ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
E- Mail: mayavgopal@gmail.com
Qualifications: MA, M. PHIL, PHD, UGC- NET
Teaching Experience: 12 Years
RESEARCH PROFILE
Area of Research: Literary Theory, Cultural Studies, Postcolonialism, Feminism
Funded Projects: Minor Project on “Reconstructing Gender and Nationalism: A Research into
Egyptian Feminist Autobiographies” (funded by University Grants Commission, 2013-17)
PUBLICATIONS
Research Articles:
- “The Mexican Landscape in Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Paramo”. Teresian Journal of
English Studies (Peer-Reviewed) ISSN 0975-6302, October 2012. - “Resisting Domination and Recapturing the Feminine Self: A Critical Analysis
of Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green”. Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literatures (Peer-
Reviewed). ISSN 0974-7370, December 2012. - “American Dream Re-Planted: The Story of the City of Boiled Beans”. Baselius
Researcher (Peer-Reviewed), ISSN 0975-8658, June 2017. - “Converging Feminism and Nationalism: Nabawiyya Musa’s Dhikriyyati”.
Littcrit (UGC- Care), ISSN 0970-8049, June 2019. - “Gendering the Text: Reading Amina Wadud’s Qur’an and Woman: Rereading
the Text from a Woman’s Perspective”. Littcrit (Peer-Reviewed), ISSN 0970-8049,
June 2023 - “Building Individuality in the Afghan Public Space: A Study of Atia Abawi’s The
Secret Sky”. Teresian Journal of English Studies (Peer-Reviewed) ISSN 0975-6302,
June 2023. - “Understanding Women in Islam: A Review of Fatima Mernissi’s Women and
Islam”. Ishal Paithrkam (UGC-Care), ISSN: 2582- 550X, September 2023. - “Building Identity in the Migrant Space: A Study of Zubaida’s Window: A Novel
of Iraqi Exile”. Harvest: An International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual
Research Journal (Peer-Reviewed), ISSN: 2582- 9866, January 2024. - “The Chronicler of Memories Untold: Analysing the Narratorial Voice of Aa”.
Malayalam Literary Survey (UGC-Care), ISSN 2319- 3271, January 2024.
RESOURCE PERSON - Resource Person at the Three-Day Workshop on Syllabus Revision for BA English
(Main) and BA Communicative English organized by Board of Studies in English
(Pass), University of Kerala, September 2019. - Resource Person at Two-Day International Conference on Digital Environment
and Ecological Sustainability: Intersections of Cultural and Societal Narratives
organized by PG Department of English, Government College, Tripunithura
(Sponsorship by Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala,
December 2023.
- Resource Person at Two-Day International Seminar on Ink and Insights:
Interdisciplinary Discourses in Health Humanities organized by PG Department of
English, SVR NSS College, Vazhoor in collaboration with College Development
Council, M G University, Kottayam, February 2024.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS - Presented paper titled “Resisting Domination and Recapturing the Feminine Self:
A Critical Analysis of Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green” in the International
Conference on Women’s Writings in English, organized by Department of English, Sri
Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati, January 2012. - Presented paper titled “The Problematic Masculine Space: A Study of Atia
Abawi’s The Secret Sky” in the Two-day International Seminar on margins and
Masculinities organized by Department of English, St. Berchmans College
(Autonomous), Changanassery, August 2022. - Presented paper titled “Women in Islam: Tracing the Emergence and Growth of
Feminism in Islam” in the Two-Day International Conference on Language,
Literature, and Humanities organized by Department of English, St. Johns College of
Arts and Science, Kanyakumari, August 2022. - Presented paper titled “Building Identity in the Migrant Space: A Study of
Zubaida’s Window: A Novel of Iraqi Exile” in the National Seminar on Intersecting
Experience: Depicting Migration and Refugees in Cinematic and Literary Narratives
organized by Graduate Department of English, Sacred Heart College, Chalakkudy,
January 2024.
Administrative/ Academic Positions Held:
- IQAC Coordinator of NSS College Cherthala, 2021 – Till date.
- Board of Studies/ Academic Committee Member of English, SreeNarayanaGuru Open
University, Kollam, 2021 January – Till date. - PTA Secretary, NSS College, Cherthala, 2019-20, 2020-21