Gülen Çevik

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

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.

Professional Experience/Licenses/Registrations

• NCIDQ

Professional Memberships and Service

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

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.

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.