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Asst.Prof. Dr. Bahar Gün holds BA, MA and PhD degrees in ELT. She has been working at İzmir University of Economics since 2003. She worked as the Head of the Teacher Development Unit in the School of Foreign Languages (SFL) at IUE between 2006- 2021. She is currently a member of TDU that is in charge of in-service teacher training and development programs in the SFL. Her research interests include EFL teacher education in general, and teacher cognition and reflective teaching and learning in particular. She is also a CELTA and ICELT tutor, and an OTA trainer. She is the founding president of TESOL Turkey Association, a CEA reviewer, and the coordinator of IATEFL Teacher Training and Education Special Interest Group. She is also a board member of DEDAK, a national agency for the accreditation of language programs in Turkey.

Assoc. Prof. Evrim Üstünlüoğlu received her BA and MA degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language; her Ph.D in Educational Sciences with a special focus on program development. She has a strong background as a director, a researcher, and a lecturer for over 30 years. She is a qualified reviewer of CEA, a founding member of DEDAK, TESOL Turkey, and a board member of IATEFL LAMSIG. She has publications on quality in higher education, pedagogical competencies of faculty members, observation/reflection, and new approaches in teaching in both international and national journals. She has been awarded scholarships to conduct research and to teach as a visiting scholar abroad. Her expertise and interests are quality in education, program development, methodology and design thinking. She is currently working as a lecturer at İzmir University of Economics.