Professional Background:

1. Faculty at Department of English, Jyoti Nivas College since 2008
2. Lecturer, Department of English, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore (November 2007- April 2008)
3. Ad hoc lecturer for Department of English, Zakir Husain College, New Delhi (November 2005- August 2006)

Educational Qualifications:

Ph.D in English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (2013)
MPhil in English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (2006)
MA English, English and Foreign Languages Univeristy, Hyderabad (2003)

Research Paper Presentations at International Conferences:

1. “Globalisation, Beauty, and the Woman: A Study of Contemporary Women’s Magazines in India” at the 19 th Triennial ACLALS Conference: Ruptured Commons, Toronto, Canada (11-15 July 2022)
2. ‘Re-forming Women and Marriage: A Study of Select Articles from the Malayalam Periodical Vidya Vinodini (1889-1897)’presented at International Symposium on Victorian Indian Identities (6-7 th June 2018) organized by IIT Madras.
3. ‘Narrating Gendered History: A Study of Select East European Women Writers’ presented at the International conference on ‘(His)story, (Her)story and Other Narratives’ organized by Reva University, Bangalore. (Feb 2017)
4. ‘The Relationship Between Man and Nature in Select Short Stories of Sarah Joseph’ presented at the UGC International Conference on ‘Re-Thinking Environment: Literature, Ethics and Practice’ by PG Dept. of English, Behrampur University, Orissa. (Dec 2016)
5. ‘Interrogating Femininity: A Study of Early Twentieth Century Malayalam Women’s Periodicals’ presented at the International Conference on Women’s Studies, Goa (Mar 2016)
6. ‘Food Longing: Food as Metaphor in GitaHariharan’s ‘Remains of the Feast’, MogalliGanesh’s ‘Paddy Harvest’ and Bulbul Sharma’s ‘Jars of Gold’ presented at International Conference on the Culture of Food organized by MES College of Arts Commerce, Goa (Feb 2016)
7. ‘Re-writing the Biblical Gospels in Paul Zacharia’sWhat News, Pilate: An Exercise in Theology’ presented at 2 nd International Conference on Religions and Cultures in the Indic Civilisation, Dec 2005.

Research Paper Presentations at National Conferences:

• “Women and the Woman’s Question: A Study of Early Women’s Magazines in India” at the National Conference, Freedom at Midnight: Women’s Voices and the Indian Freedom Struggle (17 Feb 2023) organized by Department of Humanities, IIT Bhilai.
• ‘Re-imagining the Mythical: A Study of Gracy’s ‘Panchali’, and Sarah Joseph’s ‘Jatiguptan and Janakiguptan’ and ‘Asoka’ presented at ENGCONF 2016 (Narratives and Narratology: Traditions and Innovations in Story-telling Patterns) organized by Garden City College, Bangalore (Feb 2016)



Research Publications in International Journals/Books:

• “An Ecofeminist Re-visioning of Sita: A Study of Select Short Stories of Sarah Joseph and Volga.” Reading Contemporary South Asian Literature: A Postcolonial-Ecocritical Approach. Edited by Bidhu Chand Murmu & Somjeeta Pandey. Ukiyoto Publishing, 2022. Reading Contemporary South Asian Literature - Bidhu Chand Murmu, Somjeeta Pandey - Google Books
• ‘Re-Forming Nair Women and Marriage: A Study of Select Articles from the Malayalam Periodical Vidya Vinodini (1889-1897)’ in Insight: An International Multilingual Journal Vol 1, Issues 5 (July 2021)
• ‘Translating Ecriture Feminine into Malayalam: The Pennezuthu Controversy’ published in International Journal of Translation, Vol 29, No.1 (Jan-Jun 2017) (ISSN09709819)
• Re-imagining the Mythical: A Study of Gracy’s ‘Panchali’ and Sarah Joseph’s ‘Jatiguptan and Janakiguptan’ and ‘Asoka’ published in The Literary Herald: An International Refereed English e-Journal, Vol 2, Issue 2 (September 2016). (ISSN Number: 2454-3365; Impact Factor: 2.24) http://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/4.drroopaphili-article.pdf
• ‘Food Longing in Contemporary Indian Short Stories: A Study of GitaHariharan’s ‘Remains of the Feast’, MogalliGanesh’s ‘Paddy Harvest’ and Bulbul Sharma’s ‘Jars of Gold’ published in International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, Vol 3,Issue2., 2016 (April-June). (ISSN 2395-2628 (Print)2349-9451(online);Impact Factor-3.35) http://www.ijelr.in/3.2.16/44- 47%20Dr.%20ROOPA%20PHILIP.pdf
• ‘Interrogating Femininity: A Study of Early Twentieth Century Malayalam Women’s Periodicals’ published in English Studies:International Research Journal.Vol 4, Issue 1(ISSN2347-3479)



Research Publications in National Journals/Books:

• “The Woman’s Question: Negotiating Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Women’s Magazines in Malayalam” Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2022 https://samyuktajournal.in/journal/index.php/sgc
• “Hybrid Performativity: A Study of Select Queer Diasporic Writing" (Book Chapter) in Indian Diaspora, published by Sentics Publication, ISBN No. 978-81- 949251-0-1 (Jun 2021)
• Chapter “Coercive Power and Gendered Selves: A Study of the Dynamics of Sexual Violence in Elfriede Jelinek’s The Piano Teacher and Herta Muller’s “The Funeral Sermon” in Theorizing Sexuality in English Literature (ISBN 078-81- 946799-4-3) published by Upanayan Publications, Delhi. (Dec 2020)
• Chapter ‘In-Between Selves: A Study of Diasporic Writings on Language and Identity’ in Futuristic Innovative Trends in English Language and Literature published by Vishwabharati Research Centre, Mumbai. (Jul 2019)
• ‘Relationship Between Man and Nature in Select Short Stories of Sarah Joseph’ published in Kruti: A Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Research Journal Vol 3, No.1 (Feb 2018)
• Imagining the Yakshi: A Study of the Novel Yakshi and Movie EnnuSwanthamJanakikutty’ published in Singularities: A Transdisciplinary Research Journal Vol.4, Issue 1 (January 2017) (ISSN 2348-3369; Impact Factor: 5.625) https://www.singularitiesjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Journal- Vol-4-Issue-1.pdf
• ‘Voices of Reform or Feminism?: A Study of Late Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century Periodicals in Malayalam’ in Academic Studies: National Journal of Jyoti Research Academy, Vol 7, Issue 2, Jul-Dec 2013 (ISSN0975- 461X)



Expert Talks:

• Guest Lecture on Gender and Sexuality at NMKRV College (22 June 2022)
• Guest lecture on “Digital Humanities: An Overview” at Christ Academy Institute of Advanced Studies (28 November 2020)
• Invited to be a discussant at ‘Samabhav,’ A Film Festival on Gender, Masculinity and Relationships, organized by Jain (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with MAVA, British Deputy High Commission Bangalore and Vimochana’s Open University. (20-22 June 2019)
• Guest Lecture on The Politics of Translating Theory to BA Communication English Students, Mount Carmel College in January 2018.



External Expert to Board of Studies:

Optional English & MA English, St. Joseph’s University (2022 – 2023)
Bangalore City University nominee for Dept of English, St. Joseph’s College of Arts, Bangalore (2021-2022)
MA English programme, Mount Carmel College Bangalore (2017-2020)
Diploma in Comparative Literature, Jain deemed-to-be University, Bangalore (2016)




Consultancy:

Translator (English to Malayalam) for Callac Tech Pvt Ltd (2019-2021)




Areas of Research Experience:

Women’s writing, Gender studies, Translation studies, Mythology and Folklore, Popular Culture, European literatures, Literary Theory




Achievements/Awards:

• Awarded Library Fellowship by CSCS (Centre for Study of Culture and Society) – 2006-2007.


Project Fellow on a three month contract (May - July) for the UGC-SAP (Special Assistance Program) at the Center for Linguistics and English, JNU (2004)