Dr. Christina Romeo
Assistant Professor, Department of Arts and Humanities
Profile
Dr. Christina Romeo
Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Christina Romeo is an academic and researcher working at the intersections of Dalit, Subaltern, and Cultural Studies, with a sustained focus on questions of vulnerability, resistance, and representation. A UGC NET-qualified scholar, she adopts a research-driven and dialogic approach, engaging with literature as both text and lived experience.
With teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, she is committed to fostering critical thinking and nuanced interpretation. Her pedagogy encourages students to read beyond the surface, situating texts within larger socio-cultural and political contexts.
She has authored over ten research publications, including papers in Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journals, with notable contributions to Contemporary Voice of Dalit and book chapters published by Bloomsbury. She is also the author of A Glance into Malayalam Literature and Lit Quest: A Literature Q & A Journey, reflecting her interest in making literary inquiry both accessible and engaging.
In addition to her research and teaching, she has contributed to curriculum development through the preparation of question banks for undergraduate English courses under Mahatma Gandhi University. Her work continues to be shaped by a commitment to critical scholarship, interdisciplinary inquiry, and the evolving relevance of the humanities.
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Publications
Articles Published
- Christina Romeo, Dr Anupama Nayar “What numbers never revealed: Tracing Dalit Christian Modernity through Malayalam Literature”. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, SAGE, 2022.
- Christina Romeo, Dr Anupama Nayar “Microlevel Manifestations of Casteism in Select Malayalam Dalit Short Stories”. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, SAGE, 2023.
- Christina Romeo, Dr Anupama Nayar “Towards Visibility: Subaltern Counterpublics in Paul Chirakkarode’s Pulayathara”. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, SAGE, 2022.
- Jerome S, Christina Romeo “Situating Injustice in the Frame of Dalit Politics: A Case of Democracy in Nayattu.” Contemporary Voice of Dalit, SAGE, 2023.
- Christina Romeo “Siting the Web: The Neo Counterculture of Creative Resistance through Internet Trolls”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities, Vol 6, Issue 2, February 2018, pp. 365–371.
- Christina Romeo “Remapping the Boundaries: Emergence of Local Color Realism in Malayalam Cinema”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities, Vol 6, Issue 4, April 2018, pp. 933–939.
- Christina Romeo “Decathected Dalit Body in Malayalam Cinema”. Journal of Advances & Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, Vol 14, Issue 1, October 2017.
- Christina Romeo “Michael Jackson: The Boy Who Never Grew Up”. Journal of Advances & Scholarly Researches in Allied Education.
- Christina Romeo “Is Development Worth It? A Neo-Colonial Reading of Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green”. Journal of Advances & Scholarly Researches in Allied Education.
- Christina Romeo “Rediscovering the Dalit: A Subaltern Reading of Kammattipadam”. Journal of Advances & Scholarly Researches in Allied Education.
- Christina Romeo “At Crossroads: Identity Crisis in the Movie Mowgli: The Legend of the Jungle”. Quest Journals, Vol 7, Issue 9, pp. 16–18, September 2019.
- Christina Romeo, Bindu Cherian “Varathan: An Outsider among Toxic Masculinities”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities, Vol 7, Issue 9, September 2019.
- Christina Romeo “Koovagam: The Counter Carnival of Gender Bending”. GNOSIS.
- Christina Romeo “Research from Riches to Rags: An Inquisition into Predatory Journals in India”. International Journal for Information, Library and Society.
Books Published
- LIT QUEST: A LITERATURE Q & A JOURNEY, ISBN 978-93-84478-87-2
- A GLANCE INTO MALAYALAM LITERATURE, ISBN 978-81-942263-7-6
Book Chapter
- Romeo, Christina. “Dialectics of Vulnerability and Resistance: The Politics of Dalit Identity in C. Ayyappan’s Writings.” Violence and Postcolonial Marginalities in South Asian Literature, edited by Zakir Hussain et al., Bloomsbury Academic, 2025, pp. 21-40.
Academic Conferences
- Presented paper titled “Narratives of Dominance: Saffronisation, Cultural Hegemony, and the Erasure of Minorities in India” at the International Conference on Navigating Inequality, Development, and Sustainability in the Global South (ICNIDS 2024), VIT-AP University, Andhra Pradesh, India, 13-14 September 2024.
- Presented a paper at S.B College, Changanassery, on “Towards Visibility: Subaltern Counterpublics in Paul Chirakkarode’s Pulayathara”.
- Presented a paper at SRM Institute of Science and Technology on “Microlevel Manifestations of Casteism in Select Malayalam Dalit Short Stories.”
- Presented a paper at Pondicherry University on “Ardh Satya: The Politics of Truth in the Malayalam Film Nayattu”.
