Haidir Algi Gaffar Faridha is a lecturer in TESOL and educational technology at Universitas Kutai Kartanegara, Tenggarong, East Kalimantan. He has been teaching English for the past 1.5 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English Language Education from Universitas Negeri Malang and a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), with a specialization in technology for teaching, from the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), he teaches Indonesian at Cornell University. He intends to apply and further develop his knowledge and skills in Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA).