Nursamsu was born in February 4, 1978 in Trenggalek, East Java, the first son of Muyani and Yaminem. Now, he lives in Jalan Mastrip I/30 Jepun, Tulungagung, East Java. He can be contacted at his email nursyamsu94@gmail.com or his cellphone +6281335652498
He studied at SDN Gemaharjo IV, Watulimo from 1986 to 1991. Then, he attended State Islamic Junior High School in Bandung, Tulungagung, from 1991 to 1994. He continued his studies at State Islamic Senior High School in Boyolangu, Tulungagung from 1994 to 1997. Then, he continued his studies to take S-1 degree at Tadris Bahasa Inggris of STAIN Tulungagung from 1998 to 2003. Then, he took his magister degree at State University of Malang, Graduate Program in English Education Department from 2004 to 2007. His doctorate degree was obtained in the same University from 2012 to 2017.
During his study at Doctorate Program of English Language Teaching, his publications were “Implementing the European Language Portfolio (ELP) to Enhance Students‟ Ability in Writing Narrative Text” published in Lingua Scientia Vol. 6, No. 1, July 2014; “Using Children Literature for Teaching Academic Writing” published in Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on English Language and Teaching (ISELT-3, 2015); “The Value of Field-Trips for Indonesian Primary School Students in Learning English” published International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning (IJNREL) Vol. 4 Issue 3. 2017; The Effectiveness of English Grammar test Application to Test grammar Toward Students in the First Grade of Islamic Senior High School Kota Blitar (NCOLLT 4-National Conference on Language and Language Teaching ISBN 978-979-8559-80-8)
His career as an English teacher began in 2000 when he began to teach English as local content subject in SDN Bandung 1, Tulungagung until 2009. Then, he taught English at Midwifery Study Program of Tulungagung University (UNITA) and State Islamic College of Tulungagung (STAIN Tulungagung) from 2003 until now. Since 2007, he has been teaching English for Young Learners subject for STKIP PGRI Tulungagung.
His involvements in Educational organization are Secretary of Lembaga Pendidikan Maarif NU Tulungagung (2009-2019), Assessor of Teacher Certification in Rayon 143 Univeritas Nusantara PGRI Kediri (2009-2012), Assessor of National of Accreditation Board for School or Madrasah (2015-now), Vice Person of Advisory Board of Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur‟an An-Nahdliyah Tulungagung (2014-2019).
He married Istifadah, the third daughter of H. Barno Ibrahim and Hj. Masrikin in 2003. His marriage with Istifadah gave him a first nice daughter, Naila Fathiya „Ulya. She is 11 years old. May Allah bless them forever. Amien.