Professor Nesrin Oruc Erturk

Hi, I am Dr. Nesrin Oruç Ertürk. I currently work full-time at İzmir University of Economics, Turkiye and have been teaching at UMGC as an adjunct since 2006. My full-time faculty position is lecturing English Language at undergraduate level at the School of Foreign Languages. At the same time, I am the director of the Continuous Education Center.

My main interest areas are lifelong learning, teacher training, and second language acquisition. I have authored/edited many books and have many articles published in national and international contexts. I have carried research and taught abroad in departments of linguistics at different universities (State University of New York, SUNY, USA; Universidad de Alcala, Spain).

Working in the field of education and lifelong learning for more than 25 years, I have participated in many national and international projects, where I worked either as a coordinator or a researcher to enhance the quality of teachers and teaching processes in Turkey. I am mainly interested in equality and diversity in education so that we can promote a learning environment that is conducive to learning.

My interests outside of class include traveling and long walks in the forest with my two children. I love doing things in my very small garden and working with the soil.