Name

Teresa J Heloise (Sr.Angela FCC)

Address:

Assistant Professor,

Department Of English

Little Flower College,

Guruvayoor 680103

Email:

teresa@littleflowercollege.edu.in

Profile

Teresa J Heloise (Sr.Angela FCC) has been in the Department of English from 2013. She completed her PG in the Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, achieving the second position in the Calicut University Examination. She received selection into FLAIR in 2018 and is genuinely interested in research. She strives to nourish creativity and innovation in herself and students in her care. Through the  various activities like NSS, ASAP, Entrepreneurial club, and so on entrusted to her in these  years, she has been trying to achieve and help others achieve the truest and the best of oneself.

Educatinal Qualification

.MA in English Language and Literature, B.Ed, B.Th, pursuing Ph.D

Work Experience

2 years in Santa Clara Matriculation School,Puduserry.

1 year at St. Theresa’s GHS, Brahmakulam.

1 year Guest lecturer at Little Flower College,Guruvayoor

Assistant Professor at Little flower college Guruvayoor from 2014.

Positions held at Little Flower College, Guruvayoor.

Positions held

 

1.     Coordinator of B A Functional English   2014-18

2.     PG Hostel Warden 2014-15

3.     Coordinator interior decoration certificate course 2015-17

4.     Coordinator ED Club 2015-17

5.     Editor College Handbook and calendar 2014-17,2018-20.

6.     Coordinator Career  Guidance cell 2015-17

7.     College PRO 2015-17

8.     Editor college news letter 2015-17

9.     Coordinator college appointment cell 2016-18

10.  UG Hostel warden 2016-17

11.  NSS programme Officer 2017-20

12.  Asap programme coordinator 2017-20

13.  UBA Suchithwa mission nodal officer 2018-19

14. College Internal Exam Coordinator 2021-23

15. IIC member 2021-

16 Coordinator of the B A Functional English Programme 2024-

Area of Interest

• Folklore
• Environmental Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• Biofiction studies
• Peace education

Research Projects

Affirmative Intervention of Orphanages in Nation building.-completed -2015- 17

Paper Presented

 ‘Nadugadhika’ As Folklore-Highlighting Its Sociolinguistic Aspects presented in a UGC sponsored Nationalseminar on Sociolinguistic Aspects Of Folk Literature In Oral .    . .  . .. Tradition  at Little Flower college,Guruvayoor  on 29^th and 30^th Nov 2012

2.      Mirroring New Woman: ‘Choker Bali’ presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Women Rights Issues Socio Historical  Perspectives at Mercy College,Palakad on 19^th July 2013

3.      Eco friendly Percepts in Old And New Testaments presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar onNarratology of Harvesting:aComparitive study at St. Mary’s College on 1^st and2nd August 2013

4.      Revisiting Myth in Journey to Ithaca presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Myths and Folklore in the mellieu of Indian writing in English at Sri vysa NSS .College,Wadakanchery on 3^rd and 4^th September 2013.

5.      Relations in Syrian Catholic Communities in the light of ‘SnehabaliAthava .Alphonsa’ presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Gender relations in colonial Kerala at St. Josephs College, Irinjalakuda on 24^th and 25^th Oct 2013.

6.      Synchronic and diachronic study of fashion as a means of resistance presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Sites of Resistance: Theory and Praxis at SreeSankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady on 17^th to 19^th December.

7.       Marginalization within woman representation: Quotas are no magic bullets of gender justicepresented in a seminar on Modernization and Marginalization: Woman in Politics at SreeAchuthaMenonGovt College, Kutenellur on 21^st to 23^rd Nov 2013.

8.      Fisherfolk and their Tangy lores in ‘Chemeen’ presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Foregrounding of folk elements in Malayalam Literature and culture at Little Flower collegeGuruvayoor on 23^rd and 24^th January 2014.

9.      Impact of nature and Nurture on Adolocents presented in a seminar on Bona Salusat Little Flower CollegeGuruvayoor on 13^th June 2014.

10.      Affirmative intervention of orphanages in nation building presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar –Child right Issues:Socio-HistoricalPercpective at Little Flower college Guruvayooron 22^nd July 2014.
11.      Changing Trends in Keralean Food: An Indicator of changing culture presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar –Discourses and cultural Studies at NSS College Manjeri on 15^th,16^th and 17^th December 2014.
12.    Demography as viewed in the Bible presented ina UGC sponsored National seminarTurning India’s Demographic Challenge into Youth Dividend at Little flower College,Guruvayoor on 18^thad 19^th August 2015
13.      Seed of balabhavans in Colonial India : A measure to hear the unheard voices of the marginalized presented  in a UGC sponsored National seminaron Human Rights and Social Empowerment at Sri C AchuthaMenon Govt. College,Kuttanellur, Thrissur on 16^th September 2015.
14.     ‘Vatican and Ecological Concerns’paper presented in the UGC sponsored National seminar Ecological undertones in Literature and Popular culture.at Little flower College,Guruvayoor on 17^th and 18^th  September 2015.
15.    ‘Defensive role of Orphanages towards Child Rights’presented in the UGC sponsored National Seminar  on Human Rights and Social Empowerment at SreeNarayana College, Nattika on 9^th and 10^th March 2016.
16.     “Theme of Supplicatory Suffering in the Vedas and The Holy Bible” in one day international Seminar on Treading The Vedic Terrains An Introspection,at at Little flower College,Guruvayoor on 26^th July 2016
17.    Presented a paper “An Exegetical reading of Blessed are the meek by ZofiaKossak  at an International Conference on Emerging Issues in Contemporary Literature organized by Forum of College English Teachers,Kuvempu University and Indian Society for Common Wealth Studies at Karnataka SanghShivamuga on 7^th to 9^th December 2017.
18.      Presented a paper “Interpreting Palmuk’sMy name is red as a portrait in words” at the National seminar ‘colours’ held at Little Flower College,Guruvayoor on
19.     13^th and 14^th December 2017.
20.      Presented a paper on “Food and Youth culture:Special reference to Kerala” in a one day national seminar on Cultural Studies organized by Malankara catholic College,Kanyakumari,Tamilnadu on 5^th January 2018.
21.     Presented a paper on “Integrated Personality Through Ethical Choices: A Study on Inuyasha”at an international Conference on ‘English Language and Literature (ICELL-18)’at Karunya Institute of technology and sciences,Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu on 2^nd February 2018.
22.    Presented a paper on “Vulnerable girl child: Care and custudy- ThrissurScenario”at a National Seminar Traversing Gender Identity at Little Flower College Guruvayoor on 12^th Feb 2018.
23. Presented a paper on ‘Interpreting Refugee: A hermenutical exploration to derive human rights insights from encyclicals Versus Contemporary texts of refugee stories” at the two day national seminar on Lives Unmapped:Representations of the Refugee”at Little Flower College Guruvayoor on 26^th and 27^th July 2018.

23.  Presented a paper on ‘Viewing Blessed are the Meek as ZofiaKossak’s gismo for social Sensitisation’ in an International Conference on Social Consciousness in Literature at Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts and Science on 28^th July 2018

24.  Presented a Paper on ‘Tracing the Origin, Transformation and Meaning in the Practice of Begging’ at the International Colloquium on Literature, Theory and the History of Ideas organized by Department of English, M.S.M. College, Kayamkulam, Kerala in Collaboration with Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Kerala and supported by Kerala State Higher Education Council on 3, 4 & 5 Oct. 2018 

25.   Presented a Paper on ‘Humour In the New Testament’ atInternational Seminar The Nonsense Spectrum: Light, Dark and the Grey of Humour Creation on 19th and 20th August 2019organised by the Department of English Little Flower College,Guruvayoor.

26.  Presented a paper on ‘Patterns of Interpretation that produce a text and the patterns of Interpretation the text produces: A study on the Franciscan Cult’ in the International Webinar on Art and Culture : Intricacies of Research and Publishing organized by the Department of English, Govt. KNM Arts and Science College, Kanjirakulam in Collaboration with Kerala Lalithakala Academy, from 03 to 06 March 2021.

27.  Presented a paper titled St.Francis Of Assisi: History and Legend at the Chrysalis Lecture Series organized by the Research and Post Graduate Department of English, St. Alosyius College, Thrissur on 13th January 2022

28.  Presented a paper on Ethical Choices and Sustainable Peace: Interpreting War and Peace in ZofiaKossak’s Blessed are the Meek at the international Webinar on Sustainable Development : Literary, Ethical and Religious Perspective jointly organised by St. Aloysious college, kerala, and Journal of Dharma and Globethics. Net India on 24th and 25th March 2022

29. Presented a paper on Clare and Pica in Kazantzakis 'God's Pauper at national Seminar Woman :Human , Humane and the Post human on 08th March, 2023 organised by the Department of English Little Flower College,Guruvayoor.

Paper Published

·         Reconstructing Nadugadhika as Folklore :its Socio linguistics aspects in Quest Vol 27,No1,June 2013.issn 0971-2321.

·         Eco critical concerns in the Harvest Narratives of Old and New testaments in TJES,vol4,no1,oct2013.ISSN O975-632

·         Revisiting Myth in Journey to Ithaca in Research Scholar, vol III, no.IVA,Dec 2013,ISSN 2249-6696

·         Human Thirst for the divine in Song Of Songs And Gitanjali in Vijnyna prabha,June-Aug2013 ,Vol2,Issue 3,ISSN2231-3214

·         A Song for Equality in Pursuits Vol.XI ISSN 0979-7400 October-November 2013

·         Feministic Reading of the Biography:SnehabaliAthavaAlphonsa in Fortis Vol:2, ISSN 2320-6985 December 2013

·         Multicultural Myths in Journey to Ithaca, in The Quest Vol 28,ISSN 0971-2321,December 2014

·         Myriad Man’s Vision of the New Women, in Singularities –a trans disciplinary biannual research journal  ISSN 2348-3369 Vol 2  Issue 2 July 2015

·         ‘Care for Vulnerable girl: Analysis of Thrissur scenario’. In a book Traversing Gender Identity ISBN 9788172550974 2018

·         “An Exeggitical Reading Of ZofiaKossak’s Blessed Are the Meek” .in Global Fiction And the New Challenges,ISBN 978-81-938503-2-9

·         Integrated Personality through Ethical Choices: A Study on Inuyasha, in Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science Vol 2, E-Issn 2456-5571 (I F 2.135) Ap 2018

·         Viewing ‘Blessed are the meek’ as Kossak’s Gizmo for Social Sensitization in Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science,Vol.3, E-ISSN 2456-5571 Jan 2019

·         ‘Tracing the Origin, transformation and meaning in the Practice of Begging’ in Littcrit an Indian response to Literature, Issue 89, volume 46 ISSN 0970 – 8049, June 2020

·         Published a Paper in Erudition: A research Compendium on Synchronic and Diachronic study of Fashion as a mode of Resistance March 2022 ISBN 9789387709829

·         ‘A Reading of Zofia Kossak's Blessed are the Meek: Understanding Ethical Choices and Sustainable Peace” in TJES  Vol XV Issue II April-June 2023 ISSN 0975-6302

Book Published

  Books Published

·         “Looking for Light” poetry collection published in 2021 ISBN 978-1-005-91209-3

·         “Friend of the crucified” translated complete biography published in 2021

Books Edited

·       The Poet’s Eye  ISBN 978-81-930035-0-3 Main Spring Publishers  (Kannur University text Book) 2015

·       Curtain Raisers:An Anthology of short plays ISBN 978-81-930035-3-4 Main Spring Publishers 2015

·       Ecology and cultural Semantics ISBN 9788173550776 Sooryagatha Publishers 2020

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Study materials Prepared

·       Study Materials for English Grammar for Sastri BA Second Year Of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

Orientation/References/shortterm courses Attended

 Refresher Course attended at the HRDC Goa University from 9^th August 2016 to 29^th August 2016

2.  Participated in the UGC-sponsored 130^th Orientation Course which was held from 20^th November to 10^th December 2019 at HRDC Pondicherry University.

3.  Completed an Annual Refresher Programme in English Language Teaching Swayam Online Course, conducted by MHRD through Gujarat University on 30^th June 2020.

4.  Completed a one-week FDP on ‘User-Friendly tools for online teaching and Assessment’, jointly organized by the Department of Computer Science and IQAC, Prajyothi Niketan College, Pudukad from  24^th to 30^th July 2020.

5.  Completed Online Two Week Interdisciplinary & Bilingual Refresher Course on “Re-Defining Ethics in the Era of Digitization: From Theory to Practice” conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission On Teachers And Teaching from 22 March – 05 April 2022 with A+ grade

6.  Completed a eight-week Online NPTEL-AICTE  Faculty Development Programme on Indian Poetry in English Form February to April 2023 with a consolidated score of 72%

Training Attended

1.  Training / Orientation Course for Programme Officers at the Empanelled Training Institution for NSS, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences(Autonomous) Kalamassery from 3^rd to 9^th August 2017.

2.  Completed a course in Teaching, Research and Communication Skills conducted from 4^th to 15^th February 2019 at The English And Foreign Langages University, Hyderabad, initiated by FLAIR.

Invited Talks

  ‘Simple and easy English for daily life’to FCC Formees Phase II at Chuvannamanu 25,26 Feb 2015

2.     ‘Simple and easy English for daily life’ talk at Infant Jesus Orphanage, Engandiyoor on Sunday , 29^th June 2014.

3.     ‘How to face exams confidently’ talk at Infant Jesus Orphanage, Engandiyoor on  Sunday, 15^th February 2015.

4.     ‘Confidence in communication skills’  to FCC Formees Phase I at Kuttamkulam 12,13,14 Nov 2016

5.     ‘Spell Sea :A Vocabulary Workshop’ for Children between 7 to 17 at AduputtyChristhuJyothiAyalkuttumon15^th Feb 2017

6.     A talk on “ Yoga and its Benefits” at St Magdalene High School,Aduputty on 21^st June 2018

7.     A talk on “ Yoga and its Benefits” at Little Flower UP School,Mammiyoor on 21^st June 2018.

8.     ‘Stress relief and faith’ a talk for Ayyalkuttum women at Christhu Jyothi Social Center on 17^th May 2019

9.     ‘Positive thinking for better life’  a talk for  Ayyalkuttum women at Christhu Jyothi Social Center on 8^th September 2019.

10.  Handled online classes for the arts students

Hosted by the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala during April- May 2020

1.      ‘Talk on Review Writing’ on 27^th September 2021 at Department of English, SES College Sreekandapuram.

2.       Resource person/ Quiz master at Sacred Heart College, Chalakudy on 27 th July 2022,in a programme conducted in commemoration of the first woman saint of India.

Seminar/Workshops/Conferences Attended

 International Workshop –Flashes to Frames:Exploring the dialectics of film at Little flower College,Guruvayoor on 14^th,15^th and 16^th January 2011.

2.     National Seminar- Sociolinguistic Aspects Of Folk Literature In Oral Tradition  at Little flower college,Guruvayoor  on 29^th and 30^th Nov 2012.

3.     National Seminar- Women Rights Issues :Socio Historical  Perspectives at     Mercy College,Palakad on 19^th July 2013

4.     National Seminar-  Narratology of HarvestingComparative study at St. Mary’s College on 1^st and2nd August 2013

5.     National Seminar -Myths and Folklore in the mellieu of Indian writing in EngLIS  h at Sri vysa NSS College,Wadakanchery on 3^rd and 4^th September 2013.

6.     National Seminar -Gender relations in colonial Kerala at St. Josephs college ,Irinjalakuda.on 24^th and 25^th Oct 2013.

7.     .National Seminar -Sites of Resistance: Theory and Praxis at SreeSankaracharya .. .. . . . .University of Sanskrit, Kalady on 17^th to 19^th December.

8.     National Seminar - Modernization and Marginalization: Woman in Politics at SreeAchuthaMenonGovt College, Kutenellur on 21^st to 23^rd Nov 2013.

9.     .National Seminar -Foregrounding of folk elements in Malayalam Literature and culture at Little Flower college Guruvayoor on 23^rd and 24^th January 2014.

10.  .International Seminar –BONA SALUS  at Little Flower college Guruvayoor on 13^th June 2014.

11.  .National Seminar –Child right Issues:Socio-HistoricalPercpective at Little Flower college Guruvayooron 22^nd July 2014.

12.  .National Seminar –Recent trends in Higher education Policies:Scope and Challenges in Governance at St.Mary’s College Thrissur On 26^th September 2014.

13.  .National Seminar –Discourses and cultural Studies at NSS College Manjerion !5^th,16^th and 17^th December 2014.

14.  UGC sponsored National seminar Changing trends in…….at Little flower College,Guruvayoor on 18^thad 19^th August 2015

15.  Workshop on Review, evaluation and action  plan for UGC community colleges and B.Voc centers at JayarajAnnapackiam College for women ,Periakulam T.N. on 20^th and 21^st August 2015

16.  UGC sponsored National seminar at Sri C AchuthaMenon Govt. College,Kuttanellur, Thrissur on 16^th September 2015

17.  UGC sponsored National seminar Ecological undertones in Literature and Popular culture.at Little flower College,Guruvayoor on 17^th and 18^th  September 2015.

18.  UGC sponsored National Seminar  on Human Rights and Social Empowerment at SreeNarayana College, Nattika on 9^th and 10^th March 2016.

19.  Ten Day Workshop Preparation of Study materials of English text for Sastri (BA) Second Year Organized by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan,Guruvayoorcampus,From 22^nd March to 31^st March 2016.

20.  Refresher Course attended at the HRDC Goa university from 9^th August 2016 to 29^th August 2016

21.  National Colloquium on Higher Education “Academia and Administration in India Global Challenges and Local Responsibilities” At St.ThomasCollege,Thrissur on 7^th and 8^th March 2017.

22.  UGC Assisted National Seminar Organised by IQAC St.Joseph’s College,Devagiri, Calicut on Strategic Initiatives Towards Excellence in Higher Education Institutions” on 23^rd March 2017.

23.  Orientation Course for Programme Officers at the Empanelled Training institution for NSS,Rajagiri College of Social Sciences(Autonomous) Kalamassery from 3^rd to 9^th August 2017.

24.  Participated in the “FIFA F B World Cup’Roll the Ball’ Road Show”organized byNeheruYuva Kendra, Thrissur in Coordination with District Administration Thrissur on 26^thSeptember 2017.

25.  Ed camp for Functional English Teachers organized by Malabar Christian College, Calicut on 7^th October 2017.

26.  Attended an International Conference on Emerging Issues in Contemporary Literature organized by Forum of College English Teachers,Kuvempu University and Indian Society for Common Wealth Studies at Karnataka SanghShivamuga on 7^th to 9^th December 2017

27.  Attended a  National seminar ‘colours’ held at Little Flower College,Guruvayoor on 13^th and 14^th December 2017.

28.  Attended a National Seminar Traversing Gender Identity at Little Flower College Guruvayoor on 12^th Feb 2018.

29.  Attended the orientation workshop and Launch of ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0’ at All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi on 25^th April 2018.

30.  Attended a one-day writer’s workshop ‘Eunoia’ organized by the department of English Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 22nd June 2018.

31.  Attended a one day Jewelry making workshop ‘On and Off Theory’ organized by the department of English Little Flower College, Guruvayoor.

32.  Attended a one day state level  workshop ‘Creativa’ organized by the department of English Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 30th June 2018.

33.  Attended the national seminar on ‘Transforming the Higher Education Institutions into Potential Hubs of Excellence organised by IQAC, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 25^th June 2018

34.  Completed a course in Teaching, Research and Communication Skills conducted from 4^th to 15^th February 2019 at The English And Foreign Langages University, Hyderabad, initiated by FLAIR.

35.  Participated in the  UGC sponsored 130^th Orientation Course which was held from 20^th November to 10^th December 2019 ot HRDC Pondicherry University.

36.  Attended a one day National Seminar on  ‘pursuing Excellence in Higher Education through Accreditation and Technology’ organized under Paramarsh scheme at Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, on 7^th March 2020

37.  Participated in the workshop on Video content creation organized by IQAC Marian College Kuttikkanam(Autonomus) on 22,23 and 24^th of March 2020(online mode)

38.  Attended a one day International Seminar on  ‘Expanding Strategies of teaching Learning with Digital Proficiency’ organized in collaboration with UGC-NAAC- Paramarsh scheme by Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, on 28^th May 2020

39.  Completed an Annual Refresher Programme in English Language Teaching Swayam Online Course, conducted by MHRD through Gujarat University on 30^th June 2020.

40.  Attended ‘Spectra 2020: National Webinar Series in Literature” Organised by the Post Graduate Department of English and Research center, St. Xavier’s College for women, Aluva  from 13^th to 16^th July, 2020.

41.  Completed a one week FDP on ‘ User Friendly tools for online teaching and Assessment’, jointly organized by the Department of Computer science and IQAC, Prajyothi Niketan College, Pudukad from  24^th to 30^th July 2020.

42.  Participated in the Session 1 of Reflections and Retrospections: Multi- Disciplinary Discourses entitled ‘Red Fort: Legacy of an Imperial Town’ hosted by IQAC, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 25th July 2020.

43.  Attended a training session on ‘How to Publish with Oxford Journals’ hosted by the Oxford University Press on 24^th July 2020.

44.  Participated in the National Webinar in English on ‘The Language of Literature : Role of Modern Linguistics In Literary Interpretation” held on 10^th August 2020 by the dept. of English, Jawaharlal Nehru Smriti Govt. P G College, Shujalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

45.  Participated in the Session 2 of Reflections and Retrospections: Multi- Disciplinary Discourses entitled ‘Beating the Physical Strain of Online Teaching: Need of the Pandamic Times, hosted by IQAC, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 22^nd August 2020.

46.  Participated in the International Webinar on ‘Environmental Theatre and Language teaching’ organized by the Department of English, Madras Christian College, Chennai, on 24^th , 25^th and 26^th of August 2020.

47.  Participated in the Session 3 of Reflections and Retrospections: Multi- Disciplinary Discourses entitled ‘Introducing Indoor Plants’, hosted by IQAC, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 3^rd October 2020.