Dr. Swathi Krishna S.

Name: 
Dr. Swathi Krishna S.
Department: 
Humanities and Social Sciences
Areas of Research: 
Contemporary American Literature, Women’s Literature, Road Narratives, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies.
Education: 
Ph.D., English. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India. Adviser: Dr. Srirupa Chatterjee
M.A. (English). School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, India.
B.A. (English). Mar Ivanios College, Kerala University, India.
Work Experience: 
Assistant Professor in English at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India since May 2018.
Ad-hoc Lecturer in English at National Institute of Technology Calicut, India from December 2017 to May 2018.
Selected Publications/Patents: 

“Apocalyptic Imagery in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping.” The Explicator, vol. 75, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 234-238, Taylor & Francis Online, doi: 10.1080/00144940.2017.1379464. [with Srirupa Chatterjee] 

“Mina Loy’s “Parturition” and L’Écriture Féminine.” The Explicator, vol. 73, no. 4, Nov. 2015, pp. 257-261, Taylor & Francis Online, doi: 10.1080/00144940.2015.1087377. [with Srirupa Chatterjee] 

"Negotiating Feminine Autonomy and Identity: Diasporic Anxieties in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices.” The IUP Journal of English Studies, vol. 9, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 7-16.  

“Wages for Housework Campaign.” Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection, edited by Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch, ABC-CLIO Press, 2017.

“Dreams.” Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present, edited by Patrick J. Hayes, ABC- CLIO Press, 2016.

Email: 
swathi@iitrpr.ac.in
Designation: 
Assistant Professor