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About the Contributors
Kenan DikilitasiscurrentlyanAssistantProfessoratdepartmentofEnglishlanguageteachingat
HasanKalyoncuUniversity,Gaziantep,Turkey.HecompletedhisPhDinELTatYeditepeUniversity,
Istanbul.Hehaspublishedarticlesandeditedbooksonteacherresearchasaprofessionaldevelopment
strategy.Hehasalsoconductedteacherresearchprojectsandhasgivenhands-onworkshopsonhowto
doeducationalresearchacrossTurkeyandoverseas.Histeachertrainingexperienceprimarilyincludes
supportingteacherresearchforprofessionaldevelopment.Hisprimaryresearchinterestsarelanguage
teachereducation,educationalresearch,researchintolanguageteachingandlearning,andlinguistics
forteachingpedagogy.HeisoneofthecommitteemembersofIATEFLReSIG.
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Sedat AkayoglugraduatedfromtheDepartmentofEnglishLanguageandLiterature,HacettepeUni-
versityin2002andhecompletedhisMAdegreeatAbantIzzetBaysalUniversity.HemovedtoAnkara
andstartedtoworkatMiddleEastTechnicalUniversityin2007andhecompletedhisPhDDegreeat
thesameuniversity.Currently,heisworkingasanassistantprofessoratAIBU.
Patricia DickensonisLeadFacultyofTeacherEducationatNationalUniversityinSanJose.She
completedherdoctoralworkattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniainEducationalPsychology.Her
researchfocusesonthesocioculturalaspectsofmotivation,engagement,andinstruction,withinmath-
ematics,technologyandstandard-basedteachingpracticesofLatinoEnglishlearners.Dr.Dickenson
beganteachingfortheLosAngelesUnifiedSchoolDistrict.Shehastaughtelementary,middleand
highschool.InadditiontoclassroomteachingDr.DickensonwasaMathematicsCoach.Shebelieves
stronglyintheuseofalternativeassessmentssuchasperformancebasedtasks,project-basedlearningand
authenticassessmenttomeasurestudentsknowledgeandskills.Dr.Dickensonhasworkedasateacher
trainerandconsultantforPrincetonReviewandHarcourtPublishing.ShehastaughtcoursesinTeacher
EducationatUniversityofCaliforniaSantaCruz,UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaandUniversityof
Phoenix.Dr.DickensonWebsite:www.doctorofed.comTwitter:@techteacherprep.
Yesim Kesli DollarisanassistantprofessorandchairoftheDepartmentofForeignLanguageEdu-
cationatBahcesehirUniversity,Turkey.Dr.KesliDollarholdsaBAdegreeinELTfromMiddleEast
TechnicalUniversity,Turkey;aMAandaPh.D.degreeinEnglishLanguageEducationfromCukurova
University,Turkey,andasecondMAdegreeinAppliedLinguisticsfromTexasTechUniversity,USA.
