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Dr. SOUMYA JOSE

ABOUT
NAME: Dr. SOUMYA JOSE

MS: M.A. English, Kannur University

EMAIL: soumyajose@nitandhra.ac.in

POSITION: Assistant Professor & HOD

PhD:  Annamalai University

PHONE: +91 9492743645


AREAS OF INTEREST: African American Theatre, First Nations Theatre, Diaspora Studies, and Gender Studies

PROFILE

 

M.Phil (English) Annamalai University

B.Ed (English), N.S.S.Training College, Calicut University

UGC-NET (2012)

UGC-SET(2011)

Certifications:

Modern  and Contemporary American Poetry- University of Pennsylvania

Crafting an Effective Writer- Mount San Jacinto College

Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills, University of Melbourne

Foundations of Virtual Instructions, University of California

The Camera Never Lies, University of London

Research Guidance:

No. of PhD Scholars guided-2

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

 PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED

2011

  • Jose, Soumya. 2011 “Shamanism and Self –Actualization: A Study of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”. Contemporary Discourse.307-310.Vol-2 Issue-2-July2011(ISSN 0976-3686)
  • Jose, Soumya.2011. “Shamanism and Redemption: A Study of August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean”.Contemporary Vibes. 15-16. vol-7-Issue25- October 2011 (ISSN 0975-1750
  • Jose, Soumya.2011. “Liberation and Recognition of Cultural Roots: An Appraisal of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson”.Manaviki. 186-191. vol-2- Issue 2 2011 (ISSN 0976-0830)
  • Jose, Soumya and Florence, S. 2011. “Detangling the Intricacies of Filial and Maternal Relationships: A Study of Marsha Norman’s Getting Out.”Journal of the Annamalai University,Part A Humanities.281-288. Vol-47 2011(ISSN 0517- 872X)
  • Jose, Soumya and Florence, S. 2011. “Ethnic Identity Crisis:Images of Indian Diaspora in K.S. Maniam’s The Return”. Voice International. 9-13.Special Vol. -1.2011 (ISSN 2229-3248)
  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan, Sony Raj. 2011. “Abortive Assimilation: A Critique of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running”. Littcrit.100-112.2011 (ISSN 0970-8049)

2012

  • Jose, Soumya.2012. “Third World within the First: A Critique of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running”. Literary Insight. 100-105. (ISSN 0975 -6248)
  • Jose, Soumya. 2012“Poetics of Resistance: A Reading of the Select Poems of Tory Dent.”Misbah. 63- 68. 2012(ISSN 0976- 2523)
  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan, Sony Raj. 2012. “The Blues and the Black: A Reading of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”. Research Scholar. 67-71.2012 (ISSN 2249-6696)
  • Jose, Soumya.2012. “Christianity Versus African Traditional Religions: A Study of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Piano Lesson”. 96-101. Journal of Literature& Aesthetics.
  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan, Sony Raj. 2012. “Expressing the Repressed: The Shocking Intimacies in the Select Poems of Sharon Olds”. Contemporary Discourse. 228-231.Vol 3 Issue 2 July 2012 (ISSN -976-3686)
  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan, Sony Raj. 2012. “Journey of a Woman through Home, Hearth and Heart: A Reading of Jaishree Misra’s Ancient Promises. Labyrinth. 33-38. Vol. 3 Issue 4 October 2012 (ISSN 0976- 0814)
  • Jose, Soumya and Florence S.2012 “Insanity and Identity in August Wilson’s Two Trains Running and Seven Guitars.”Literary Innovations.103-113.Vol 1 Issue 1 September-March 2012 (ISSN2279-0128)
  • Jose, Soumya and Florence S.2012 “Artefact and Preservation of African Culture: August Wilson’s Radio Golf.” Teresian Journal of English Studies.54-68.Vol 4 No, 1 October 2012 (ISSN 0975- 6302)

2013

  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan Sony Raj.2013 “Shamanism and African Identity: An Exploration into August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.”91-102. LabyrinthVol. 4 No1 January 2013 (ISSN 0976-0814)
  • Jose, Soumya. 2013. “The Father-Son Conflict in August Wilson’s Jitney. 115-19. Labyrinth Vol.4-NO.4 October 2013 (ISSN0 976-0814)

2014

  • Jose Soumya and Jalarajan Sony Raj. 2014. “Bildungsroman of a Black Female Subject: A Reading of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird’s Sing.” Writers Editors Critics Vol4 No1 March 2014.
  • Jose Soumya and Jalarajan Sony Raj. 2014. “Generational Dissension in August Wilson’s Fences.” International Research Journal of Management, Sociology and Humanities. ISSN-2277-9809.
  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan Sony Raj. 2014. “Transcending Black Shame: An Investigation into August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson” AcademicDeliberations. February 2014. ISSN: 2348-5833.
  • Jose, Soumya and Jalarajan Sony Raj. 2014. “Recognition and Edification of the Relic of the Past: An Inquiry into August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson”.Journal of Development Management and Communication. March 2014. ISSN: 2348-7739

2015

  • Jose, Soumya and Vijayalakshmi N. Deconstructing the African American Womanhood: A Critical Analysis of the Recalcitrant Black Woman in Alice Childress’s Wine in the Wilderness. Labyrinth.6.4(2015)

2016

  • Jose, Soumya. “Thriving in the Digital Reality of Cyber World: Towards a New Teaching and Learning Design.” Media Watch. 7.1(2016). Scopus Indexed
  • Vijayalakshmu N and Soumya Jose. “ Evolution of a Liberated African American Woman:  A Critical Appraisal of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel” Man in India. 5 (2016). Scopus Indexed.
  • Jose, Soumya. “Mutualisation of News through an Engaging Media is a Safer Bet in the Age of Sustainability and Diminishing Advertising Revenue. Editorial. Media Watch. 7.2(2016). Scopus Indexed
  • Self-Abomination and Personal Failure: A Reading of Kalamu Ya Salaam’s Play, The Quest. Language in India. 16.7(2016)

2017

Samjaila Th and Soumya Jose. “Sixties Scoop and First Nations Women: A study of Drew Hayden Taylor’s Someday. Man in India 97.4(2017)395-402. Scopus Indexed

Vijayalakshmi.N and Soumya Jose. “From Troubled Waters to Greener Pastures: A Reading of Pearl Cleage’s Flyin’ West. Man in India 97.10(2017) 153-162. Scopus

Indexed

Soumya Jose and Sony Jalarajan Raj. “ American Frontier Myth and Black Humour: A Study of Marsha Norman’s Hold Up.” Alfomine International Journal. 4.6(2017) 3-10.

 

CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS 

 

2015

  • Jalarajan Sony Raj and Soumya Jose. “ Invincible Resistance: An Appraisal of the Indefatigable Female in Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi.”.Ed. Bijender Singh. Indian Dalit Literature: Critical Ruminations. Authorspress. New Delhi, 2015. 25-32. ISBN 978-81-7273-965-2.
  • “Indian Omnipresence in Global Literature: Textualizing the Diasporic Metaphors in K.S. Maniam’s The Return and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The NamesakeWorld English Fiction: Bridging Oneness. Ed. K.V.Dominic. Yking books. 2015. ISBN. 978-93-82532-83-5
  • Jalarajan Sony Raj and Soumya Jose. “ Throttled by the Recurring Themes. A Bane on Indian English Fiction. Charting New Approaches in Indian English FictionEd. Saikat Banerjee. Yking Books.2015. ISBN. 978-93-85528-00-2
  • Soumya Jose and Sony Jalarajan Raj Unquenched Lust: Female Contentment and Sexual Escapades  in  Anita  Nair’s  Ladies  Coupe.  Indian  Women  Novelists:  Feminist Reverberations. Ed. Bijeender Singh. Thematic Publication. 2015. ISBN.978-93-83192-94-6

2016

  • Soumya Jose and Sony Jalarajan Raj. “ Shunned Voice: Third Gender in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire.” Ed. Avandh Kumar. Indian Writing in English: Themes and Techniques.Vangamay Publication. 165-172
  • Vijayalakshmi N and Soumya Jose. “Defying the Stereotypes: An Exploration into Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind. Ed. Bijeender Singh. Race and Ethnicity
  • Soumya Jose and Sony Jalarajan Raj. “Self-Empowerment and Cultural Lineage: An Analysis of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.” Ed. Bijeender Singh. Race and Ethnicity

2017

  • Vijayalakshmi and Soumya Jose. “Defiance of the Subaltern: A Critical Analysis of Pearl Cleage’s Flyin’ West and Lynn Nottage’s Poof. Subalternity and Literature. Ed. Karkuzali.Authors Press, 2017
  • Samjaila Th and Soumya Jose. “Overcoming Repression via Art: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Drew Hayden Taylor’s A Girl Who Loved Her Horses.” Subalternity and Literature. Ed. Karkuzali. Authors Press, 2017
  • Samjaila Th, Soumya Jose, and Sony Jalarajan Raj. “Ecosophy and Vision Quest:An Exploration into Drew Hayden Taylor’s The Boy in the Tree House.” Perspectives on Ecocritical Studies. Ed. Ram Avadh Prajapati. 2017
  • Sony Jalarajan Raj, Susan Massey, and Soumya Jose. “Peer Review and Reflective Teaching Practices: An Effective Mechanism for Quality Enhancement in Higher Education.Ed. Artur Lugmayr and Doug VogelInternational Ambient Media Association (Finland). 2017

2018

  • Vijayalakshmi N and Soumya Jose. “Disregard for the Cultural Roots and Self-Destruction: An Exploration into Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation or Re-Education of Undine. Ed. Sayan Dey. Poetomachia:The Indigenous Voice
  • Soumya Jose and Sony Jalarajan Raj. “Resilience of the Rape Victims: A Reading of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined.” Ed. Sayan Dey. Poetomachia:The Indigenous Voice. Cambridge Scholars.2018
  • Samjaila Th , Soumya Jose, and Sony Jalarajan Raj. “Textualizing the Ambivalent Immigrant: A Reading of Monica Ali’s Brick Lane .” The Voice of an Exile:A Collection of Critical Articles on Diaspora. Ed. Dr.K.V.Dominic and Dr.S.Barathi.Authors Press, 2018
  • Swapna Gopinath, Sony Jalarajan and Soumya Jose. “ Ecofeminist Moorings in Globalized India: Literary Discourse and Interpretations: Literature and Eco Feminism: Intersectional and International Voices. Ed. Douglas. A.Vakoch and Sam Mickey. Routledge, 2018
  • Vijayalakshmi and Soumya Jose. “Voicing Her Stories: An Appraisal of Pearl Cleage’s A song for Coretta.” Subaltern Voice: A Critical Stance. Ed. K.Ravichandran and C.Anita. Emerald, 2018
  • Samjaila Th and Soumya Jose. “Domestic Violence and Aboriginal Women: An Analysis of Marie Clements’ Now Look What You Made Me Do. Subaltern Voice: A Critical Stance. Ed. K.Ravichandran and C.Anita. Emerald, 2018

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS 

  • Soumya Jose. “Loyalty Points.” The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society-Edited By Wherry, Frederick F & Juliet B.Schor. 2015.
  • Soumya Jose. “Direct to Consumer Advertising.”The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society- Edited By Wherry, Frederick F & Juliet B.Schor. 2015.