Zeenat Taher
Assistant Professor-II
Zeenat Taher is an M.Phil. in English with a specialization in American Literature. She is pursuing her doctoral research in English Language Teaching (ELT). She is working as an Assistant Professor in “The KIIT School of Law,” ‘KIIT Deemed to be University, and has seventeen years of teaching experience in English language and literature, and communication skills to students of different academic backgrounds such as Law, Engineering, and Business-Management. She has also taught foreign students (Turkish and Afghans) from diverse educational and professional backgrounds. Besides, her primary work profile, she is also teaching part-time as an ‘Access Teacher’ in ""The English Access Micro Scholarship Program” sponsored by the U.S. State Department, at “The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences” where she teaches English language to the tribal students from high school to undergraduate level.
She has been selected as the sole representative from India alongside participants from 18 different countries to participate in the “Study of United States Institute for Scholars” - a prestigious Academic Exchange Programme in “Institute on Contemporary American Literature” hosted by ‘Seattle University’ in Washington State from June to August 2018 sponsored by the U. S. Government.
She has received scholarships and has been able to do various E-Teachers’ training courses on scholarships from ‘The University of Oregon,’ ‘The University of Maryland,’ ‘The George Washington University,’ and many others. She is passionate about upgrading her teaching skills and has participated in various national and international conferences, workshops, and seminars. She has also conducted teachers’ training workshops training teachers from different schools and colleges, sharing her knowledge of English language teaching. Her professional journey has not only groomed her personality but also shaped her teaching skills as a ‘Global English Language Teacher.’
M.Phil. in English with specialization in American Literature and English Language Teaching (ELT)
Research Interests
Specialization in American Literature and English Language Teaching (ELT)
1. Taher, Z., & Nayak, P. ""Save the Creation: An Anguished Cry of a Man depicted in "" Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness"" by Edward Abbey."" Atlantis Press, (2023).
2. Taher, Z., "" The Revival of “Ghazals” in the Age of Digitalisation."" Digitalization of Culture Through Technology, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, (2022), Ch-32,185-189.
3. Taher, Z., ""Designing Formative and Summative Assessment in ELT"", Journal of English Language Teaching (A Peer Reviewed Journal), English Language Teachers' Association of India (ELTAI), (2021).
4. Taher, Z., ""Amalgamating Technology into Teaching the English Language"", International Journal, JXAT Journal, Volume XII, Issue V, (2020).
5. Taher, Z., ""Motivation leads to Success” in the context of the ‘English Access Micro-Scholarship Program’ in an International Journal, Journal of the Social Sciences, (2020).
Books :
Save the Creation: An Anguished Cry of a Man Depicted in "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" by Edward Abbey, Advances in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities Research, World Anthropology Congress, 2023 (WAC 2023), International, 2023, ISBN: 978-2-38476-192-0-20
Save the Creation: An Anguished Cry of a Man Depicted in "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" by Edward Abbey, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, World Anthropology Congress, 2023 (WAC 2023), International, 2023, ISBN: 978-2-38476-192-0-20
G20 and Sustainable Finance: A Case for GSS+ Bonds, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Proceedings of the NDIEAS-2024 International Symposium on New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Anthropology-2024 (NDIEAS 2024), International, 2024, ISBN: 10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_16