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FACULTY

Ms. Shalabha Rachel Abraham
Emp Code- LCSF07, Assistant Professor
Department of English
MA English, NET, TEFL/ TESOL
Email: shalabha.abraham@loyolacollegekerala.edu.in

Academic Qualifications

  • MA English Language and Literature (2018)
  • BA English Language and Literature (2016)- First Rank in MG University
  • NET- cleared twice (2019, 2022)
  • TESOL/TEFL (2024)

Domain Expertise

  • Literary Theory
  • Literary Criticism
  • Life writing

Experience and Contact address

Date of Joining : 19 May 2025
Email: shalabha.abraham@loyolacollegekerala.edu.in

Selected Scholastic Contributions

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  1. “The Trial, The outsider and Crime and Punishment as Reneditions of Ostracized Non-Confirmists.”- Discourses of Freedom
  2. “Factual Criticism in Post-truth India.”- The Post- Truth Era: Literature and Media
  3. “The Disabled as Malign: Fixation of the Infirm in Juvenile Fiction as an Archetype of the Vile.”- Arts and Humanities: Mapping the Multitudes
  4. “Contemporary Indian Paintings: An Apotheosis of Cultural Religiosity.”- Narratives of the Now Past: Onlooking the Contemporary in Literature and Art
  5. “The Unheeded Heroes: The Gentle Heroism of Jewish Mothers Elucidated through Cynthia Ozick’s Narratives.”- Ecriture Feminine, Musings on select Women Narratives
  6. “The Story of a Woman”- PenInk, an anthology of poems by Aksharasthree: The Literary Woman

Research Papers

  1. “The Disabled as Malign: Fixation of the Infirm in Juvenile Fiction as an Archetype of the Vile.”- International Conference
  2. “Ecopsychology Delineated in Art: An Analysis of Edvard Munch, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh.”- National Seminar
  3. “Dismantling of Identity after Calamity in The Grapes of Wrath.”- National Seminar

Journal Articles

  1. “Ecopsychology Delineated in Art: An Analysis of Edvard Munch, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh.”- Lux Montis, Vol.8, No.1 (2020)
  2. “Dismantling of Identity after Calamity in The Grapes of Wrath.”- Lux Montis, Vol.7, No.2 (2019)
  3. “Disabling the Able: An Attempt to Elucidate the Denunciation of the Insane in The Yellow Wallpaper and Jane Eyre.”- Lux Montis, Vol.6, No.2 (2018)

Talks & lectures

  1. Resource Person for Two-day Orientation Workshop on the Modalities of Research and Thesis Writing organised by the Department of English CMS College (Autonomous), Kottayam- Topic discussed: “Introducing the Theoretical Domains II.”
  2. Invited Talk for Exam Orientation for Higher Secondary Students organised by St. Anne’s School, Kottayam

Academic Programmes Organized

  1. Staff Coordinator- College Celebrations

Prev. Programmes Organised:
National Seminar- “Emerging Literatures”- organised by the Department of English, GIAL.
Faculty Trainer- BREC- Bethany Remedial English Course
Staff Coordinator- College Fest- Emperio
Staff Coordinator- Department Literary Fest- Callida
Language Trainer- for MBA students at GBS

Research Guidance

  1. Guided a total of 16 UG students in their On-the-Job Trainings, and 12 PG students for their final year PG Project.

Workshops

  1. Coordinator- Workshop on “Environmental Studies and Human Rights” (Common paper English, MG University)- for faculty.

Positions Held

  1. Staff Secretary (FYUGP)- Loyola College

Prev. Positions Held:
Staff Editor- College Magazine
HOD- in charge
Member- IQAC- Preparation of SSR for 1st cycle of accreditation.
Soft Skills Trainer
Campus Radio (Faculty-in Charge)

Responsibilities at college programmes

  • Staff Secretary (FYUGP)- Loyola College

Awards and Achievements

  • 1st Rank for BA English- MG University (2016)

Papers Taught

  1. AEC 1- Voices of Humanity I
  2. MDC- Gender and Society

Membership in Academic Bodies

  • Member of IQAC, GIAL (charge of preparing SSR)
  • Member- Research Forum- BCM College, Kottayam
  • Alumni Representative- NAAC- BCM College, Kottayam.

Trainings attended

  1. “Academic Publishing in English Language and Literature”- organised by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, CUSAT (2019)
  2. “Towards a Perspectival Shift, Ecocritical Theory and Praxis”- organised by the Department of English, CMS College (Autonomous), Kottayam.
  3. “Research and Academic Publishing”- organised by the Department of English, GIAL, Kottayam.
  4. “Google Classroom- Level 1”- organised by the IQAC, St. Xavier’s College, Vaikom.
  5. “NAAC Accreditation for Autonomous/ Affiliated Colleges”- St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur.

Training Conducted

  1. Three-day “English Language Training” for school teachers organised by Alphonsa Residential School, Pala, Kottayam.

Online Courses/Training Programmes Offered

  1. English for Everyday’- for Higher Secondary students
  2. ‘Essential English’- for UG students
  3. BREC- Bethany remedial English course
  4. BREC- Bethany remedial English course
  5. Soft-Skills Training & Interview Skills- for Final Year UG students

Innovations in Teaching & Learning

  1. Training students for OJT: On-the- Job Training.
  2. “Online Teaching and Tools- Making a Transition”-Trinity College, London

Examinations

  1. Examination Cell- Question Paper Setter- Common Course English, CMS College, Kottayam (Autonomous).
  2. Question Bank preparation- MA English Language and Literature, MG University, Kottayam.
  3. Question Paper Setter- Private Registration candidates- MA English, MG University, Kottayam.
  4. External Examiner- PG Valuation Board- Assumption College (Autonomous), Changanassery, Kottayam.
  5. Examination Wing- Observer- Saintgits College of Applied Sciences (Autonomous), Pathamuttom, Kottayam.
  6. External Examiner (English- B. tech, M. tech and MCA)- Valuation Board- Saintgits College of Applied Sciences (Autonomous), Pathamuttom, Kottayam.

E-Content

  1. ‘NET- JRF materials on English Language and Literature’- Apple B: UGC NET JRF Academy
  2. Content for Online Certificate Course: ‘English for Everyday’- Department of English, GIAL, Kottayam.
  3. Content for Online FDP: ‘Interactions and Impressions’
  4. ‘Study materials for English Language and Literature’- CMS College (Autonomous), Kottayam.