Dr.Alisha O

Assistant Professor

Division of Language, Culture and Society

+91 8940089101

alisha.o@srmtrichy.edu.in alishao@srmist.edu.in

Total Experience 

Area of intErest

Digital Humanities, AI-Pedagogy, Posthumanism, Cultural Studies & Film Studies

8 Years 6 Months

course handled

Professional English, Business English, Soft Skills, Literary Theory & Cultural Studies

 Education Details

  • Publication details

    JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (23) 

    (UGC-CARE: 13 | INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED: 10) 

    • (2025). Reimagining Literature: Integrating Cultural, Film, and Multimodal Perspectives forSustainability. Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, 8(1), 15–21. (International Journal) 
    • (2024). Portrayal of Superheroines in Marvel Graphic Novels and Film Adaptations. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 31(1), 116–127. (UGC-CARE Listed Journal) (2023). A Postmodernist Approach in Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s Ninaivo Oru Paravai. LangLit, 10(2), 94–97. (International Journal) 
    • (2023). Trauma Narratives in Mahasweta Devi’s Breast Stories. Journal of Management Science and Humanities, 10(1). (International Journal) 
    • (2022). Hypofemininity: An Analysis of Superheroines in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. American College Journal of English Language and Literature, 12. (Peer-Reviewed Journal) (2022). War on Ecoterrorism: An Ecocritical Perspective in Marvel Films. Kanpur Philosophers, 9(2). (UGC-CARE Listed Journal) 
    • (2022). Reperception in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A Phenomenological Approach. Madhya Bharti, 82. (UGC-CARE Listed Journal) 
    • (2021). Inverted Archetypes: A Mythopoetic Reading of Mari Selvaraj’s Karnan. American College Journal of English Language and Literature, 11. (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
    • (2021). Decentering Ableism: A Disability Study of Game of Thrones. International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field. (International Journal) (2020). Analysis of Structuralist Narratology in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s The Infinity Saga. Sambodhi, 43(3), 134–138. (UGC-CARE Listed Journal) 
    • (2020). Cyborg: Posthumanist Approach to Artificial Intelligence in Marvel Films. Dogo Rangsang Research Journal, 10(8), 57–64. (UGC-CARE Listed Journal) (2020). Film Studies: Breaking the Regimentation of Textual Insolence. Alochana Chakra Journal. (Peer-Reviewed Journal) 
    • (2020). Postmodernist Study of Multiple Narrations in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red. Ajanta: An International Multidisciplinary Quarterly Research Journal. (UGC-CARE Listed Journal) 
    • (2019). Fandom Studies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 6(2). (UGC Listed Journal) 
    • (2019). Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Analysis from Print Medium to Visual Medium. IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature, 7(3), 645– 660. (UGC Listed Journal) 
    • (2019). Metamodernism in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s The Infinity Saga. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 6(2). (UGC Listed Journal) (2019). Unheard Voices: A Psychoanalytic Study of the Film Pariyerum Perumal. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 6(3). (Peer-Reviewed Journal) 
    • (2019). Intertextual Analysis of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway with Michael Cunningham’s The Hours. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. (UGC-Listed) 
    • (2019). Deconstruction of Binary Identity: A Queer Analysis of Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite. Literary Endeavour. (Peer-Reviewed Journal) 
    • (2019). Analysis of the Lost Mythological Character Lilith in Biblical Translation. Language in India, 19(1). UGC-Listed) 
    • (2018). The Representation of Cultural Materialism in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. International Journal of Research in Engineering, IT and Social Science, 8(12). (UGC-Listed) 
    • (2018). Cult Cinema as a Guide to Life: Subcultural Identity in Vada Chennai. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. (International Journal) 
    • (2018). Tracing the Elements of Queerness in Indian Mythology. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 5(11). (UGC Listed Journal) 



  • Awards and Achievements

    • Outstanding Woman Educationist Award – MRCAS Sakthi Award 2025, Manikam Ramaswamy College of Arts & Science, Madurai – 21 March 2025
    • Best Young Researcher Award – Bodhi International Academic & Research Excellence Award, Women’s Christian College, Chennai – October 2024
    • Young Achiever Award – Research Education Solutions & Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar – September 2024
    • Faculty Performance Award – First Place in Academic Performance with API Score 185, Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women, Kilakarai – March 2019
    • First Rank Holder & Gold Medal – M.A. English, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 2017
    • Prof. Sakthivelan Endowment Award – Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 2017

  • Workshops / Seminars

    A. Paper Presentations – Conferences / Seminars

    • Embodied Narratives: Analyzing Female Anatomy and Body Imagery in Salma and Kutty Revathy’s Poems — International Conference, Beyond the Canon: Emerging Womanhood in English Literature, Bon Secours College for Women, Thanjavur, 15.10.2024.
    • Textual Discourses in English Studies — International, Bodhi Hybrid International Conference on Cross-Cultural Negotiations, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, October 8, 2024.
    • Heterotopia and Poiesis in Kamala Das’s My Story: A Spatial Study — International, Through Poesis to Knowledge, Constantine The Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia, October 2–3, 2024.
    • Camera as an Ideological State Apparatus: From Kollywood to Bollywood — National, One Day International Conference on Myriad Mysteries, The American College, Madurai, March 27, 2024.
    • Amelioration of Literature: Cultural Studies, Film Studies and Multimodal Literature — International, Literary Studies and Ethical Higher Education: Exploring Sustainability, St. Aloysius College, October 18–19, 2023.
    • Heteroglossia, Polyphony and Dialogism in Todd Philip’s Joker: A Poststructural Perspective — International Webinar on Film and Literature, Karmaveer Mamasaheb Jagdale Mahavidyalaya, Washi, August 29, 2020.
    • In-Betweeness – The Theme of Post-Colonialism in Diasporic Writing — State Level Students’ Seminar, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, March 2016.
    • The Impact of Existentialism in Literature — National Conference on Perspective of Multidisciplinary Research in Language and Literature, S. Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai.
    • A Journey from Spirituality to Mechanical Life in T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland — State Level Students’ Seminar, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, September 2013.
    • Mother’s Love in J. M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea — State Level Students’ Seminar, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, September 2012.

    B. Workshops / FDPs Attended

    • Four-Day International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence — The American College, Madurai, November 23–26, 2024.
    • One Week Faculty Development Programme on Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching — SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, October 30–November 4, 2023.
    • One Day Workshop on Art and Science of Methodological Scientific Writing & Publishing — The American College, Madurai, March 6, 2023.
    • Learning Language Through Literature and Digital Microteaching — Two-Day International-cum-Workshop on Language and Literature, October 14–15, 2022.
    • International Workshop on Academic Writing – Ethical Issues — Global Institute of Statistical Solution, April 22–24, 2022.
    • Two-Day FDP on Academic Publications and Research Funding Opportunities — School of Science and Humanities, BIST, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, March 25–26, 2022.
    • Seven-Day National Level FDP on An Introduction to Literary ‘-isms’ for Young Research Scholars — Bishop Caldwell College, Maravanmadam, Tuticorin, June 15–22, 2020.
    • One Day National Web Workshop on From Rupture to Repair: Proposal of a Model for the Study of Trauma Literature — Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, May 19, 2020.
    • One Day Workshop on Approaches, Methods & Theories towards Reading and Re-reading of Literary Texts — Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam, Madurai, February 2, 2019.
    • One-Day Workshop: Techno-Centric Classrooms — Thiagarajar College of Preceptors, Madurai, December 15, 2018.
    • One Day Workshop on Game-Based Online Learning & Outcome Based Education — Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women, Kilakarai, August 25, 2018.
    • One-day Workshop on Photography and Videography — Alagappa University, Karaikudi, August 9, 2018.

    C. As Resource Person / Guest Speaker / Session Chair 

    International Academic Engagement

    • Session Chair: Literature and Language: A Tool of Power, Prominence & Prosperity — International Conference, Nadar Saraswathi College, 2023
    • Session Chair: Practical Steps to Learn Grammar in Smart Ways — SNIST Hyderabad in collaboration with NIT Warangal, 2022
    • Session Chair: Effective Listening & Speaking Through Visual Medium — Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, 2024

    Skill Development & Career Training

    • Workshop: Mastering the Art of Communication — Mohamed Sathak Hamid College, 2025
    • Lecture: Digital Literature / E-Literature — Government Arts & Science College, Sivakasi, 2024
    • Workshop: Listening to Connect, Speaking to Influence — Nadar Saraswathi College (Autonomous), 2024
    • Talk: How to Improve Communication Skills — St. Antony College, 2024
    • Workshop: Research & Academic Publishing Guidance — Hajee Karutha Rowther Howdia College, 2025
    • Workshop: How to Crack NET/SET? — Saiva Bhanu Kshatriya College, 2024
    • Lecture: Practicing English Language & Self-Development — Mahatma Montessori School, 2023
    • Seminar: How to Crack NET/SET? — Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College, 2022





  • Work Experience

    Academic Experience: 8+

    Executive Secretary to the Pro Vice Chancellor  |  Assistant Professor of English

    Department of Languages, Culture and Society, Faculty of Engineering & Technology — SRM-IST (Deemed to be University), Trichy, India (Since May 2026) 

    Assistant Professor of English

    The American College, Madurai, India  •  July 2019 – April 2026

    Assistant Professor of English

    Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women, Ramanathapuram, India  •  February 2018 – April 2019


  • Memberships

    Memberships

    • English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELT@I) – Member, Membership ID: 30015777
    • Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) – Member
    • International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) – Member

    Editorial Boards & Academic Roles

    • Academil: Journal of Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – Editorial Member
    • Edwin Group of Journals – Editorial Board Member
    • English Literature and Linguistics – Co-Editor
    • Transcending the Human: A Critical Posthumanism Reader – Co-Editor
    • Journal of Social, Humanity and Education (JSHE), Indonesia – Reviewer
    • Research Review: International Journal of Multidisciplinary – Reviewer
    • Shanlax: International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities – Editorial Board

  • Funded Projects

    NIL