Her teaching career at the university level began at BRAC University in 2002. She went for her PhD in 2009 and after completing her degree in 2015 she taught for about a year at Suffolk University in Boston. She has been teaching at ULAB since Fall 2016. She is currently working as Adjunct Associate Professor.
Bachelor of Arts in English
Master of Arts in English
PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
MPhil, Dhaka University
MA, Dhaka University
BA, Dhaka University
Nineteenth-century British fiction, Women writers, Translation, Creative Writing, Classical Literature.
“Translating Medea’s Infanticide: A Reading of Euripides’ Medea.” Crossings, Fall 2019.
“Male Actors as Women and the Problem of Cross-dressing in Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Twelfth Night.” Special Volume on Shakespeare, published in January 2018, by Independent University Bangladesh.
“Conor McPherson’s Seafarer: A Mythic Journey of Wretched Souls.” Crossings, Fall, 2017.
“When the Woman Speaks: A Reading of Christina Rossetti’s ‘Repining’ and ‘Autumn.’” Spectrum: Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka, Vol. 12, 2016.
“The Theme of Duality and Epiphanic Moments in the Works of Emily Brontë.” Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, Language, Literature & Community, International Conference, Special Volume, Dec 2015.
“The Prometheus Myth in the Novels of William Golding.” Bloom’s Literary Themes: The Trickster. New York: Infobase, 2010.
“Sylvia Plath’s Three Women and the Position of Women in Today’s World.” Conference Proceedings, Defining the Ethos of the New Millenium: Literature from the US and the Indian Subcontinent, Ethiraj College, India, March 2009.
“William Golding and the Myth of Fall.” Spectrum: Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka, Vol. 5, 2006.
“The Prometheus Myth in the Novels of William Golding.” Bloom’s Literary Themes: The Trickster. New York: Infobase, 2010.
Our Many Longings: Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh (Edited). Dhauli Books, India, November 2021.
“The Housemaid.” Short story published in Apple Valley Review, Spring 2023.
“A Fairy from London.” Short story published in Two Thirds North, 2023.
“Peripheral.” Short story published in Six Seasons Review, January, 2023.
“Babu.” Short story published in Parentheses Journal #14, 2022.
“Nanu’s Song.” Short story published in Bangalore Literary Review, December 2022.
“Disrupted Nature and Community in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” Essay published in The Daily Star, August 27, 2022.
“The Great Divide that brought them together.” Essay published in, The Daily Star, August 15, 2022.
“Shohorbanu.” Short story published in The Daily Star, August 6, 2022.
“A Cat Story.” Short story published in Borderless Journal, July 21, 2022.
“Andrea Levy’s Small Island: Racial Conflict in Postwar Britain and a Commentary on Our World. Essay published in The Daily Star, July 16, 2022.
“The Myth of the Strong Woman.” (op-ed). The Daily Star, June 21, 2022.
“Parallel Realities, Peripheral Existences: Saikat Majumdar’s The Middle Finger. Book review published in The Daily Star, April 23, 2022.
“Romancing Wuthering Heights.” Essay published in The Daily Star, December 25, 2021.
“Kolimoddi Dafadar.” Translated short story by Abu Jafar Shamsuddin published in The Daily Star, December 18, 2021.
“Silence, a Cross-dresser from Medieval Europe.” Essay published in The Daily Star, November 27, 2021.
“Motherhood in Sylvia Plath’s Three Women.” Essay published in The Daily Star, October 30, 2021.
“Obhoy’s Insomnia.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhyay published in The Daily Star, October 30, 2021.
“The Hawk with Gold-Tipped Wings.” Short story published in When the Mango Tree Blossomed (Ed. Niaz Zaman), Nymphea, Bangladesh, 2021.
“Anuara.” Short story published in A Tapestry of Colours: Stories from Asia, an Anthology of Southeast Asian short stories, 2021. Published by Cavendish International, Singapore.
“The Puddle-Jumper.” Nonfiction published in The Daily Star, July 24, 2021.
“In Praise of Sarees.” Article published in Dhaka Tribune, April 21, 2021.
“Why Doesn’t the Myna Speak?” Translated short story of Abu Ishaque’s “Moyna Keno Koi na Kotha.” The Daily Star Literature page, March 27, 2021.
“When Women Want to Study Abroad” (op-ed). The Daily Star, March 10, 2021.
“A Review of Once More into the Past: Essays, Personal. Public and Literary.” Book review published in The Daily Star, 6 March, 2021.
“She Lived Down the Lane.” Short story published in Borderless Journal, February 16, 2021.
“Say ‘Hello’ to the Skunks.” Nonfiction published in The Daily Star, January 16, 2021.
“Interview with Saikat Majumdar.” Published in The Daily Star, December 05, 2020.
“Other Lives.” Short story published in Kitaab. November 08, 2020.
“In Search of Her Roots.” Short story for the Web Version of Best Asian Short Stories, 2020.
“Substitute Cook.” Nonfiction published in The Daily Star, August 22, 2020.
“When Harassment is the Norm.” (op-ed). The Daily Star, 20 June, 2020.
“Broken Glass and Shattered Dreams,” Borderless Journal. April 28, 2020.
“The Darkest Cloud.” Short story published in Kitaab, March 29, 2020.
“Where To?” Translated short story published in The Daily Star, March 21, 2020.
“Charlotte Brontë’s Villette: Food for Thought. Article published in The Daily Star, March 14, 2020.
“Flying Through the Tornado.” Short story published in Dhaka Tribune, March 14, 2020.
“Keats and the Elgin Marbles-- Message from Parthenon.” Article published in The Daily Star, February 15, 2020.
“Dorothy Wordsworth: The Muse of the Lyrical Ballads.” Article published in The Daily Star, January 11, 2020.
“Gondal: The Fanciful World of Emily Brontë.” Article published in The Daily Star, December 21, 2019.
“Nights with Nicole.” Nonfiction published in The Daily Star, November 23, 2019.
“Shards of Moonlight.” Short story published in Kitaab, November 09, 2019.
“A New Dawn for Reba.” Short story published in Kitaab, September 28, 2019.
“Searching for One’s Animal Spirit.” Article published in The Daily Star Literature page, September 28, 2019.
“In the Turmeric Fields: The World of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay published in The Daily Star Literature page, September 14, 2019.
“Natir Puja: A Tale of Devotion and Sacrifice as Opposed to Jealousy and Tyranny.” Article published in The Daily Star, May 11, 2019.
“Hunting for Hilsa.” Memoir published in The Daily Star, April 13, 2019.
“Touring the Land of the Lake Poets.” Article published in The Daily Star, April 6, 2019.
“London and the Tower of London.” Article published in The Daily Star, January 26, 2019.
“A Walk Around the Home of Emily Brontë.” Travel piece published in The Daily Star Literature page, 22 December 2018.
“Toy-Cart.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhyay published in The Daily Star, November 24, 2018.
“Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and the Famine of the Fifties,” Article published in The Daily Star, In Focus, September 10, 2018.
“Little Things.” Asiatic: Special Issue on Bangladeshi Writing, 12. 1, 2018.
“Machete of the Goddess.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhyay published in The Daily Star Eid Special Issue, August 20, 2018.
“Sparkling Elizabeth and Timid Anne: Two Sides of the Same Coin?” Essay published in The Daily Star, July 18, 2018.
“The Doll.” Six Season’s Review, 4.2, 2018.
“A Portrait of Aunt Shuhashini.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhye published in Arts and Letters, Dhaka Tribune, March 2018.
“Professor Rafiqul Islam: A Witness to the Language Movement and the Liberation War.” An Interview with Rafiqul Islam published in The Daily Star Literature page, February 17, 2018.
“Elusive.” Short story published in It’s All Relative, an anthology of short stories. Bengal Publications (ISBN: 978-984-92568-8-2), 2017.
“Exile in Ashville.” Short story published in Six Season’s Review, Vol. 4, No 1, 2017.
“Ancestral Home.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhye published in Arts and Letters, Dhaka Tribune, October 03, 2017.
“Rice.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhye published in The Daily Star Literature page, September 16, 2017.
“From Niketan to Mohakhali: A Rickshaw Odyssey.” A creative non-fiction published in The Daily Star Literature page, July 08, 2017.
“Trouble.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhye published in Arts and Letters, Dhaka Tribune, July 6, 2017.
“Thinking Beyond Boundaries.” An Interview with Susie Tharu published in The Daily Star Literature page, June, 24, 2017.
“A Wild Kingdom.” Co-translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhye published in The Daily Star Literature page, June 10, 2017.
“Driving with Murad.” A creative non- fiction published in Arts and Letters, Dhaka Tribune, 12th January, 2017.
“Meghmallar.” Translated short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopaddhye published in The Daily Star Literature page, on the 17th and 24th December, 2016, and on the 7th January, 2017.
“The Wedding.” Short story published in the New Age Eid literary supplement, July 2016.
“Pori.” Short story published in Six Seasons Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2015.
“Persona.” Short story published in Six Seasons Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2014.
“Parul and the Potato Prince.” Short story published in Bengal Lights, Autumn 2012.
Hosted 5 sessions of Literary Matters, an online discussion forum for the Literature page, The Daily Star.
Resource person at National University Teachers Training, 2019, 2021, 2022.
Course Coordinator of Graduate Program, Department of English and Humanities, ULAB (Spring 2019- Summer 2021)
Panel Discussant, 5th International Conference on Transgressing/ Transcending Borders through Translation,” 2019, East-West University, Bangladesh.
Adviser, Paper Canoe (Literary Club of ULAB), Fall 2017- Spring 2018,
Deputy Editor & Literary Editor, Literature page, The Daily Star (May 2017- November 2022).
Convener, Inter-University Student Conference (The Brontës), ULAB, 2018.
Interim Coordinator of Graduate Program, Department of English and Humanities, ULAB (Summer 2017)
Peer-reviewer, Crossings, scholarly journal of the Department of English & Humanities, ULAB.
Adviser, English Zone, ULAB, 2016-17.
Visiting Lecturer, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2015-16.
Member, Curriculum Assessment Focus Group, Department of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2014.
Volunteer, ESL Support Group, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2014.
Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Fall 2011 – Spring 2014).
Peer reviewer for DIESIS, an online academic journal of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2010–2014).