Metropolitan University

Sanjida Chowdhury

Assistant Professor and Head

Biography

Sanjida Chowdhury has been serving the department since January, 2012.She has been promoted from lecturer to senior lecturer in January 2014. She has over ten years of experience in teaching. Sanjida has received her Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in (English Language and Literature) from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
She is engaged in Self- Assessment Committee of the department of English under Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), and Leadership Development Forum of Metropolitan University as well.

Education

M.A. in English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet

B.A. (Hons.) in English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet

Award & Achievements

Publication (Journal)

1. “Subaltern of the Subalterns: Caste in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable” has been published in vol. 8 of Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies.
2. “Inheritance of Loss: An exposition of entrapped Identities” was published in Metropolitan University Journal of English (ISSN: 2414-729X; Vol:1, No:1, 2015).

Conferences Participation

1. Presented a paper titled “Politicization in An Enemy of the People: A Study on ‘Liberal Class’ and ‘Power Elite’” in “International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities” organized by Independent University Bangladesh (IUB)

2. Presented a paper titled “Wrapping the English Language in Native Colour: A Study on Kaiser Haq’s Selected Poems” in an International conference titled “Entangled Englishes in Translocal Spaces” organized by University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh(ULAB)

Participation in Workshops and Trainings

1 Workshop on “Quality Teaching in Higher Education” organized by Institutional Quality Assurance cell, Metropolitan University

2. Workshop on “Post Self-Assessment Improvement Plan” organized by Self- Assessment Committee, Department of English Metropolitan University

3. Training on Compliance of Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) 
4. Training on Effective Teaching Learning and Assessment
5. Training on Outcome-based education

Extracurricular Activities

Serving as a president in MU Speakers Club of English
Serving as a Chairman in Supplementary Examination Committee
Serving as general Secretary in Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee.
Serving as an advisor of Prothom Alo Bondhu Shova, Metropolitan University, Sylhet.
Served as a member of Proctorial Body, Metropolitan University, Sylhet.
Served as a member of Self- Assessment Committee, Department of English, Metropolitan University.
Served as an active member of LDF (Leadership development Forum) Metropolitan University.
Former member of editorial body of Mimesis (a literary magazine) published by the 3rd batch, Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Interests

Postcolonial literature

Teaching Techniques

Teaching-learning Strategies

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