Faculty Details

Maanasa Merlyin Mathew is an Assistant Professor in the PG Department of English at Christ Nagar College, Maranalloor, with six years of teaching experience. She holds an M.A. Degree in English Language and Literature and qualified the UGC-NET in July 2019. Her academic and research interests include Gender Studies, Trauma Studies and Popular Culture, with a particular interest in how literature and media reflect, challenge, and shape gendered identities, social norms, and contemporary cultural consciousness. She has published several research papers in International peer-reviewed journals, including studies on immigrant identity, trauma narratives and cultural identity. Her work also explores themes of popular culture, gender and intersectionality, and media-mediated expressions of self-hood. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is involved in academic coordination, fine arts event management, and curriculum development, and continues to pursue research at the intersections of literature, culture, and society.

Gender Studies

• Published the paper "Tradition and Transformation: The Unique Cultural Identity of Syrian Christians and Their Adaptation to Dominant Influences in Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water" AE International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (Special Issue), 2025.
• Published the paper "The Cultural Cul-De-Sac of the Present Times as Portrayed in Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte Through the Experience of Indian Immigrants" in the International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research (IJMER), Vol. 14 Issue 11, November 2025.
• Published the paper "Burning Beyond Silence: A Reading of Sithara’s “Fire” Through the Lens of Trauma Theory" in the International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR), Vol. 7 Issue 5 (Spetember-October 2025).
• Published the paper “Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Analysing Bernardine Evaristo’s Polyphonic Novel Girl, Woman, Other through the Lens of Intersectional Feminism” in the UGC-Carelist journal Purana.

• Presented the paper “Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Analysing Bernardine Evaristo’s Polyphonic Novel Girl, Woman, Other through the Lens of Intersectional Feminism” in the Two-Day International Conference on "Post-Truth Era: Wither Human Rights?" organised by St Mary’s College, Puthanangadi on 11 and 12 August, 2021.
• Presented the paper “Bigotry and Literature : The Dichotomous Rivals” in the national seminar on Bigotry and Textual Practice: Reflections on Contemporary Culture organised by Christian College, Chengannur on 10 November, 2017

• Attended the Workshop for the Preparation of Question Bank for the Second Semester FYUGP Examinations organised by the Board of Studies, English at EMS Hall, Kariavattom on 18 March 2025.
• Attended the International Conference on "Cultural Currents - Understanding the Dynamics of Popular Culture" organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, Christ Nagar College on 14 March 2025.
• Attended the International Conference on Motherhood Melodies: A Global Harmony of Literary Resonance" organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, Christ Nagar College on 29 May 2024.
• Attended the International Conference on "Defining the Indefinable: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cultural Discourses" organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, Christ Nagar College on 30 March 2023.
• Attended the two-day International Conference on "Eurocentrism and its Impact on Global Narratives" organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, Christ Nagar College on 08 & 09 October 2021.
• Attended the one week online FDP on "English Language Teaching and Research" organised by the department of Languages and Communication, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore from 17 to 23 May 2021.
• Attended the National Webinar on "Twentieth-Century Literary Theory in Retrospect: Features and Milestones" organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, Christ Nagar College on 30 May 2020.
• Attended the online workshop on "Techniques in Poetry Writing" organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, Christ Nagar College on 29 May 2020.
• Attended the Online Course on "Verbal Proficiency" organised by Sri Krishna Adithya College of Arts & Science, on 5 May 2020.
• Attended the Online Course on "Teaching and Research Aptitude" organised by the IQAC, Annai College of Arts & Science, on 29 & 30 April 2020.
• Attended the National Seminar on "Teaching, Learning and Evaluation" organised by the IQAC, Christ Nagar College, Maranalloor, on 29 February 2020.
• Attended the National Seminar on "Politics of Parochialism", organised by the Postgraduate Department Christ Nagar College, Maranalloor, on 18 September 2019.

Class-in-charge, S3 MA, Convenor, Handbook Committee, Convenor, Fine Arts Club, Member, Library Committee