Biography and academic profile
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.’
