Dr. Meral Büyükkurt

Biography

Meral Büyükkurt is a Professor at Concordia University, specializing in Supply Chain and Business Technology Management. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from Bogazici University in Turkey, followed by an MBA in Decision Sciences and a PhD in Business with a major in Decision Sciences and minors in Management Information Systems and Statistics, both from Indiana University. Büyükkurt has extensive teaching and research experience, having served as a visiting assistant professor at Washington State University and a visiting scholar at Indiana University. Additionally, she was a visiting associate professor at Koç University in Turkey and has contributed to curriculum development as a consultant at Sabanci University during the summer terms of 1998 and 1999. Her current research focuses on technology integration in higher education and its impact on student engagement and learning outcomes. Areas of expertise include group dynamics, user requirements analysis, information systems development, end-user computing, and the quantification and measurement of uncertainty in information presentation and decision making.

Research Interests