Esim Gürsoy is currently a professor at the ELT Department of Bursa Uludağ University, Turkey. She holds an M.A. in teacher education from Ohio University, USA and a Ph.D in English Language Teaching from Anadolu, University, Turkey. She has many published research articles in international journals. She has authored and edited books and also is the author of several book chapters. Her research interests include, teaching English to young learners, pre-service and in-service teacher education, teaching practice, and integrating socially responsible teaching to ELT.