Sheerin Hena
Assistant Professor, English and other languages, GSHS, BLR
Education
Ph. D.Email ID
shena@gitam.eduEducation
Ph. D.About
Sheerin Hena is an assistant professor in the Department of English. She has submitted her Ph.D. in the field of Applied Linguistics from the University of Hyderabad. Her areas of study and research interests include psycholinguistics, semantics, sociolinguistics, gender studies, cognitive linguistics, translation studies, English language teaching, and business communication. She has translated a few poems from Urdu religious texts (Hamd and Naat) to English, which were published in a festschrift.
Prior to joining GITAM, Ms Hena worked as Soft Skills faculty in MSIT, IIIT-Hyderabad for one and half years. As part of this engagement, she mentored post-graduate students on soft skills and business communication, while handling aspects of course design, classroom teaching, and interactive workshops. During the association with MSIT, she also visited Bhutan to conduct a one-week workshop on communication skills for graduate and post-graduate students at Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology, Mongar, Bhutan. She had also tutored foreign students in her engagement with Council on International Educational Exchange as part of Study in India Program, University of Hyderabad.
Publications
Articles
- 2019. Understanding the Cognitive Mechanisms Responsible for Interpretation of Idioms in Hindi-Urdu. Language in India. Pages 301-309, Vol. 19:1. (ISSN 1930-2940).
- 2012. A Glimpse of Hamd and Naat. Vaagartha. A Festschrift for Prof. Padmakar R Dadegaonkar. Hyderabad: Impression Print. Pages 190-197. (ISBN 978-93-5087-691-6).
- 2012. Comprehension of Body Part Idioms in Children. Coalescence. Pages 161-167. Hyderabad: Pothi.com. (ISBN 978-81-921178-4-3)
Books
1. 2020. Indradhanush of Ideas in Language, Literature and Translation: A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Panchanan Mohanty. LINCOM Europa, Munchen, Germany, ISBN: 978-81-946499-9-1.
2. 2020. Trends in Applied Linguistics and Language in Use. CIIL, Mysore & LSI, Pune, ISBN: 978-81-946499-9-1.
Awards & Fellowships
Received “Achiever’s Award” from the University of Hyderabad during her M.A. course.
UGC Junior and Senior Research Fellowship
Education
Degree Name | Institute & College name | Year of Graduation/Award |
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Ph.D. | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD | 2022 |
M PHIL | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD | 2012 |
M A | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD | 2010 |
B A ENGLISH HONS | GRADUATION | 2008 |
Experience
Designation | Organization | From Date | To Date |
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Soft Skills Faculty | MSIT - IIIT, Hyderabad | 28-08-2018 | 12-12-2019 |
Teaching Assistant | University of Hyderabad | 02-01-2017 | 30-06-2017 |
Awards
Award name | Award Organization | Awarded year |
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UGC NET | UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION | 2011 |
MANF JRF SRF | UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION | 2011 |
Acheivers Award for All Top Rankers | UNIVERSITY of HYDERABAD | 2010 |