Yakut Gazi, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Learning Systems at Georgia Tech Professional Education, overseeing learning design and development, technology infrastructure, compliance, and assessment. She has worked at higher education institutions in the United States, Qatar, Turkey, and Spain in a variety of roles since 1993. Prior to joining Georgia Tech Professional Education, she was the assistant vice chancellor for engineering remote education at Texas A&M University. She taught courses in educational technology, foundations of distance learning, psychology of learning, theories of learning, and predictive analytics in higher education. She is a council member of the International Association for Engineering Continuing Education and Quality Matters Academic Advisory Council. Dr. Gazi has her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University, and an M.A. in Educational Sciences and a B.S. in Teaching Chemistry, both from Bogazici University in Turkey.