Globalization, global urban networks, locational strategies of transnational advanced producer service firms, planning and governance of global cities, metropolitan form, metropolitan growth and decentralization, comparative urbanization, European cities, globalization research networks, academic globalization.

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  (Fall 2003-January 2008)

  Phd in Environmental Design and Planning Doctoral Program at the College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

  Advisor: Professor Paul L. Knox
  Thesis Committee: Paul L. Knox, Peter J. Taylor, Robert Lang, Edward Weisband, Casey Dawkins, Heike Meyer.
  Coursework: International Development, Global Changes and Local Impacts, International  Politics, Contemporary Political Theory, Planning Theory Seminar, Theory and Practice in  Planning, Introduction to GIS, Research Methods
  Thesis Topic : Locational Distribution of Transnational Advanced Producer Service Firms  in the Polycentric US Metropolis

• Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA

  MBA in Finance from Miller College of Business. (Fall 2001-Summer 2003) 

   Coursework: Management of Organizational Behaviors, Business Law,  Managerial Communication, Statistics for Business Decisions, Managerial  Macroeconomics, Information Systems In Organizations, Quantitative Business  Decisions, Managerial  Finance, Managerial Economics, International Business  Strategy, Investment  Management, Financial Markets, Global Financial Policy.

  MArch in Architecture from College of Architecture and Planning (Fall 2000-Summer 2003)
  
  Advisor: Professor Brian R. Sinclair
  Thesis Committee: Brian R. Sinclair, Erdogan Kumcu, Nihal Perera, Sirinivasan Sundram.
  Coursework: Interdisciplinary Environmental Design Studio, Architectural Research,  Interdisciplinary Environmental Design Seminar, Contemporary Projects, 21st Century Communities.  
  Thesis Topic: The Effect of Global and Local Values in Contemporary Architecture: The Case of Global Hotel Design

• London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK (September 1999-August 2000)

  MSc in Cities, Space, and Society Program from Department of Geography and Environment.

  Advisor: Andy C. Pratt                            
  Coursework: Contemporary Urbanism, Sustainable Development, Issues in Environmental Regulation, Global Cities, Research Methods.
   Dissertation: De-industrialization and Industrial Property in London.

• Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey  (Fall 1995-Spring 1999) BArch in Architecture (Honor Student).

• Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, School of Urban and Regional Planning (Fall 2008-current)
• Adjunct Faculty at Virginia Tech, College of Architecture and Urban Studies (Fall 2007-Spring 2008).
• Instructor at Virginia Tech, College of Architecture and Urban Studies (Spring 2006 and Spring 2007).
• Research Assistant at Virginia Tech, College of Architecture and Urban Studies (Fall 2003-Spring 2008).
• Research Assistant at Ball State University, Miller College of Business (Fall 2001-Spring 2003).

• Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, School of Urban and Regional Planning (Fall 2008-current)
  Courses: Planning and Growth Management, Planning Methods, Globalization and Urban Restructuring, Designing the City, Planning Workshop.
• Adjunct Faculty at Virginia Tech in Spring 2008 teaching ARCH 4034 European Urbanization  in College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech.
• Adjunct Faculty at Virginia Tech in Fall 2007 teaching UAP 2014 Urbanization and Development Course (Fall  2007) in College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech.
• Instructor for UAP 2014 Urbanization and Development Course (Spring  2007) in College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech.
• Instructor for ARCH/UAP 4654 European Urbanization and Urbanism course (Spring 2006) in College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech.

• Research Assistant in Office of Economic Development, Virginia Tech, Dr. John Provo, (Spring 2008)
  Working in a project related to nanotechnology industry in New River Valley.
• Research Assistant in Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech, Prof. Paul L. Knox and Prof. Robert Lang (Fall 2006-Fall 2007).
  Working in a project related to boomburbs and trends in their built environment.
  Identifying hot-spot real estate locations in 13 largest metropolitan areas of the US through the locational analysis of commercial, residential, and mix-use high-rise buildings.
• Research Assistant and Assistant Webmaster for data handling in Globalization and World Cities Research Group (GaWC), Loughborough University, UK, Prof. Peter J. Taylor and Prof. Paul L. Knox (Fall 2003-Fall 2007).
  Worked in various projects related to globalization and locational strategies of transnational corporations in global cities.
  Analyzed locational strategies and changing business trends of the top 50 global advertising firms in 20 global cities worldwide ( GaWC Research Bulletin 195).
  Analyzed locational strategies and changing business trends of global architecture, engineering, and real estate firms in Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Research Assistant in College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech. Prof. Paul L. Knox (Fall 2003-Spring 2006).
  Worked in doing research, updating books, and grading coursework.
• Research Assistant in Department of Marketing and Management, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, Prof. Erdogan Kumcu and Prof. Douglas Naffziger  (Spring 2003-Summer 2003).
  Doing research for professors, helping professors in preparing course related materials and grading students’ coursework.
  Assisted in the development of International Business Major in Miller College of Business.
• Graduate Assistant in London Center of Ball State University in London, UK, Prof. Douglas Naffziger  (Fall 2002).
  Responsible for arranging educational trips for 50 students in and around London for three months.
• Research Assistant in Department of Management Science, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, Prof. Jeet Gupta, Prof. Inga Hill, and Prof. Enar Tunc. (Fall 2001-Summer 2002)
  Collected and analyzed financial and business data on different companies in IT and manufacturing sectors in the US.
  Doing research for professors, helping professors in preparing course related materials and grading students’ coursework.

• Lang, R., Sanchez, T., and Oner, A.C. (2008) “Beyond Edgeless Cities: Office Geography in the New Metropolis”in Urban Geography, forthcoming.
• Weisband, E., Kiersey, N., Oner, A.C., and Dansereau, D. (2008)“Turkish Accession and the Quest For A European Polity: Discursive Strategies And Organized Hypocrisy” in Turkey-European Union Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities, and Constraints, by Meltem Muftuler-Bac and Yannis A. Stivachtis (eds.), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., p.41-75.
• Sinclair, B. R. and Oner, A.C. (2001) “Global Meets Local: Contradiction and Compromise of Values in the Built Environment”. Conference Proceedings by International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS).

• “Globalization of Knowledge: Reflections on Urban Space”
  Paper written together with Dr. Diana Mitsova to be presented in Knowledge Globalization Conference 2009 in Boston, MA.
  Presenter: Asli Ceylan Oner
• “Characterizing Collective Themed Spaces: A Theoretical Framework to Study Spatial Patterns in Metropolitan Regions”
  Paper written together with Dr. Kasama Polakit and Professor David Prosperi to be presented in the Urban Planning and Environment Association 8th annual symposium, Kaiserslaughten, Germany
  Presenter: Kasama Polakit
• “Development of High-Rises in the New US Metropolis”
  Paper presented in A Suburban World Conference of Metropolitan Institute in Reston, VA
  Presenter: Asli Ceylan Oner
• “Organized Hypocrisy in Reverse Images: The Social Construction of Christian Europe and Islamic Turkey in the Context of Negotiations over Turkish Accession into the European Union“
  Paper written together with Professor Edward Weisband, David P. Dansereau, and Nicholas Kiersey and accepted at the 47th annual meeting of the International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, California, March 2006: The North-South Divide and International Studies. Panel Title: The Future of Post-National Europe.
  Presenters: Edward Weisband and  Nicholas Kiersey.
• “Organized Hypocrisy As Negotiation Strategy: Turkish Accession Into The European Union “
  Paper written together with Professor Edward Weisband and David P. Dansereau and presented in the 46th annual meeting of the International Studies Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2005: Dynamics of World Politics: Capacity, Preferences and Leadership. Panel Title: The Contemporary Political Economy of European Integration II: Extending the Reach of the European Union.
  Presenters: Edward Weisband, Asli Ceylan Oner, David P. Dansereau.
• “Turkey's Accession to the EU: The Social Construction of Otherness in Reverse Images”
  Paper written together with Professor Edward Weisband and David P. Dansereau and presented in the Second Pan-European Conference, Standing Group in EU Politics held by ECPR, Johns Hopkins University, and Sabanci University in Bologna, Italy in June 2004.
  < http://www.jhubc.it/ecpr-bologna/docs/435.pdf>
  Presenter: Edward Weisband.
• “Postmodern Landscapes: Global Hotel Design”
  Paper presented in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Conference held in Miami, Florida, USA in March 2005, published in conference proceedings.
  Presenter: Asli Ceylan Oner.
• “Between Elitist Nation Building and Populist Islam: Ankara’s Planning Pendulum”
  Paper written together with Dr. Gul Berna Ozcan and Dr. Hurriyet Ogdul and presented in the InterSymp2002- Conference held by International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS) in Baden-Baden, Germany, presented in August 2002.
  Presenter: Asli Ceylan Oner.
• “Global Meets Local: Contradiction and Compromise of Values in the Built Environment” Poster Presentation in the Initiative for Architectural Research Conference in 2002.
• “Global Meets Local: Contradiction and Compromise of Values in the Built Environment”
  Paper written together with Prof. Brian R. Sinclair and presented in the InterSymp2001-Conference held by International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS) in conjunction with UNESCO in Baden-Baden, Germany, presented in August 2001, published in conference proceedings.
  Presenter: Asli Ceylan Oner.

• Full Assistantship from the Dean of College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech (Fall 203-Spring 2006)
• Participation in Virginia Tech Women’s Leadership Conference with the recommendation from the Dean of College of Architecture and Urban Studies (May 2005). <http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2005&itemno=808>
• Full Assistantship from Miller College of Business, Ball State University (Fall 2001-Summer 2003).
• Rotary Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International Foundation (2000-2001).
  One- year full academic scholarship based on academic and social excellence, gave speeches in different cities in Indiana, USA about Turkey.
• 41st ranking in the 1995 National University Entrance Examination in Turkey.
• 17th ranking in the 1992 National Science High School Examination in Turkey and awarded by TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Foundation).
• American Collegiate Institute Honor Court Success Award.

• Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Florida Atlantic University, School of Urban and Regional Planning (2009-current).
• Istanbul Mega-Projects Study Abroad Program, Florida Atlantic University, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty (2009).
• Member of Globalization and World Cities Research Group (GaWC), also served as assistant webmaster for data handling (2003-2007). <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc>
• London Center Study Abroad Program, Ball State University, Graduate Assistant (2002).

• Internship in Dalokay-Guzer Architectural Office in Ankara, Turkey. Three month internship, assisted to Assoc.Prof.Dr.C.Abdi Guzer. Summer 1998
  Designed commercial and residential buildings in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The projects required deep involvement with urban planning issues and communication with the local government.
• Internship in Bertur Construction Company in Izmir, Turkey. Three month internship.Summer 1997.
  Managed two construction sites, a warehouse  and a residential apartment building construction.
• Internship in Middle East Technical University in construction and topography. Three month internship, Summer 1996.
  Took part in a collective project with a large group of students based on the renewal and construction of additional units in  an architectural design  studio, also took part in a topographical study.

• Graduate Representative of Turkish Student Association at Virginia Tech (2007-2008)
• President of Virginia Tech Environmental Design and Planning Doctoral Student Association (2004-2005).
• Secretary of London School of Economics Turkish Student Organization (1999-2000).
• Member of Ball State University Alumni Association.
  
  Member of London School of Economics Alumni Organization.
• Member of Middle East Technical University Alumni Organization.

• English (fluent), Turkish (native)

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), ArcGIS, Photoshop, FrontPage, SPSS, EViews, EndNote.