecture, the interrelations of politics and architecture, and early modernism in Europe and in the Near East. Publishes regularly for architectural periodicals on contemporary issues in architecture and education. Currently in charge of international relations and research coordination at the Department of Architecture ETH Zurich.
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SELEN B. MORKOÇ, B.Arch., M.A..
Received her B.Arch. and M.A. in History of Architecture from METU. Since 2002, she is working as a research member of CAMEA (Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture) at University of Adelaide. Soon, she will be submitting her PhD on receptions of architecture in the Ottoman context.
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TOLGA ÜNLÜ, B.CP., M.CP.in UD., Ph.D.
Received his degrees in 1996, 1999, and in 2005 in the Department of City and Regional Planning at METU. Has been an instructor in Mersin University since 2006. Main interest areas are urban design, urban morphology and design control in urban planning.
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TIMOTHY M. ROBERTS, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Currently Assistant Professor of History at Bilkent University. Has written several articles on the influence in America of the 1848 Revolutions, including “’Revolutions Have Become the Bloody Toy of the Multitude’: the 1848 Revolutions, the South, and the Crisis of 1850,” Journal of the Early Republic (2005), which won the best article prize of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic. In 1996, he also was awarded an historic preservation award by the City of Tallahassee, Florida, USA, for his sensitive rehabilitation of a nineteenth-century bungalow style house.
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TÜRKAN URAZ, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture of EMU in North Cyprus, previously teaching at İstanbul Technical University. Received her B. Arch. degree from KTU, Trabzon; completed her master’s thesis on ‘Symbolic Meaning of Turkish House’ at the Catholic University of Leuven. Her Ph. D. study at İTU focused on ‘Design Activity and Designerly Behavior.’
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UMUT TOKER, B.Arch., M.CP. in UD., Ph.D.
Holds his B.Arch and M.CP. from METU, and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University College of Design. Having conducted post-doctoral research at Imperial College London, he currently teaches urban design studios, visual communication and participatory planning/design at California Polytechnic State University. His areas of interest cover participatory design/planning, computer applications and environment-behavior relationships.
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VACİT İMAMOĞLU, B.Arch., M.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Studied architecture at METU and Pratt Institute, and architectural psychology at University of Strathclyde. He is currently teaching architectural design, research methods and universal design at METU.
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Z. GEDİZ URAK, B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Studied architecture in Ankara State Academy of Architecture and Engineering (1975), Associate Professor of Restoration at Gazi University Faculty of Architecture and Engineering Architecture, Department of Restoration.
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ZEYNEP TOKER, B.C.P., M.C.P in Urban Design, Ph.D.
Holds B.C.P. and M.C.P. from METU, and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University College of Design. Having conducted post-doctoral research at University of Cambridge, Department of Architecture, she currently teaches community based urban design and research methods in urban planning at California State University Northridge, Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Within the general field of environment-behavior studies, her research is focused on housing, gender and community design.
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