Dilek Gürsoy is a faculty member at Istanbul Bilgi University Visual Communication Design program. As a Parsons School of Design (The New School) BFA graduate, her academic background embraces both design thinking and communication studies. She carried her undergraduate interest in the field of biomimicry to her graduation project titled Biomimicry: The Inspirational Nexus at Istanbul Bilgi University Visual Communication Design graduate program. She received her Ph.D. degree in communication studies from Istanbul Bilgi University with the thesis titled Transmedia Journalism Toolkit (TJT): A design thinking guide to creating transmedia news stories (2018).  She is the author of Transmediality in Independent Journalism: The Turkish Case (Routledge, 2020). She is also a member of the advisory and organizing committee of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Communication Conference (IPCC) held annually at Istanbul Bilgi University. Her academic interests are design thinking and transmedia studies in Turkey, where she currently resides.

- Transmedia Studies

- Design Thinking

- Media Studies

- Visual Communication Studies