Gülsün Kurubacak-Meriç is a professor in Distance Education at the College of Open Education of Anadolu University. She undertook graduate studies at Anadolu University, Turkey (MA. Educational Technology) and the University of Cincinnati, USA (Ed.D. Curriculum & Instruction), and also has worked a post-doctoral fellow at the College of Education at New Mexico State University, USA (2001-2002). Dr. Meric earned her B.S.

degree in Computer Engineering from the College of Informatics Technologies and Engineering of Ahmet Yesevi University in the year 2012-2013. She has over thirty-five years of experience in focusing on the egalitarian and ecological aspects of open and distance learning through new communication technologies. She had been the Group Coordinator of R&D and International Relations at the College of Open Education of Anadolu University between 2014-2018. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of AUAd as well as associated editor of TOJDE. She is also the founding member of Open and Distance Education Programs Accreditation Agency (AUDAK), and the head of the board of management member at the same accreditation agency.