She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in the Department of English Language and Literature at Selçuk University. After working for a while as a lecturer in the same department, she earned her Ph.D. in English Language Education in the Department of Foreign Languages at Gazi University, Faculty of Education. She received the title of Associate Professor in the same field in 2015 and became a Full Professor in 2020. Since 2010, she has been working as a faculty member at Gazi University. She has served as a project manager and academic advisor in institutions such as the Ministry of National Education, the European Union, and TÜBİTAK. She has published national and international articles, book chapters, and conference papers in her fields of interest, which include English culture and literature, linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, vocabulary instruction in foreign language education, and the use of technology in foreign language teaching.