Usep Muttaqin is a lecturer in English literature at Universitas Jenderal Soedirman in Purwokerto. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Universitas Islam Negeri Yogyakarta and a master’s degree in linguistics from Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Through the Fulbright Doctoral Degree Scholarship, he purses a PhD in linguistics at the University of Kentucky.