This document provides a faculty resume for Dr. Mustanir Ahmad from the Department of English at Hazara University in Mansehra, Pakistan. It includes details about his educational background, work experience, research interests, publications, supervision experience, memberships, and honors. Some key details are:
- He holds a PhD in English Language and Literature from the International Islamic University Islamabad, with a thesis on magical realism and social protest in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's works.
- He has over 12 years of experience as an Assistant Professor and previous experience as a Lecturer at various universities in Pakistan.
- His research interests include postcolonial studies, Latin American literature, and linguistics.
This document provides a faculty resume for Dr. Mustanir Ahmad from the Department of English at Hazara University in Mansehra, Pakistan. It includes details about his educational background, work experience, research interests, publications, supervision experience, memberships, and honors. Some key details are:
- He holds a PhD in English Language and Literature from the International Islamic University Islamabad, with a thesis on magical realism and social protest in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's works.
- He has over 12 years of experience as an Assistant Professor and previous experience as a Lecturer at various universities in Pakistan.
- His research interests include postcolonial studies, Latin American literature, and linguistics.
This document provides a faculty resume for Dr. Mustanir Ahmad from the Department of English at Hazara University in Mansehra, Pakistan. It includes details about his educational background, work experience, research interests, publications, supervision experience, memberships, and honors. Some key details are:
- He holds a PhD in English Language and Literature from the International Islamic University Islamabad, with a thesis on magical realism and social protest in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's works.
- He has over 12 years of experience as an Assistant Professor and previous experience as a Lecturer at various universities in Pakistan.
- His research interests include postcolonial studies, Latin American literature, and linguistics.
Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan Mobile: +92(333)1585 373 Office: +92(997)414 134 Academic • PhD English Language & Literature (2015) International Islamic University Islamabad Thesis Title: Magical Realism and Social Protest in the Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez • M.Phil. English Literature (2007) International Islamic University, Islamabad Thesis Title: Politics and Magic: A Comparative Study of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude and Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits • M.A. English Literature (2004) International Islamic University, Islamabad Experience • 12 Jan 2012 – to date: Assistant Professor of English Dept. of English, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan. • 29 Nov 2005 – 11 Jan 2012: Lecturer in English Dept. of English, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan. • 18 Jan 2005 – 31 Oct 2005: Lecturer in English, Iqra University, Islamabad, Pakistan • 04 Jan – 27 Aug 2004: Lecturer in English, Sarwar Shaheed (N.H.) Govt. Degree College for Boys Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi Other Experience • 12 Oct 2016 – till date: Warden, Faculty & Staff Hostel Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan • 30 Sep 2009 – 11 Jan 2012: Patron, Hiking Society, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan Editorial Experience 2005 – 2006. Provided Editorial Assistance in Data Collection and Compilation of the Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Report of Hazara University, Mansehra 2005 – 2006. Editor, Quarterly Newsletter of Hazara University, Mansehra 2005 – 2006. Chairman, Press & Publication Committee at Hazara University, Mansehra 2004 – 2005. Editor of the Departmental Literary Magazine, Nexus, at International Islamic University, Islamabad 2012 – to date. Reviewer. International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) 2015 – to date. Consulting Editor / Reviewer. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies (AJLAS), South Korea 2017 – to date. Reviewer. Kashmir Journal of Language Research (Humanities). University of AJ & K, Muzaffarabad
Honors and Awards Distinction in M.A. English Literature
Initiated M.Phil. Literature in English Programme
Initiated M.Phil. Applied Linguistics Programme
Initiated Ph.D. English Programme
Memberships • Member, Board of Studies in the discipline of English
at Abbottabad University of Science of Technology (AUST), Abbottabad
• Member, Board of Studies in the discipline of English
at Islamia College University (ICU), Peshawar
• Member, Board of Studies in the discipline of English
at Hazara University, Mansehra
• Member, Guidance & Evaluation Committee
(MS/PhD Linguistics & Literature) at Air University, Islamabad
• Evaluator / External Examiner at MS/MPhil/PhD
(Linguistics & Literature) level at Qurtuba University, Peshawar
• Evaluator / External Examiner at MS/MPhil/PhD
(Linguistics & Literature) level at International Islamic University, Islamabad
• Member, Central Purchase Committee at Hazara
University, Mansehra
• Member, Inquiry Committee at Hazara University,
Mansehra
Supervision Supervised 25 M.Phil English students
(Degrees awarded) Currently supervising 08 M.Phil. students Supervised 11 BS/ MA English students (Degrees awarded) Service Activity Head / Chairman of the Department of English Convener, Departmental Admission Committee Convener, Departmental Purchase Committee Convener, Graduate Research Committee Convener, Departmental Discipline Committee Convener, Departmental Exam Grievance Committee Brief Statement of My primary area of interest / research is postcolonial Research Interest Studies: Theory & Literature; Post-9/11 South Asian Fiction; Latin American Literature; Psychoanalysis. However, I have an equal claim in the fields of Applied and General Linguistics. Publications Ahmad, M. (2013). A Drop of Rain and Other Poems. (Books) United P.C. / Bloomsbury Books: London & Vienna. ISBN 9783854386940 Publications 1. (Accepted, 2017). Role of Self-Compassion in (Articles) Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Psychological Well-Being among Working Men and Women. Journal of Behavioural Sciences (JBS). 27(2). ISSN: 1028-9097
2. (Accepted, 2017). American Beauty Empire and
Inscription Metaphor: A Study of Third World Women as ‘Tabula Rasa’ in Sonia Singh’s Goddess For Hire and Kavita Daswani’s The Village Bride of Beverly Hills. Kashmir Journal of Language Research.
3. (Accepted, 2017). Hemingway’s Code Hero in
Krishan Chandar’s “The Soldier”: An Intertextual Analysis. Kashmir Journal of Language Research.
4. (2017). Third Cinema Approach and Anti-Colonial
Theory: Two trains towards one destination (A Comparative Study of Sidhwa s Ice-Candy-Man and Deepa Mehta s Earth 1947). Arts and Social Sciences Journal. 8(4). Retrieved from https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/third- cinema-approach-and-anticolonial-theory-two-trains- towardsone-destination-a-comparative-study-of- sidhwa-s-icecandyman-anddee-2151-6200- 1000285.pdf. DOI: 10.4172/2151-6200.1000285, ISSN: 2151-6200
5. (2017). The Moderating Role of Pregnancy Status
among Coping Strategies, Depression, Anxiety and Stress across Pakistani Married Women. Foundation University Journal of Psychology. 2(1), 67-93.
6. (2016). Effect of ICTs Supported Communicative
Grammar Translation Model on Students’ English Language Learning: A Formative Assessment. Kashmir Journal of Language Research. 19(1), 157- 168.
7. (2016). Integration of Grammar Translation Method
with Communicative Approach: A Research Synthesis. International Research Journal of Arts & Humanities. 44, 121-130
8. (2016). Theme of death with special reference to
selected English and Arabic poets. Al-Azhaar: Bi- annual Research Journal of Islamic Studies. 2(2), 34- 49.
9. (2016). Pantheistic strains in the poetic works of
William Wordsworth and Abdul Ghani Khan: A comparative study. Al-Azhaar: Bi-annual Research Journal of Islamic Studies. 2(1), 13-21. 10. (2016). Stress Placement in English Bi-Syllabic and Tri-Syllabic Suffixed Words and their Roots by Pashto Speakers in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (Pakistan). International Research Journal of Arts & Humanities. 44, 59-83
11. (2015). Buoyant celebration of life and blissful
blindness to harsh socio-cultural realities: A study of D.H. Lawrence’s pre-War novels. International Research Journal of Arts and Humanities. 43, 55-66.
12. (2015). Survey of students’ attitude towards learning
English in selected universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Language, Linguistics and Literature, 3, 19-50.
13. (2015). Elements of social protest Gabriel García
Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold: A study in magical realism. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies, 28(2), 1-17.
14. (2014). Magical realism, social protest and anti-
colonial sentiments in One Hundred Years of Solitude: An instance of historiographic metafiction. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies, 27(2), 1-26.
15. (2012). Magical realism as social protest in Gabriel
Garcia Marquez’s Of Love and Other Demons. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies, 25(3), 47-62.
16. (2009). Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s No One Writes to
the Colonel: An event of social protest. NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry (Formerly NUML Research Magazine), 7(1), 83-96. Publications (Articles under review) 1. (Under Review). Parental Stress among Children and Adolescents with Learning Disability and Coping Strategies. Grassroots. University of Sindh, Jamshoro. ISSN: 1726-0396
2. (Under Review). A Stylistic Analysis of Sura Al
Fatiha: The first chapter of the Holy Quran. Al- Azhaar: Bi-annual Research Journal of Islamic Studies Research Grants and Nil Contracts
Other Research or Unpublished Urdu poetry
Creative Accomplishments
Selected Professional May18 – 26, 2007. Resource Person in HEC-
Presentations organized Workshop on English for Academic Purposes and Teacher Training at Hazara University Mansehra Aug 23 – 25, 2006. Secretary/Organizer of the First National Conference on “Cultural and Biological Resources of Pakistan” conducted by Hazara University Mansehra and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan at Bara Gali, Summer Camp, University of Peshawar May 18 – 20, 2016. HEC’s on-Campus 3-days Training on “Leadership, Good-governance and Management”