PROF. DR. ALI GUNES

Ali Gunes received his first degree in English language and literature from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1991. He began his academic career as a Research Assistant at Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey, in July 1993. He completed a “Diploma in English Literature” with “Distinction” at Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland, UK, in 1994, with a thesis titled “The Use of Modern Symbols in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse.” He earned his PhD in 1999 at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England, with the thesis “Virginia Woolf’s Conception of the Subject: Modernist Fluidity or Romantic Visionary?”

Ali Gunes served as an assistant professor of English literature in the Department of English Language and Literature at Kafkas University. He was the department's founder, head, and faculty member from 1999 to 2007. In September 2007, he began working at the International University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He first served as coordinator of the English language and literature programme, and from March 2008 to January 2010 as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. In September 2010, Ali Gunes was employed at Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey. He was promoted to professor in 2012. He taught English literature in the university's English Language and Literature department and served as vice-rector at Karabuk University from 2014 to 2018. In July 2018, Ali Gunes moved to the University of Ankara's Social Sciences as a full professor. He later worked at Istanbul Selahattin Zaim University and Ankara Medipol University. Currently, he works at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University in Bolu, Türkiye. He also serves as the rector of the University of New York Tirana, Albania.

His research interests span a wide range of areas and genres of English literature, including literary genres, modern and postmodern English literature, colonial and postcolonial literature, literary criticism, literary theory, women’s studies, and cultural and political studies. He is the author of Dark Fields of Civilisation: A Cultural and Ideological Approach to the Issue of Women in the Novels of Virginia Woolf (Orient, 2007) and Modernism in English Literature: A Reader (Savas Yayinevi, 2012). He is also co-author of Medical Passages & Vocabulary (Hacettepe-Tas, 2002). He has also published articles and delivered conference papers in Turkey and elsewhere on English language and literature.

Ali Gunes can be contacted at gunesali1@gmail.com

Omer Faruk IPEK is an Assistant Professor at Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, School of Foreign Languages in Bolu, Turkey. He holds PhD in ELT.  He has taught English for 21 years. His research interest includes higher education, EFL, and teacher education.

Ali Dincer (Ph.D.) is a faculty member of English Translation and Interpretation and Head of the Department of Translation and Interpretation at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Turkey. His research interests include language learner autonomy, L2 motivation, and psychological factors in learning English as a Foreign Language. His current research focuses on L2 motivation in the era of AI. His contact email: ali.dincer@omu.edu.tr

Jaesu Choi received his Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, and holds an M.A. and B.A. in Korean Linguistics from Kyung Hee University, Seoul. His research interests include instructional design, with a focus on L2 learning mechanisms and task-based pedagogy. He also engages in test validation using psychometric methods and studies corrective feedback and peer interaction in remote learning environments.

As a certified Korean Language Teacher, Choi brings over a decade of experience in Korean language instruction and teacher training across all levels of higher education in both Korea and the U.S. He advocates for learner-driven language development and integrates authentic materials and communicative tasks into his teaching. His recent work centers on designing Korean language curricula that reflect contemporary Korean society, cultural contexts, visual media, and internet memes to enhance learner engagement and intercultural understanding.