Dr. Lisa Pavithran

Dr. Lisa Pavithran is an accomplished academician with 27 years of teaching experience spanning Higher Secondary Schools and Higher Education institutions. Her extensive teaching career includes serving as an ESL teacher in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme and as Visiting Lecturer at various colleges abroad, where she contributed to multicultural and interdisciplinary learning environments. Her academic interests include Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and English Language Teaching. She has presented research papers at numerous national and international seminars and conferences and has published scholarly articles in reputed academic journals. She actively participates in academic and professional development programmes and remains committed to advancing research and quality higher education..

♦M. A., M. Phil., B Ed., Ph. D., NET, SET

1. Two week workshop on "Comprehensive e-Learning to e-Training Guide for Administrative Work" from 25-05-2020 to 05-06-2020

2. National Faculty Development Programme on "Emerging Trends of Pedagogy in Language, Literature and Social Sciences" conducted by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi from 13-07-2020 to 19-07-2020.

3. Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on "Towards a Digital Era of Teaching and Learning" organised by the UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala in collaboration with KSMDB College, Sasthamcotta from 12-08-2020 to 18-08-2020.

4. One week Faculty Development Programme on "Psychological Skills for Effective Teaching and Learning" conducted by PMMMNM, University of Delhi from 01-06-2021 to 07-06-2021

5. UGC-sponsored short-term course in Disaster Management conducted by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from 22-02-2022 to 28-02-2022.

1. UGC-sponsored Refresher Course in English Language and Modern Literature conducted by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from 05-10-2018 to 26-10-2018.

2. UGC-sponsored Refresher Course in English Language and Literature conducted by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from 23-11-2021 to 16-12-2021.

3. Inter-Disciplinary Refresher Course in Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi from 05-08-2023 to 19-08-2023.

4. Refresher Course in Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi from 24-04-2024 to 07-05-2024.

5. Refresher Course in Comparative Indian Literature organised by UGC-MMTTC, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum from 24-09-2024 to 07-10-2024.

1. UGC-sponsored Orientation Programme (IT Oriented) conducted by the Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from 03-03-2015 to 30-03-2015.

2. NEP 2020 Orientation and Sensitisation Programme organised by UGC-MMTTC, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum from 02-12-2024 to 12-12-2024.

Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and English Language Teaching.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-4515-0366

1. “A Doubleness of Vision: Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom and Old Southwest Humour” in the book Humour: Texts, Contexts published by Creative Books, New Delhi in 2015 (ISBN: 978-81-8043-117-3)

2. "War and Matrilineal Narrative in Eudora Welty's "Delta Wedding" in the book War, Pandemic and Humanity: Society, Culture and Literature, Vol II (ISBN: 978-93-88761-91-8) in 2021.

3. “Mulakkaram, The Breast Tax and Nangeli, the Unsung Heroine” in the book Regional Identities: Makers of Regional History (Society, Culture and Literature, Vol: IV) in 2021.

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6. Translated a book Neeraj Chopra: The Lucky Star of India from Malayalam to English

1. “ ‘The Gone Corroborree’ – Colonial Trauma and Survival of Australian Aboriginals in the Poems of Oodgeroo Noonuccal” in UGC sponsored National Seminar ‘Shrinking World and Widening Chasms: Themes and Theories’ in M. S. M. College, Kayamkulam on 20 June 2013.

2. “A Doubleness of Vision: Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom and Old Southwest Humour” in the International Conference, ‘Humour: Texts, Contexts’ organized by Littcrit and UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala on 7 December 2013 in Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram.

3. “The White Supremacy, Racial Violence and Ecological Devastation in William Faulkner’s Go Down Moses in UGC sponsored National Seminar ‘Capitalist Politics and Ecology in World Literature’ organized by the Department of English, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit on 5 April 2018.

4. “Mythical Resonances in the Fiction of Eudora Welty” in the 4th International Seminar of SVASH on 22 December 2018.

5. “Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom: A Reflection of Popular Culture of American South” in the National Seminar on ‘Post-truth and Literature: New Perspectives on Postmodern Reading’ organized by Government College, Kottayam and sponsored by The Directorate of Collegiate Education on November 19, 2019.

6. “The Discourse of the Feminine: A Study of Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter” in the International Conference on Women in Literature organized by Department of English, White Memorial College of Arts and Science for Women, Vellarada, Thiruvananthapuram, in collaboration with Lavender Literary Club, Kanyakumari on 23 January 2020.

7. “Fantasy as Defence: A Study of Eudora Welty’s Selected Works” in the three day International Virtual Conference on Gender Studies organised by Cape Comorin Trust, India and Lavendar Literary Club, India in Collaboration with Al-Maarif University College, Iraq; Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Bangladesh, Department of Folklore; University of Creative Technology Chittagong, Bangladesh, Department of English Language and Literature; Khurasan University, Afghanistan, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of English Language and Literature; Great Imam College, Iraq, Department of Religion Basics from 16 to 18 September 2020.

8. “Plantation Culture in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind” in the three day International Virtual Conference on Cultural Studies organised by cape Comorin Trust, India in collaboration with Andhra Loyola Institute of Engineering and Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India, White Memorial College of Arts and Science for Women, Kerala, India and Lavender Literary Club, India from December 12 to 17, 2020

9. “Challenging the Cartesian Nature/Culture Dichotomy: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Reading of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s Selected Poems” in the Three-Day International Virtual Conference on Postcolonial Studies Organised by the Department of English, Annai Velankanni College, Tholayavattam, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India, Lavender Literary Club, India, International Tamils Development Trust (ITDT) & Cape Comorin Publisher, India from 25-27 November 2021.

10. “Patricia Grace’s Potiki: A Postcolonial Reading” in the Two Day International Conference on Language, Literature and Humanities, organised by the Department of English, St. John’s College of Arts and Science, in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India & Cape Comorin Publisher, India from 20-21 August 2022.

11. “Deconstructing the Stereotypes: A Study of Popular Culture in Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom” in the Two Day International Conference on American Literature Organised by the PG Department of English, Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India incollaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India & Cape Comorin Publisher, India from 08-09 October 2022.

12. “Kafkaesque Parables of Labour Diaspora: A Study of Deepak Unnikrishnan’s Temporary People” in the Two Day International Conference on Diasporic Literature organised by the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College Moolamattom, Arakkulam, Idukki, Kerala, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India in Association with Harvest an International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal on 30-31 August 2024.

13. “En Soi to Pour Soi: An Existential Feminist Analysis of K. R. Meera’s “Achammakku Sambavichathu”” in the Two Day International Conference on Changing Landscape of Literature from Ancient to Digital Age organised by the Department of English (SF), Holy Cross College (Autonomous) Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India in Association with Harvest an International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal on 11-12 July 2025.

14. “A Deep Ecological Analysis of Jallikattu” in the Two Day International Conference on Environment and Literature organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Government Degree College Rajpora, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India in Association with Harvest an International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research

Journal on 26-27 September 2025.

15. “From Silence to Song: A Fanonian Reading of Decolonised Selfhood in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in the Two Day International Conference on Voices Across Borders: Literature, Culture, Communication, and AI in the Global Era organised by Department of English, BLDEA’s Smt.Bangaramma Sajjan Arts, Commerce and Science College, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India in Collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India in Association with Harvest the International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal, Waves Research and Education from 25 and 26 October, 2025.

1. “‘The Gone Corroborree’ – Colonial Trauma and Survival of Australian Aboriginals in the Poems of Oodgeroo Noonuccal” in the Seminar Proceedings on National Seminar ‘Shrinking World and Widening Chasms: Themes and Theories published by the Post Graduate Department of English, M. S. M. College, Kayamkulam in June 2013 (ISBN: 978-81-927671-0-9)

2. “A Doubleness of Vision: Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom and Old Southwest Humour” in the book Humour: Texts, Contexts published by Creative Books, New Delhi in 2015 (ISBN: 978-81-8043-117-3)

3. ‘Place of Place in Fiction: A Study of Eudora Welty’s Delta Wedding in the Biannual Multidisciplinary Journal of DBCT (Volume 2 (1) March 2015, ISSN: 2348-7984)

4. “Appropriating Space: Place in Eudora Welty’s Fiction in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities in August 2019. (Volume 7, Issue 8, ISSN-2321-7065)

5. “The Southern Oralities: A Study of Eudora Welty’s Losing Battles” in Tathapi in June 2020 (Volume 19, Issue 32, ISSN 2320-0693)

6. “Writing Her Self: Traces of L’ Ecriture Feminine in Eudora Welty’s Delta Wedding and The Optimist’s Daughter” in Sambodhi, a quarterly Peer Reviewed Referred research journal; UGC care listed journal (Volume 44, Number 1 January to March 2021, ISSN 2249-6661)

7. “Psycho-social Dimensions in Slave Narratives: An Analysis of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” in the book Psychosocial Perspectives in Literature, Media and Culture (ISSN 978-93-90588-67-1) in 2021.

8. “Transcending the Hegelian Master-slave Dialectic: An Analysis of Eudora Welty’s “Livvie”in New Horizons, UGC Care listed journal (Volume – XVIII 2021, ISSN 2277 – 5218)

9. “Plantation Culture in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind” in Kala Sarovar, UGC CARE listed Referred Journal Volume – 23, Special Issue – II-2020, ISSN: 0975-4520)

10. “The Female Gothic in the American South: A Study of Eudora Welty’s Selected Stories” in Journal of Education: Rabindra Bharati University, UGC CARE Approved, Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal (Volume – XXII, No.:3. 2020-2021, ISSN: 0972-7175)

11. "War and Matrilineal Narrative in Eudora Welty's "Delta Wedding" in the book War, Pandemic and Humanity: Society, Culture and Literature, Vol II (ISBN: 978-93-88761-91-8) in 2021.

12. “Deconstructing the Medusa Myth: Gender Politics in Eudora Welty's "Petrified Man" in Shodhsamhita: Journal of Fundamental and Comparative Research UGC CARE Approved, Peer Reviewed Journal (Volume – VII, No. 6: 2021, ISSN: 2277-7067)

13. “Fantasy as Defence: A Study of Eudora Welty’s Selected Works in Kalyan Bharathi (Volume – 36, No. (08) 2021.

14. “Mulakkaram, The Breast Tax and Nangeli, the Unsung Heroine” in the book Regional Identities: Makers of Regional History (Society, Culture and Literature, Vol: IV) in 2021.

15. “Deconstructing the Stereotypes: A Study of Popular Culture in Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom” in an International Multidisciplinary Double-Blind Peer-reviewed Research Journal, Special Issue, Volume IV Issue II November 2022 with ISSN: 2582-1962.

16. “Kafkaesque Parables of Labour Diaspora: A Study of Deepak Unnikrishnan’s Temporary People” in Harvest: An International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal E-ISSN: 2582-9866 Volume IV Special Issue VI August 2024.

17. “En Soi to Pour Soi: An Existential Feminist Analysis of K. R. Meera’s “Achammakku Sambavichathu”” in Harvest: An International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal E-ISSN: 2582-9866 Volume V Special Issue III August 2025

18. “A Deep Ecological Analysis of Jallikattu” in Harvest: An International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal E-ISSN: 2582-9866 Volume V Special Issue IV October 2025

19. “Revisiting Frankenstein: A Transhumanist Reading” in Anusandhanvallari a UGC Approved Peer-Reviewed Multidisciplinary Research Journal ISSN 2229-3388 December 2025

20. “From Silence to Song: A Fanonian Reading of Decolonised Selfhood” in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in Harvest: An International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal E-ISSN: 2582-9866 Volume VI Special Issue I January 2026

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Literary Theory

Shakespeare Studies

Popular Culture

British Literature

Women's Writing in India

Cultural Studies