Prof. Dr. Sedat Cereci İstanbul Üniversitesi Basın Yayın Yüksekokulu Gazetecilik ve Halkla İlişkiler Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. Üniversite yıllarında başladığı gazetecilik yaşamında, çok sayıda gazete, dergi ve yayınevinde muhabir, redaktör ve editör olarak çalıştı. Radyo ve Televizyon Anabilim dalında yükseklisans ve doktora yaptı. Klasik Türk Müziği eğitimi aldı. TRT İstanbul Radyosu’nda müzik programları, özel kanallar için kültür programları hazırladı. Sahneye çıktı, konser verdi, tiyatro oyunlarında rol aldı. Doktora eğitiminde belgesel film konusunu çalıştı ve 1992 yılından itibaren belgesel film çekmeye başladı. Belgesellerinde çoğunlukla kültürel ve etnik konuları ele aldı. 30 civarında belgesel çekti ve 80den fazla ülkede film festivallerine katıldı, ödüller aldı. Dünyanın değişik coğrafyalarında fotoğraflar çekti, sergiler açtı, ödüller aldı. 37 kitabı, 100den fazla makalesi yayımlandı. Doğu Anadolu’da ilk kez belgesel film yarışması düzenledi, Türkiye’de ilk defa Doğu Anadolu’da bir köyde film galası düzenledi. 100den fazla ülkede konferanslar verdi, bilimsel etkinliklere katıldı. Türkçenin yanı sıra İngilizce, Almanca, Arapça ve Kürtçe bilmektedir.  

Dr & Dr Tülây ATAY currently teaches at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (HMKU), Antakya, Hatay, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism as a faculty member (Assistant Professor) and a researcher. She is a Turkish Citizen. She was born and bred in Istanbul, Turkey and graduated from Istanbul University. She holds a BA degree in Mass-Media Communication & Journalism & PR. She has a Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Gender & Women’s Studies. She is a co-author of the book called “Gender & Sex and Taboo in the Contemporary Primitive & Traditional Societies” in the Turkish Language based on her MA thesis. The book is written from the perspective of women’s and gender studies. She was one of the co-founders of the Centre for Women’s Studies of Mustafa Kemal University. She served and was in charge as one of the deputy directors of the Centre for Women’s Studies of Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey. She previously worked as a “business developer” for many SMEs in the various fields such as automotive, textile etc. She worked as an Assistant Producer for Turkish Radio Television State Company (TRT) between 1995-1996. She earned her PhD from the Department of Agriculture Economics and Extensions at Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey in October 2013. She produced her Ph.D. thesis on the division of labour amongst ethnically different two villages near Hatay province in the context of changing social life and Women’s & Gender Studies. Tülay’s areas of interests are women empowerment and women’s studies using other disciplines. She is holding a sociology BA degree obtained from Open Faculty, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. She is a PhD candidate at Journalism, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey. She was a temporary National Gender Consultant for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). She lived in the UK and USA for a while. She has been in Portugal, Slovenia, Ukraine, Scotland, Romania, Holland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, UAE, Malaysia, Poland, Czeck Republic and France for academic purposes. She is a single mom and, has an adorable daughter, Dafne (Daphne, the nymph) who has been an exchange student and 11th grader at Halifax West High School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They have been living happily in Antakya, Hatay, Turkey since 1998. She was a scientist-in-residence at Paris Lodron University of Salzburg financially supported by GendUp and Salzburg Stadt (Municipality), Salzburg, Austria. She is also currently engaging with the FoTRRIS-H2020 project (women and immigration) run by Complutense University of Madrid. She recently chaired the MEDCOM 2017, KL, Malaysia.