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Dr. Teena V.

Assistant Professor (Sl. Gd.), Department of English, School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Qualification: MA, MPhil, Ph.D
v_teena@cb.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Eco feminist Studies, Marginalization and Dalit Studies, Food and Memory studies, Film Studies, Eco Critical Studies, Disability Literature

Bio

Dr. Teena V. has done her under-graduation and post-graduation in English Language and Literature from the University of Keralam and M. Phil. from Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry. She has 6 years of teaching experience (2 years in NIT Calicut and 4 years at Amrita), both at under-graduate and at post-graduate levels.  Her broad areas of interest include Marginalization and Diasporic studies of Indian English Literature. She currently supervises six Ph.D. scholars, including both full-time and part-time candidates.

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2026

Exclusion as Order Framing Gender Hierarchies Through Abjection in “The Oresteia” and “Enuma Elish”

Cite this Research Publication : Yasmeen and Teena V., "Exclusion as Order: Framing Gender Hierarchies through Abjection in Oresteia and Enuma Elish," The International Journal of Literary Humanities. (Q3) Vol.1, Issue 5, March 3, 2026, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7912/cgp/a381

Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks

Year : 2026

Draping Change: The Sartorial Transition of Yakshi Figures in Malayalam Horror Films

Cite this Research Publication : Ms. Sandhya AS and Dr. Teena V. Draping Change: The Sartorial Transition of Yakshi Figures in Malayalam Horror Films. The international journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. (Q2) Vol. 2 Issue 3, February 26, 2026

Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks

Year : 2025

The Role of seasonal triggers and intellectual disability in bipolar disorder: A Study of Jen Gotch’s The Upside of Being Down

Cite this Research Publication : G. Suresh, V. Teena, The Role of seasonal triggers and intellectual disability in bipolar disorder: A Study of Jen Gotch’s The Upside of Being Down, Psychiatry (Moscow) (Psikhiatriya), Medical Informational Agency Publishers, 2025, https://doi.org/10.30629/2618-6667-2024-22-5-125-131

Publisher : Medical Informational Agency Publishers

Year : 2025

Sufi Teachings and Well-Being: Self-Transcendence in Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love

Cite this Research Publication : Yasmeen Alsaleh, Teena Vasanth, Sufi Teachings and Well-Being: Self-Transcendence in Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love, The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, Common Ground Research Networks, 2025, https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/cgp/v15i03/137-149

Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks

Year : 2024

Thanatophobia: An Architectural Representation in Select Malayalam Horror Films

Cite this Research Publication : Sandhya A. S. and Teena V., “Thanatophobia: An Architectural Representation in Select Malayalam Horror Films,” Scope (Scopus Indexed Q4) vol, March 2024. pp. 603-6015

Year : 2024

Pedagogy and Nature Story Telling: Fostering Ecological Awareness in a Confined Urban Classroom Setting

Cite this Research Publication : Yasmeen and Teena V., "Pedagogy and Nature Story Telling: Fostering Ecological Awareness in a Confined Urban Classroom setting," National Journal of Education (UGC ) December 28, 2024.

Year : 2024

From Plate to Palate: Role of Food and Memory in the Cognitive Development of Children

Cite this Research Publication : Lekshmi B. and Teena V., "From Plate to Palate: Role of Food and Memory in the Cognitive Development of Children," Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Scopus B) Common Grounds Research Network, vol.14-Issue 2, November 4, 2024.

Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks

Year : 2022

Tethered to tradition: An Ecofeminist study of Malarayans and Muthuvan tribes in select works of Narayan

Cite this Research Publication : Aparna Ramesh, Dr. Teena V., "Tethered to tradition: An Ecofeminist study of Malarayans and Muthuvan tribes in select works of Narayan," Indian Literature Sahithya Akademi, Bimonthly Journal LXVI, Vol. 66, No. 2 (328) (March–April 2022), pp. 91-99

Year : 2020

Voicing the ‘Malayarayans’: Reading Narayan’s Kocharethi as Cultural Translation

Cite this Research Publication : Aparna Ramesh and Teena V., “Voicing the ‘Malayarayans’: Reading Narayan’s Kocharethi as Cultural Translation,” International Multidisclinary Educational Research. ISSN:2277 - 7881 Vol-9, Issue-3(2), March-2020, impact factor :6.514 (2020).

Year : 2019

Reconstructing Urban spaces: An Ecofeminist Reading of Usha KR’s Monkey Man

Cite this Research Publication : Teena.V and Pavithra S., “Reconstructing Urban spaces: An Ecofeminist Reading of Usha KR’s Monkey Man”, Literary Endeavour, An Internationally Refereed UGC Journal of English Language and Literature, pp.110, 2019.

Year : 2019

Malayali Malayarayans’: Reading Narayan’s Kocharethi as Cultural Translation

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Malayali Malayarayans’: Reading Narayan’s Kocharethi as Cultural Translation”, Literary Insight, A Referred International UGC Journal, pp. 494, 2019.

Year : 2019

Ecofeminist Interventions in Kerala: A Journey through Malayalam Literature

Cite this Research Publication : Teena.V., "Ecofeminist Interventions in Kerala: A Journey through Malayalam Literature," Literary Endeavour, An Internationally Refereed UGC Journal of English Language and Literature, pp. 484, 2019.

Year : 2018

Critique of Patriarchal System: An Ecofeminist Rendering of Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green Authors

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V. and Mohanagiri, “Critique of Patriarchal System: An Ecofeminist Rendering of Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green Authors", Smart Moves Journal IJELLH, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2018.

Year : 2016

Understanding Eco Feminism

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Understanding Eco Feminism”, COJELL An International Refereed Quarterly Journal of English Language and Literature, pp. 4-9, 2016.

Publisher : COJELL An International Refereed Quarterly Journal of English Language and Literature.

Year : 2014

Between powerlessness and power: A study of the marginalized women in Gopala Krishna Gandhi’s Refuge

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Between powerlessness and power: A study of the marginalized women in Gopala Krishna Gandhi’s Refuge”, IJELLH – International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 293-299, 2014.

Publisher : IJELLH – International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities

Book Chapter

Year : 2025

Cognitive Dissonance and the Effect of Fear: Analysis of Jagadish’s character in Malayalam Horror Film Akasha Ganga

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Teena V and Ms. Sandhya AS. "Cognitive Dissonance and the Effect of Fear: Analysis of Jagadish’s character in Malayalam Horror Film Akasha Ganga," Critical Cartographies Published by AIFEST 2025.

Year : 2025

Repressed Emotions and Altered Realities: A Pshychological study of Cheriya Cheriya Bhootkambangal and Ennum Swantham Janakikutty

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Teena V. and Ms. Sandhya A. S. “Repressed Emotions and Altered Realities: A Pshychological study of Cheriya Cheriya Bhootkambangal and Ennum Swantham Janakikutty” Intersections of Psychology and Literature, Blue Avra Ford Publications 2025.

Publisher : Blue Avra Ford Publications

Year : 2019

Revamping Marginalised identities: A study of Sarah Joseph’s Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side

Cite this Research Publication : Aparna Ramesh, Teena V., "Revamping Marginalised identities: A study of Sarah Joseph’s Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side," Re – Mapping Identity Culture and History through Literature, Edited by Dr. Sushil Mary Mathews, Dr. M. Angeline, page No. 4 – 6 July 2019

Year : 2017

Home: The Space of Belonging in Rohinton Mistry’s

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Home: The Space of Belonging in Rohinton Mistry’s”, in Configuring the Common Man: Trends and Prerspectives in Contemporary Indian Literature, 2017, pp. 158 – 164.

Publisher : Configuring the Common Man: Trends and Prerspectives in Contemporary Indian Literature

Conference Paper

Year : 2023

Idioms of Distress: A study of disabled minds in Shreevatsa Nivedatia’s How to Travel Light

Cite this Research Publication : Teena. V and Gargy Suresh., “Idioms of Distress: A study of disabled minds in Shreevatsa Nivedatia’s How to Travel Light” in a two-day International Conference on Deconstructing Identities: Transdisciplinary outllok Towards Languages and Literatures held at SRM Institute of Science and Technology , April 18&19, 2023.

Year : 2023

Magic Food Psychic: A study of Food and Memory in Aimee Bender’s The Sadness of Lemon Cake

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V.and Amitha, “Magic Food Psychic: A study of Food and Memory in Aimee Bender’s The Sadness of Lemon Cake” in a two-day International Conference on Deconstructing Identities: Transdisciplinary outllok Towards Languages and Literatures held at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, April 18&19, 2023

Year : 2016

Sketching Parsi Minority Aesthetics in Rohinston Mistry’s ‘Such a Long Journey’

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Sketching Parsi Minority Aesthetics in Rohinston Mistry’s ‘Such a Long Journey’”, in Multiculturalism: Inclusiveness and New Humanities, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 2016.

Year : 2016

Home: The Space of Belonging in Rohinton Mistry’s Squatter

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Home: The Space of Belonging in Rohinton Mistry’s Squatter”, in Configuring the Common Man: Trends and Prerspectives in Contemporary Indian Literature, Dept of English, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore, 2016.

Year : 2015

Negotiating Space: A Study of Marginalized Discourses in Rohinton Mistry’s Such a Long Journey and Gandhi’s Refuge

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V., “Negotiating Space: A Study of Marginalized Discourses in Rohinton Mistry’s Such a Long Journey and Gandhi’s Refuge”, in UGC Sponsored International Conference on Marginalization and Indian English Literature, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, 2015.

Publisher : UGC Sponsored International Conference on Marginalization and Indian English Literature

Year : 2015

Between Powerlessness and power: The plight of the marginalized women in Gopala Krishna Gandhi’s Refuge

Cite this Research Publication : Teena V. and. Nandhini, I., “Between Powerlessness and power: The plight of the marginalized women in Gopala Krishna Gandhi’s Refuge”, in National Seminar, Fathima College, Madurai, 2015.

Publisher : National Seminar

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