Department of English
M. Aabidha Thaslim
M.A , M Phil. SET , (Ph. D)
aabidhathaslim@gmail.com
2022-10-18
Educational Background
B.A. in English – Lady Doak College, Madurai, 2008
M.A. in English – Lady Doak College, Madurai, 2010
M.Phil. in English – Lady Doak College, Madurai, 2011
State Eligibility Test (SET) in English – Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
Ph.D. in Literary Studies – Pursuing, Lady Doak College & Kamaraj University, Madurai
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of English (Self-Financing Stream), Thiagarajar College – from 18.10.2022 to present. Experienced in teaching English Language Teaching (ELT) and eco-literature, using structured and updated teaching practices ( ICT and AI).
- Areas of Specialization:
Eco-literature
British literature
- English Language Teaching (ELT) with updated ICT-based teaching methods
- Assistant Professor, TBAK College, Keelakarai, Ramanathapuram District – 5 months.
- Assistant Professor, Fatima College – 8 years (2012–2013; 2015–2016; 2016–2022).
- Total Teaching Experience: Over 11 years
Awards & Recognitions
- Published a book chapter with Emerald Publishers.
- Authored the book What If, available on international platforms including Amazon UK, Kobo, and Booktopia.
- Published 3 research papers in UGC CARE–listed journals.
- Presented papers at national and international conferences.
- Writing online stories on Story Mirror in the name of Lim Jolly .
- Held the position of Program Officer, Youth Red Cross, at Fatima College, demonstrating leadership in student welfare and community service
Research Publications
- Published a research paper titled “Recurring Traces of Humanity: Resistance, Memory and Inherited Culture in Sheri S. Tepper's Grass” in Arima Nokku (UGC CARE), ISSN: 2320-4842, October–December 2025.
- Published a research paper titled “Imagination Beyond Boundaries” in JAC: Journal of Composition Theory (UGC CARE), ISSN: 0731-6755, pp. 612–615.
- Presented a paper titled “Expanding the Horizons of Eco-literature: Integrating New Discourses in Environmental Narratives” at the International Conference on Literature, Arts and Culture, organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, The American College, Madurai, on 07.02.2025.
- Presented a paper at the Two-Day National Virtual Conference on “Extended Boundaries in English Language and Literature”, organized by the Department of English, Anjac College, on 8th–9th February 2025.
- Presented a paper on A Sojourn of Complexity into Mortality with reference to Paulo Coelho and Margaret Atwood in One-day National Seminar on Portrayal of Women in Modern English Literature organised by the Department of English , Singai Sithar Ayya College of Arts and Science, Thekkur on 25th September, 2018
- Presented a paper titled Environmental Philosophy - Man' Diversion from Nature to Catastrophe in the One Day International Conference on Fission and Fusion of English and Tamil Literatures organised by the Department of English, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous), Sivakasi on 3rd September, 2019.
Presented paper entitled Human Greed and Negligence in the Post Modern Scenario with reference to Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy in the Two day International Conference on Cultural Diversity and Social Reality in Contemporary Literature held on 20th and 21st March 2024, organised by the Department of English, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkkadu, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
- Presented a paper titled Ecocriticism : En Route to Dystopia in the Two Day International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics Organised by the Department of English, Malankara Catholic College, Mariagiri, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India in collaboration with Lavender Literary Club, Kanyakumari on 3rd and 4th October 2019 at Maria Rani Center, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala , India
- Presented a paper in Recurring Traces of Humanity in Sheri S. Tepper's Grass in the Two Day International Conference on ' Being Eco- Spiritual: A Way of Sustainable Living ' organised by the School of Arts, Sciences ,Humanities & Education (SASHE) - Sastra Deemed to be University on March 1 & 2, 2024.
- Published a paper ,"Trauma of the Feminine Self in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood and Maddaddam" in Shanlax International journal of Arts , Science and Humanities on 10th March,2024.