Gülen Çevik

Courses Taught (past two academic years)

ARC203 Sophomore Interior Design Studio
ARC408 Capstone Interior Design Studio
ARC321 History of Interiors
ARC436 Research Methods

Areas of Expertise

History and theory of Interiors, Orientalism, Ottoman architecture and interiors, the harem and the boudoir, the body and the interior space.

Educational Credentials

Ph.D., Architecture, University of Cincinnati
M.S., Architecture, University of Cincinnati
B.S., Interior Architecture, Mimar Sinan University (Istanbul, Turkey)

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, Miami University, 2010-Present
Assistant Professor, Miami University, 2004-2010
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Interior Design, University of Cincinnati, 2002-2004

Professional Experience/Licenses/Registrations

NCIDQ

Significant Publications/Creative Projects/Paper Presentations

“The Ottoman Women’s Transformative Agency: From Traditional to Modern Interiors.” Home Cultures: The Journal of Architecture, Design and Domestic Space, August 2023, pp. 1-27.

“Idleness on the Sofa: Under the Spell of Acedia” Journal of Interior Design, Special Issue, ‘Thinking the-Body-Inside,’ Vol. 46, Issue 1, March 2021, pp. 93-113.

“A Tale of Two Visions: Representing the Orientalized West, Representing the Orient.” Home Cultures: The Journal of Architecture, Design and Domestic Space, Vol. 15, Issue 1, March 2019, pp. 23-51.

“Boudoirs and Harems: The Seductive Power of Sophas.” Journal of Interior Design, Vol. 43, Issue 3, 2018, pp. 25-41.

“American Missionaries and Turkish Interiors: Cultural Exchange behind the Scenes.” Journal of American Studies, Volume 45, Number 3, August 2011, pp. 463-81.

“American Style or Turkish Chair: The Triumph of Bodily Comfort.” Journal of Design History, Vol. 23, Issue 4, 2010, pp. 367-85.

Awards/Recognitions/Grants/Competitions

Crossan Hays Curry Award Nominee, 2022.

HCWE (Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence) Faculty Writing Fellow, 2021.

Outstanding Graduating Student Award, University of Cincinnati, 2019.

IDEC Book Award (Chapter published in Diversity in Design: Perspectives from the Non-Western World, 2011), 2012.

Miami University Associated Student Government Outstanding Professor Award, 3rd Place, 2012.

“The Silk Road Series.” Creative achievement invited to present at the Annual International Meeting for Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), Atlanta, Georgia, March 24-27, 2010.

Professional Memberships and Service

IDEC (Member since 2004)
ACSA (Member since 2004)