Ms. Anjitha Tom

Assistant Professor, Department of Arts and Humanities​

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Ms. Anjitha Tom

Assistant Professor, Department of Arts and Humanities

Ms. Anjitha Tom is an accomplished academic and Assistant Professor in the Department of Arts and Humanities at Christ Academy Institute for Advanced Studies. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English and Cultural Studies at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, with her research focusing on queer identities and visual narration in contemporary graphic memoirs.

Ms. Anjitha holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching English from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad; an M.A. in English and Comparative Literature from the Central University of Kerala; and a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. Her academic specialization encompasses queer and feminist literary criticism, graphic narratives, cultural studies, and English language pedagogy, while her teaching interests extend to visual culture, gender studies, stylistics, and academic writing.

Her scholarly contributions have been published in reputed journals such as The Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Rupkatha Journal, and Literary Voice. She has presented papers at both national and international academic forums and is the recipient of the UGC-NET and the Maulana Azad National Fellowship.

A committed educator and researcher, Ms. Anjitha continues to explore intersections of literature, culture, and identity, contributing to meaningful academic discourse through her publications, conference presentations, and active engagement in emerging areas of literary studies.

Area

  • Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

  • Soft Skills Training

  • English Language Pedagogy and Academic Writing

Qualification

M.A. in English and Comparative Literature, PG Diploma in Teaching English, Ph.D. (Pursuing)  

Experience

1 Years

Publications
  • Tom, Anjitha. “Review of I’m a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz.” The Journal of Popular Culture (Wiley), 2024.

  • Tom, Anjitha. “Exploring Transness Through the Graphic Memoir: Bishakh Som on Crafting Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 2024.

  • Tom, Anjitha. “Comic Elements as a System of Queer Expression: A Close Analysis of Gender Queer: A Memoir.” Literary Voice (WoS), 2024.

  • Tom, Anjitha. “Review of Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe.” Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2023.

  • Tom, Anjitha. “Was/Is/Because.” Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (Forthcoming), 2024.

  • “Queer Graphic Memoirs as an Autoethnographic Tool: A Study of Sharon Lee De La Cruz’s I’m a Wild Seed” — International Conference on Gender Studies (ICGS 2023), NITK Surathkal, September 2023.

  • “Deconstruction of the Heterosexual Lie and the Establishment of Conscious Women Identification and Butch Identity in Snapshots of a Girl” — 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature & Cultural Studies, Chandigarh University, July 2023.

  • “Comic Elements as a System of Queer Expression: A Close Analysis of Gender Queer: A Memoir” — International Seminar on Popular Culture and Contemporary Literature, Pondicherry University, November 2022.

  • “The Aspiration and Actualization of Hegemonic Masculinity in Charles Atlas Comic Ads” — International Lecture Series on Gender Coding in Children’s Narratives, St. Xavier’s College for Women, Kerala, March 2022.

  • “The Study of Queer Ecological Symbols in Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen” — International Conference on Queer Ecologies, Christ University, April 2021.

  • “Painting Queerness: Nudity, Sexuality and Subjectivity in the Works of Frida Kahlo” — National Seminar on Blurring the Boundaries: Theory as an Intertext, Alphonsa College, Kerala, February 2020.

  • Real-time student performance monitoring and intervention system

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