Feyza Erden, Ph.d., born on August 3, 1973, graduated from Middle East Technical University Department of Sociology in 1995. In 1998, she got an MS degree in Sociology. The same year, with the scholarship granted by Ministry of Education, she started her doctoral study at the Florida State University, Department of Early Childhood Education. Upon earning her Ph.D. there, Feyza Erden returned to Turkey.