Maria Mollah

Senior Lecturer
Department of English

Faculty

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Address

A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Office

Ext: || Room No#
maria.mollah@ewubd.edu

Academic Background

M.A in English Literature, University of Dhaka
B.A (Hons.) in English, University of Dhaka

Maria Mollah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, East West University. She has completed her B.A and M.A from the Department of English, University of Dhaka. Her research interests include ecocriticism, feminist studies, speculative fiction, postcolonialism, and resistance literature.

Professional Experience

Lecturer at the Department of English, East West University (May 2023 – Present)
Lecturer at the Department of English Studies, State University of Bangladesh (January 2022 – May 2023)

Research Interest

Ecocriticism and ecofeminism
Horror and speculative fiction
Identity and marginalization
Postcolonialism
Resistance literature

Selected Publications

Mollah, M. (2026), "Eco-Gothic landscapes, the resistance of dread, and colonial anxiety in Picnic at Hanging Rock," paper presented at Planet LangLit 2026, Green University of Bangladesh, 15–16 January.
Shefa, N.P. and Mollah, M. (2025), "Intersection of artificial intelligence and emotions in education: investigating the emotional role of AI in Bangladeshi learners’ experiences," paper presented at 3rd TESOL Society of Bangladesh International Conference. Dhaka: Daffodil International University, 5–6 December.
Mollah, M. (2024), "An ecocritical examination of monstrous modernity in Ray Bradbury’s The Fog Horn and Here There Be Tygers," paper presented at The Trans-Phenomenon in Language, Literature, and Culture. Dhaka: Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, 15–16 November.
Mollah, M. and Akhtar, T. (2023), "Beautiful corpses: the aestheticised deaths of Ophelia, Porphyria, and Ligeia," paper presented at Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. Dhaka: East West University and Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh, 28–29 July.
Mollah, M. (2023), "Improving learner motivation through activities in an English literature class: an action research," paper presented at Teachers Research! Online 2023. IATEFL Research SIG, 17–18 March.
Easmin, T. and Mollah, M. (2022), "Sultana’s Dream and the vision of sustainable energy: an ecofeminist perspective," paper presented at Ruptures and Resilience: English Studies in the Now. Dhaka: Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, 4–5 November.

Mollah, M. (2025), "An ecocritical examination of Ray Bradbury’s The Fog Horn and Here There Be Tygers," Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, 16(1), pp. 118–134. Available at: https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v16i1.645
Easmin, T. and Mollah, M. (2024), ‘Sultana’s Dream and the vision of sustainable energy: an ecofeminist perspective’. PANINI: NSU Studies in Language & Literature, 10. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17523957
Mollah, M. (2023), ‘Beyond the waking world: the significance of dreams in H.P. Lovecraft’s works’. Spectrum, 17(1), pp. 89–100. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3329/spectrum.v17i1.69003
Ara, N. and Mollah, M. (2023), ‘English for employability: a study of English at the tertiary level of education’. Journal of SUB, 13(1).
Mollah, M. (2021), ‘Orwellian dystopias and green plums: the role of folk literature in the face of totalitarianism’. LitWrite Bangladesh, 1(1&2). Available at: https://litwritebd.com/

Attended and helped organise the 2nd TESOL BD National Teacher Training Workshop 2023 with TESOL Society of Bangladesh and Institute of Modern Languages (IML) on 10 November 2023
Participated in a workshop on Sustainable Teaching: Engagement Beyond Classroom organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) at the Department of English Studies, State University of Bangladesh on 22 November 2022, conducted by English Language specialist Dr. Wendy Ashby
Attended Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB's) first in-person workshop on Writing and Publishing in Literary Studies on 5 August 2022, conducted by Professor Fakrul Alam and Professor Rezaul Haque

Awards & Achievements

Dean's Award from the University of Dhaka in 2022
EDAS Ceremony Award (1st Class 1st), B.A. in English, University of Dhaka in 2019
Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award for IGCSEs in 2013

Teaching Materials

Courses Taught:

ENG7100: Improving Oral Skills
ENG7101: Basic English
ENG7102: Composition and Communication Skills
ENG7170: Social and Political History of England
ENG7211: Representations of Women in Literature
ENG7230: 19th-Century Novel
ENG7310: Shakespeare

ENG192/ENG7192:

ENG310/ENG7310:

Affiliation Professional Membership

Media Relation and Publication Secretary, TESOL Society of Bangladesh (TESOL BD): 01/2023-06/2025
Member, TESOL Society of Bangladesh (TESOL BD)
Member, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Member, Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB)
Member, Association for the Study of Literature, Environment and Cultures - Bangladesh (ASLEC-Bangladesh)

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