Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories

Şehnaz Şahinkarakaş is currently working as a Professor at the ELT Department of Çağ University. Her teaching and research interests cover a wide range of topics related to language learning and teaching, including language testing and assessment, language learning psychology, and teacher professional development. Her recent interest is STEAM approach in learning on which she is running a project with K12 learners and teachers. She is also one of the founders of Community of Positive Psychology for English Language Teachers (COPPELT) which aims at helping ELT teachers to thrive in their profession.

Dan Tannacito is Professor Emeritus at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Dr. Tannacito earned two doctorates at the University of Oregon in applied linguistics and literature. He designed and developed the doctoral program in Applied Linguistics and Composition at IUP where he was the director and taught for 35years. He directed more than 60 doctoral dissertations. He founded and directed the intensive English institute at IUP. He taught and lectured widely in China, Turkey, and Europe. He was director of the MATEFL Program at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He published books on discourse analysis, second language writing, and intensive English teacher preparation. His journal publications include articles in the Journal of Second Language Writing and elsewhere. In retirement, he lives on the Oregon coast with his wife and dog.