Suzan Boztepe is a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Design at Middle East Technical University. She holds a Ph.D. in Design from Illinois Institute of Technology, where she also received her Master of Design in Strategic Design Planning. She taught human-centered design research methods at Pratt Institute, New York, USA and Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests include strategic applications of design, social and cultural human factors, and product localization issues.