School of Education

Dr Deniz Ortactepe Hart

  • Senior Lecturer (School of Education)

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, teaching mostly PGT students in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programme. Over the past 15 years, I have worked in Turkey, the United States, and the UK training teachers of English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Arabic. My research explores the intersections of language with social, cultural, economic and political dimensions of education and the society at large. I authored the book, Social justice and the language classroom: Reflection, action and transformation (Edinburgh University Press, 2023) and co-edited the volume, Intersections of environmental and language justice: Exploring pedagogy, art and activism (EUP, 2026). 

I am the founding convenor of British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Language and Education for Social Justice Special Interest Group (SIG), which aims to encourage applied linguists and language educators to develop their knowledge, skills, and dispositions as researcher/activists and teacher/activisits who work towards transforming classrooms, schools, and communities through critical, anti-oppressive, and inclusive pedagogies. 

 

Research interests

My main research interests revolve around social justice language education: teaching languages for diversity, equity, inclusion, and social transformation. Between 2018-2022, I carried out the Social Justice in ELT project in Turkey, training 18 pre-service teachers in eight different universities/cities in Turkey. I also took the lead to organise three international symposiums on social justice and language education (www.socialjusticeinelt.com). Between 2019-2022, I collaborated with the Migrant Education Office, California Department of Education to provide culturally sustaining pedagogies to the children of farm workers in Monterey Country, California. More recently, I was Co-PI on a British Council-funded project that trained pre-service teachers in Turkey, Pakistan and Scotland. 

My book, Social justice and the language classroom: Reflection, action, and transformation was published by Edinburgh University Press (EUP) in 2023. I am also the co-editor of the book, Intersections of Environmental and Language Justice: Exploring pedagogy, art and activism (EUP, 2026). I have published extensively in leading journals such as Language Teaching, Intercultural Pragmatics, Teaching and Teacher Education, Journal of Language Identity and Education, System, TESOL Quarterly, and Language and Intercultural Communication

Publications

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2026

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2026) "Just my presence, just using these words is not enough”: shifting from identity-based inclusion to structural transformation in language education. TESOL Quarterly, (Accepted for Publication)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2026) Time to unlearn unlearning?: Moving beyond neoliberal conceptualizations to intersectional, transformative actions. Teaching and Teacher Education, 171, 105347. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2025.105347)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Brown, Steve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-2281 (2026) Social justice and language education. In: Milin, Petar and Nesi, Hilary (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics [3rd ed.]. Elsevier. (In Press)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Ennser Kananen, J. and Borde, R. (Eds.) (2026) Intersections of Environmental and Language Justice Exploring Policy, Pedagogy and Activism. Edinburgh University Press. (In Press)

Kennedy, Brianna L., Ortactepe-Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Antony-Newman, Max ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2765-3277, Unsworth, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-3590, Valdera-Gil, Francisco, Li, Lixin, Wood, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-6212, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Ramjan, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7195 (2026) (Dis)Connections in Schooling: A Concept Paper. Project Report. Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS), University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.388557).

Yilmaz, A ., Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Brown, S., Çelik, S., Rana, S. and Karaca, B. (2026) Inclusive and social justice-oriented pedagogies in English language classrooms: Insights from Türkiye, Pakistan, and the UK. Documentation. British Council. (Accepted for Publication)

Yoney, R. Z., Yilmaz, A. and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2026) Environmental education in the language classroom: English as a foreign language for sustainable futures. In: Ortactepe Hart, D., Ennser Kananen, J. and Borde, R. (eds.) Intersections of Environmental and Language Justice Exploring Policy, Pedagogy and Activism. Edinburgh University Press. (In Press)

2025

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2025) Reflections on privilege and vulnerability: a transnational perspective on language teacher educators’ intersectional identities in the postdigital era. TESOL Journal, 16(3), e70044. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.70044)

2024

Burhan-Horasanli, Elif and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2024) Conceptualizing reflection-for-action: language teachers as agents of collaborative and collective transformation. Teaching and Teacher Education, 152, 104802. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2024.104802)

Yılmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Sönmez, Necati (2024) Promoting social justice through dramatizing children’s literature: Lessons from EFL classrooms in Türkiye. TESOL Journal, 15(4), e857. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.857)

Yilmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Çelik, Servet (2024) Transforming language teachers into agents of social change in Türkiye. In: Warren, Amber N. and Ward, Natalia A. (eds.) Activism in Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education. Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350422131 (In Press)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Burhan-Horasanlı, Elif (2024) Neo-nationalism and Turkish higher education: a phenomenological case study of a multilingual scholar’s identity (re)construction. Studies in Higher Education, 49(8), pp. 1451-1462. (doi: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2268127)

Senbayrak, Muruvvet and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2024) Exploring social justice dialogues in EFL conversation clubs: discursive moves and affordances. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 37(3), pp. 327-342. (doi: 10.1080/07908318.2024.2339316)

Yilmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Durmus, Rabia Irem (2024) Social justice language teacher education in Türkiye: insights from an English as a foreign language (EFL) writing classroom. In: Selvi, Ali Fuad and Kocaman, Ceren (eds.) International Perspectives on Critical English Language Teacher Education: Theory and Practice. Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350400320

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Brown, Steve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-2281 (2024) Social justice and language education. In: Reference Module in Social Sciences. Elsevier. ISBN 9780443157851 (doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95504-1.00300-8)

2023

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Aydınlı, Julie (2023) Applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey: 2016–2022. Language Teaching, 56(4), pp. 495-521. (doi: 10.1017/S0261444823000198)

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2023) Social Justice and the Language Classroom: Reflection, Action, and Transformation. Series: Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474491754

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2023) Creating anti-oppressive digital spaces for social justice language education. TESOL Quarterly, 57(1), pp. 285-297. (doi: 10.1002/tesq.3180)

2022

DePietro, Kathryn, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Liu, Xinxin (2022) Harvesting digital spaces for emergent bilinguals: culturally-sustaining mall pedagogies for migrant children. European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 11(2), pp. 43-61.

Kökcü, Şeyma and Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2022) Turkish EFL learners' interpretation of metaphors: A study on conceptual socialization. International Review of Pragmatics, 14(1), pp. 95-114. (doi: 10.1163/18773109-01401004)

Burhan-Horasanlı, E. and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2022) Exploring social justice in language coursebook. In: Çelik, H. and Çelik, S. (eds.) Coursebook Evaluation in English Language Teaching. Vizetek.

2021

Ateşkan, Armağan and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2021) Demystifying computational thinking for teacher candidates: a case study on Turkish secondary school pre-service teachers. Education and Information Technologies, 26(5), pp. 6383-6399. (doi: 10.1007/s10639-021-10626-9)

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Okkalı, Seçil (2021) Common ground and positioning in teacher-student interactions: Second language socialization in EFL classrooms. Intercultural Pragmatics, 18(1), pp. 53-82. (doi: 10.1515/ip-2021-0003)

Kocabaş-Gedik, Pınar and Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2021) “It’s not like that at all”: A poststructuralist case study on language teacher identity and emotional labor. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 20(2), pp. 103-117. (doi: 10.1080/15348458.2020.1726756)

2020

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Martel, Jason (2020) Exploring the transformative potential of English language teaching for social justice: Introducing the special issue. TESOL Journal, 11(4), e568. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.568)

Kot Artunç, Esma and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2020) Interactional competence in paired speaking tests: a study on proficiency-based pairings. System, 89, 102194. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2019.102194)

2019

Şenbayrak, Mürüvvet, Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Trimble, Kimberly (2019) An exploratory study on Turkish EFL learners’ readiness for autonomy and attitudes toward self‐access centers. TESOL Journal, 10(2), e00401. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.401)

2018

Aydınlı, Julie and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2018) Selected research in applied linguistics and English language teaching in Turkey: 2010–2016. Language Teaching, 51(2), pp. 210-245. (doi: 10.1017/s0261444818000010)

2017

Özkul, Sertaç and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2017) The use of video feedback in teaching process‐approach EFL writing. TESOL Journal, 8(4), pp. 862-877. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.362)

2016

Mutlu, Sevcan and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2016) The identity (re)construction of nonnative English teachers stepping into native Turkish teachers’ shoes. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16(4), pp. 552-569. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2016.1194852)

Burhan-Horasanlı, Elif and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2016) Reflective practice-oriented online discussions: A study on EFL teachers’ reflection-on, in and for-action. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, pp. 372-382. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.07.002)

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2016) Using webcasts for student presentations: a case study. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 33(1), pp. 57-74. (doi: 10.1108/ijilt-10-2015-0029)

2015

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Akyel, Ayşe S. (2015) The effects of a professional development program on English as a Foreign Language teachers’ efficacy and classroom practice. TESOL Journal, 6(4), pp. 680-706. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.185)

Bayram, Gözde İrem, Corlu, M Sencer, Aydın, Emin, Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Alapala, Burcu (2015) An exploratory study of visually impaired students’ perceptions of inclusive mathematics education. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 33(3), pp. 212-219. (doi: 10.1177/0264619615591865)

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2015) EFL teachers’ identity (re)construction as teachers of intercultural competence: a language socialization approach. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 14(2), pp. 96-112. (doi: 10.1080/15348458.2015.1019785)

2014

Kaypak, Eda and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2014) Language learner beliefs and study abroad: A study on English as a lingua franca (ELF). System, 42, pp. 355-367. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2014.01.005)

2013

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2013) Formulaic language and conceptual socialization: The route to becoming nativelike in L2. System, 41(3), pp. 852-865. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2013.08.006)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2013) “This Is Called Free-Falling Theory not Culture Shock!”: A narrative inquiry on second language socialization. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 12(4), pp. 215-229. (doi: 10.1080/15348458.2013.818469)

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Articles

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2026) "Just my presence, just using these words is not enough”: shifting from identity-based inclusion to structural transformation in language education. TESOL Quarterly, (Accepted for Publication)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2026) Time to unlearn unlearning?: Moving beyond neoliberal conceptualizations to intersectional, transformative actions. Teaching and Teacher Education, 171, 105347. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2025.105347)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2025) Reflections on privilege and vulnerability: a transnational perspective on language teacher educators’ intersectional identities in the postdigital era. TESOL Journal, 16(3), e70044. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.70044)

Burhan-Horasanli, Elif and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2024) Conceptualizing reflection-for-action: language teachers as agents of collaborative and collective transformation. Teaching and Teacher Education, 152, 104802. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2024.104802)

Yılmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Sönmez, Necati (2024) Promoting social justice through dramatizing children’s literature: Lessons from EFL classrooms in Türkiye. TESOL Journal, 15(4), e857. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.857)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Burhan-Horasanlı, Elif (2024) Neo-nationalism and Turkish higher education: a phenomenological case study of a multilingual scholar’s identity (re)construction. Studies in Higher Education, 49(8), pp. 1451-1462. (doi: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2268127)

Senbayrak, Muruvvet and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2024) Exploring social justice dialogues in EFL conversation clubs: discursive moves and affordances. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 37(3), pp. 327-342. (doi: 10.1080/07908318.2024.2339316)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Aydınlı, Julie (2023) Applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey: 2016–2022. Language Teaching, 56(4), pp. 495-521. (doi: 10.1017/S0261444823000198)

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2023) Creating anti-oppressive digital spaces for social justice language education. TESOL Quarterly, 57(1), pp. 285-297. (doi: 10.1002/tesq.3180)

DePietro, Kathryn, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Liu, Xinxin (2022) Harvesting digital spaces for emergent bilinguals: culturally-sustaining mall pedagogies for migrant children. European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 11(2), pp. 43-61.

Kökcü, Şeyma and Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2022) Turkish EFL learners' interpretation of metaphors: A study on conceptual socialization. International Review of Pragmatics, 14(1), pp. 95-114. (doi: 10.1163/18773109-01401004)

Ateşkan, Armağan and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2021) Demystifying computational thinking for teacher candidates: a case study on Turkish secondary school pre-service teachers. Education and Information Technologies, 26(5), pp. 6383-6399. (doi: 10.1007/s10639-021-10626-9)

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Okkalı, Seçil (2021) Common ground and positioning in teacher-student interactions: Second language socialization in EFL classrooms. Intercultural Pragmatics, 18(1), pp. 53-82. (doi: 10.1515/ip-2021-0003)

Kocabaş-Gedik, Pınar and Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2021) “It’s not like that at all”: A poststructuralist case study on language teacher identity and emotional labor. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 20(2), pp. 103-117. (doi: 10.1080/15348458.2020.1726756)

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Martel, Jason (2020) Exploring the transformative potential of English language teaching for social justice: Introducing the special issue. TESOL Journal, 11(4), e568. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.568)

Kot Artunç, Esma and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2020) Interactional competence in paired speaking tests: a study on proficiency-based pairings. System, 89, 102194. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2019.102194)

Şenbayrak, Mürüvvet, Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Trimble, Kimberly (2019) An exploratory study on Turkish EFL learners’ readiness for autonomy and attitudes toward self‐access centers. TESOL Journal, 10(2), e00401. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.401)

Aydınlı, Julie and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2018) Selected research in applied linguistics and English language teaching in Turkey: 2010–2016. Language Teaching, 51(2), pp. 210-245. (doi: 10.1017/s0261444818000010)

Özkul, Sertaç and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2017) The use of video feedback in teaching process‐approach EFL writing. TESOL Journal, 8(4), pp. 862-877. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.362)

Mutlu, Sevcan and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2016) The identity (re)construction of nonnative English teachers stepping into native Turkish teachers’ shoes. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16(4), pp. 552-569. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2016.1194852)

Burhan-Horasanlı, Elif and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2016) Reflective practice-oriented online discussions: A study on EFL teachers’ reflection-on, in and for-action. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, pp. 372-382. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.07.002)

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2016) Using webcasts for student presentations: a case study. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 33(1), pp. 57-74. (doi: 10.1108/ijilt-10-2015-0029)

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Akyel, Ayşe S. (2015) The effects of a professional development program on English as a Foreign Language teachers’ efficacy and classroom practice. TESOL Journal, 6(4), pp. 680-706. (doi: 10.1002/tesj.185)

Bayram, Gözde İrem, Corlu, M Sencer, Aydın, Emin, Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Alapala, Burcu (2015) An exploratory study of visually impaired students’ perceptions of inclusive mathematics education. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 33(3), pp. 212-219. (doi: 10.1177/0264619615591865)

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2015) EFL teachers’ identity (re)construction as teachers of intercultural competence: a language socialization approach. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 14(2), pp. 96-112. (doi: 10.1080/15348458.2015.1019785)

Kaypak, Eda and Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2014) Language learner beliefs and study abroad: A study on English as a lingua franca (ELF). System, 42, pp. 355-367. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2014.01.005)

Ortaçtepe, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2013) Formulaic language and conceptual socialization: The route to becoming nativelike in L2. System, 41(3), pp. 852-865. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2013.08.006)

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2013) “This Is Called Free-Falling Theory not Culture Shock!”: A narrative inquiry on second language socialization. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 12(4), pp. 215-229. (doi: 10.1080/15348458.2013.818469)

Books

Ortaçtepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2023) Social Justice and the Language Classroom: Reflection, Action, and Transformation. Series: Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474491754

Book Sections

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Brown, Steve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-2281 (2026) Social justice and language education. In: Milin, Petar and Nesi, Hilary (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics [3rd ed.]. Elsevier. (In Press)

Yoney, R. Z., Yilmaz, A. and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2026) Environmental education in the language classroom: English as a foreign language for sustainable futures. In: Ortactepe Hart, D., Ennser Kananen, J. and Borde, R. (eds.) Intersections of Environmental and Language Justice Exploring Policy, Pedagogy and Activism. Edinburgh University Press. (In Press)

Yilmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Çelik, Servet (2024) Transforming language teachers into agents of social change in Türkiye. In: Warren, Amber N. and Ward, Natalia A. (eds.) Activism in Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education. Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350422131 (In Press)

Yilmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Durmus, Rabia Irem (2024) Social justice language teacher education in Türkiye: insights from an English as a foreign language (EFL) writing classroom. In: Selvi, Ali Fuad and Kocaman, Ceren (eds.) International Perspectives on Critical English Language Teacher Education: Theory and Practice. Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350400320

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X and Brown, Steve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-2281 (2024) Social justice and language education. In: Reference Module in Social Sciences. Elsevier. ISBN 9780443157851 (doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95504-1.00300-8)

Burhan-Horasanlı, E. and Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X (2022) Exploring social justice in language coursebook. In: Çelik, H. and Çelik, S. (eds.) Coursebook Evaluation in English Language Teaching. Vizetek.

Edited Books

Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Ennser Kananen, J. and Borde, R. (Eds.) (2026) Intersections of Environmental and Language Justice Exploring Policy, Pedagogy and Activism. Edinburgh University Press. (In Press)

Research Reports or Papers

Kennedy, Brianna L., Ortactepe-Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Antony-Newman, Max ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2765-3277, Unsworth, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-3590, Valdera-Gil, Francisco, Li, Lixin, Wood, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-6212, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Ramjan, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7195 (2026) (Dis)Connections in Schooling: A Concept Paper. Project Report. Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS), University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.388557).

Yilmaz, A ., Ortactepe Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Brown, S., Çelik, S., Rana, S. and Karaca, B. (2026) Inclusive and social justice-oriented pedagogies in English language classrooms: Insights from Türkiye, Pakistan, and the UK. Documentation. British Council. (Accepted for Publication)

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Grants

Feminist and social-justice oriented pedagogies in English language classrooms: Insights from Türkiye, Pakistan, and the UK, British Council, Co-investigator (July 2024-June 2025)

Social Justice in ELT: Building pre-service English language teachers’ capacity to teach for social justice, the State Department, US Embassy Ankara, Primary-investigator (Fall 2018-December 2022)

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Migrant Education Region XVI, Monterey County Office of Education, California Department of Education, Primary-investigator (Fall 2019-Spring 2022)

Supervision

I am currently open to supervising students researching the following areas:

  • Social justice language education and intersectionality
  • Environmental justice and sustainability
  • Language socialization, identity, and intercultural competence
  • Democratic assessment
  • Critical pedagogy, higher education, and neoliberalism 
  • Culturally sustaining pedagogies
  • Immigration and multilingualism 
  • Gao, Jie
    Paradigm shift in Chinese English teaching: exploring the development of ELF-oriented teaching paradigm and its application in Chinese English teacher education context
  • Setyorini, Ari
    Developing an Ecofeminist Pedagogy Framework for English as A Foreign Language (EFL) Teaching through Speculative Literature to Promote Eco-Social Justice among Indonesian Pre-Service Teachers
  • Yang, Sisi
    Lecturer in Education Studies
  • Zhang, Haolin
    Consciousness Awakening: understanding Chinese female students' renegotiated self-identity in intimate relationships after receiving higher education in Scotland
  • Zhang, Siyuan
    The Gendered Expectations on Chinese Social Media and Chinese Women's Willingness to Pursue Higher Education

Teaching

 

I am the course convenor of Which English? Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching, a semester 2 optional course in the TESOL programme. I also contribute to the following courses: 

        

  • Contemporary Issues in TESOL
  • Race, Racism, and Social Justice in a Global Society
  • Teaching English as an International Language
  • Developing Professional Practice   
  • Classroom Processes and Practice
  • Descriptions of Language

 

 

Additional information

 More information about my work is available in the following online resources: