Sheetal Kumari
Amity University, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, BBM Koyalanchal University, Vinoba Bhave University
0000-0002-8080-2913
About
English Literature, PhD
Research Interests: Children's Literature, Young Adult (YA) Literature, Trauma Studies, Memory Studies, Medical Humanities, and Film Studies
Dr. Sheetal Kumari is an Assistant Professor in the School of Languages and Culture at Amity University Punjab. She has received her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. She is an Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Researcher at the University of Oklahoma. Her doctoral work focuses on child sex trafficking narratives and interpretations of trauma. She has presented several papers at International and National Conferences. She has published a number of research articles in reputable peer-reviewed journals, reviewed articles, and contributed to edited books. She is a recipient of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Award. She is a teaching assistant in NPTEL courses on ‘Partition Literature,’ ‘Fiction: Epics, Novels and Poetry,’ ‘Performative Gender and Religions in South Asia,’ and 'Literary Theory and Criticism.'
Employment
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Amity University Assistant Professor2026 - Present
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Ministry of Human Resource Development Teaching Assistant2022 - 2026
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee PhD Scholar and Teaching Assistant2021 - 2026
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Doctor of Philosophy2021 - 2026
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BBM Koyalanchal University Master of Arts2018 - 2020
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Vinoba Bhave University Bachelor of Arts2015 - 2018
Projects & Funding
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Publications (12)
- From Shadows to Survival: Trafficking, Sexual Violence, and Systemic Oppression in Pakistani Narratives Save
- “I Think Hope Coexists with Pain and Trauma.” Questioning Patricia McCormick About Sold, Child Trafficking, and Sexual Violence Save
- Narrating Injustice Save
- Cinematic Framing of Child Trafficking:Victims and Perpetrators in Netflix’s Bhakshak and Sector 36 Save
- Is She Still There?: Child Sex Trafficking, Traumatic Memory and Resilience in Mischa Marcus’ Film I Am Still Here Save
- The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature and Culture Save
- Unspeakability and Trauma: A Reading of Child Sex Trafficking Narratives Save
- “Trauma scrambles things, trauma fragments…” A cross-cultural conversation with Corban Addison in the context of A Walk Across the Sun Save
- Mapping Trauma and Affect: Reading Child Body as Commodity in Patricia McCormick's Sold Save
- Rethinking Resilience, Traversing Trauma: A Study of Sexually Abused Children and Young Adults in Tracey Hoffmann’s “Valley of Chaya” Save