Prof. Dr. Sami Gülgöz was born in Istanbul in 1962. After graduating from the Department of Psychology of Boğaziçi University in 1984, he received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Georgia. Mr. Gülgöz taught under the title of lecturer for four years at Auburn University and then started working as a Lecturer at Koç University in 1993, then receiving the titles of Associate Professor in 2001 and Professor in 2006. He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters between 2008 and 2014. Currently, he is still working as a lecturer at the same faculty.
Together with his colleagues, he prepared for TEGV an education program consisting of seven books. Among his works are books adapted about thinking skills and skill development methods for teachers, for a project carried out in collaboration with the Education Reform Initiative (ERI) and the Ministry of National Education (MoNE). Mr. Sami Gülgöz is still a Board Member at the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey.
