Ms. Jency James

Ms. Jency James is Assistant Professor (on contract) in the Department of English and Media Studies at St. Xavier's College, Thumba, with over four years of teaching experience. She holds a postgraduate degree in English from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Thiruvananthapuram, and has qualified the UGC-NET. Her academic interests lie at the intersections of Literature, Culture, and Identity, with a distinctive research focus spanning Sports and Literature, Food Studies, and Fashion Studies — an interdisciplinary range reflected in her published work on themes as varied as existential symbolism, gastronomic memory, and the neurocultural dimensions of sporting celebration.

Her scholarly engagement is matched by active participation in the wider academic community, having attended and presented at numerous national and international seminars, colloquia, and conferences on literature, theory, and interdisciplinary studies. She has further strengthened her pedagogical and research competencies through faculty development programmes, including UGC-sponsored training under the National Education Policy framework and specialised courses on AI in education, reflecting a forward-looking commitment to both scholarly growth and evolving classroom practice.

Research and Publications

• 3. “Behaviour, Brain, and Belonging: Mapping the Neurocultural Architecture of FC Barcelona Players’ Signature Goal Celebrations,” The Voice of Creative Research, Vol. 8, Issue 2, April 2026.
• 2. “Gastronomic Memory and Intergenerational Taste: Loss, Transmission and Recovery through Food in Laapataa Ladies,” International Journal of Arts and Social Science (IJASS), Vol. 8, Issue 11, November 2025 (Co-author).
• 1. “The Call to Nineveh: An Existential Environmental Odyssey of Jonah through Symbols,” ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, Vol. 5, Issue 6, June 2024.

International / National / State-Level Seminars & Workshops Attended / Organized / Presented

Seminars / Conferences Attended

• Participated in the Two-Day International Seminar on "Women in Literature and Media: Representation, Resistance and Rewriting Narratives", organised by the Department of English and Media Studies and Women's Studies Centre, St. Xavier's College, Thumba, 17-18 March 2026.
• Participated in the One-Day Seminar on "Interdisciplinarity: Contemporary Engagements and New Pathways", organised by the Xavier-Loyola Institute of Interdisciplinary Research (XLIR) in collaboration with St. Xavier's College, Thumba and Loyola College of Social Sciences, Sreekaryam, 19 October 2024.
• Participated in the National Postgraduate Seminar on "Encountering the Reel: Film Subcultures and Countercultures", organised by the Postgraduate Department of English, VTM NSS College, Dhanuvachapuram, 22 January 2019.
• Participated in the Three-Day International Colloquium on Literature, Theory and the History of Ideas, organised by M.S.M. College, Kayamkulam, 3-5 October 2018.
• Attended the Seminar on "Literary Theory", jointly organised by the School of Distance Education, University of Kerala and the PG and Research Department of English, S.N. College, Kollam, 26 July 2018.
• Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Three-Day National Seminar on "Capitalist Politics and Ecology in World Literature", organised by the Department of English, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Regional Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, 4-6 April 2018.

Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) Attended

• Participated in the NEP 2020 Orientation and Sensitisation Programme under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) of the University Grants Commission (UGC), organised by UGC-MMTTC, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, 3-13 March 2025.

Courses / Training Programmes Attended

• Successfully completed the 40-Hour Self-Paced Short-term Add-on Course on "AI for Teachers", offered through EduMOOCS.in under the four-quadrant learning approach, 1 October-8 November 2024.

Workshops Attended

• Participated in the One-Week Online International Workshop on "English from Theory to Practice to Technology", organised by St. Aloysius Institute of Technology, Jabalpur, 15-21 June 2020.
• Attended the One-Week National-Level Online Workshop on "Digital Skills for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century", organised by Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education for Women, Kottayam, and EMEA College of Arts and Science, Malappuram, 19-25 May 2020.

Webinars Attended

• Participated in the Two-Day International Webinar on "Fostering Academic Research and Writing Skills", organised by Sree Ayyappa College for Women, Chunkankadai, 12-13 June 2020.
• Participated in the International Webinar on "English Language Teaching and Technology: Practical Strategies for Remote Teaching", organised by Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, 2-3 June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on "Gender Impact of COVID-19", organised by the Department of Women's Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 29 May 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on "Understanding Paddy as Cultural Resource", organised by the Janapada Sampada Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, 19 May 2020.
• Participated in the Two-Day National Webinar on "Literature and Epidemics", organised by Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, 16-17 May 2020.