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Dr. Maya Dutt, MA, MPhil, MA - TESOL (Lond), PhD.
Professor, Institute of English
University of Kerala
 
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Teaching Experience:
26 years to date, teaching at UG/PG/Teacher Training levels;

Research Guide of the University of Kerala since December 1991.

Successfully guided 12 PhD and over 25 MPhil theses.

Currently guiding 3 PhD theses.
Positions held:
Member, Board of Studies in English (Pass), University of Kerala. 2002-2005.

Member, PG Board of Studies in English, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. 2005—

Oral Examiner for BEC Examinations of the Cambridge University Local Examinations Syndicate, 1998 —
Areas of Specialization:

English Language Teaching, Modern Linguistics, British Fiction, Native Canadian
Literature, Teacher Training.
  Awards:

Recipient of the Key English Language Teaching Award of the British Government, to pursue an MA degree in TESOL from the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, 1989—1990. Degree awarded 1991.

Recipient of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute’s Faculty Research Fellowship, to pursue post-doctoral studies in Native Canadian Women’s Fiction at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada – 1994.

  Publications
over 14 articles published in national/international academic journals, and 3 books edited, including the following:-

‘Mind Over Reality: the Transfiguring Power of the Artistic Imagination in Naguib Mahfouz’s Wedding Song’ - in Littcrit, Vol.18, No.1&2, June-Dec, 1992.

‘The Emerging Indian Identity: Survival through a Quest for the Voice in Joan Crate’s Breathing Water’ -- in Canadian Literature: Perspectives, ed. Jameela Begum, Madras: Macmillan, 1994.

‘Computer-Aided Language Teaching: the Role of Simulations and Adventure Games in the ELT Scenario’ - in the International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, June 1998.

‘Woman and Autobiography: Maria Campbell’s Half-breed in Retrospect’ – in Samyukta, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2001.

‘The Multicultural Wheel: the Texture of Canadian Society and Literature in the XXI Century’, in Chad Gaffield and Karen L. Gould, eds. The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2003.

Jameela Begum and Maya Dutt, eds. South Asian Canadiana. Madras: Anu Chithra, 1996.

Maya Dutt and Gangadharan Nair, eds. A Bouquet of Tales. Thrissur: Current Books, 1998.

Maya Dutt, ed. Infinite Variety: An Anthology of Short Stories. Chennai: Indian Open University Publishers, 2003.
  Participation in Conferences:
over 50 International/National Conferences/Seminars/Workshops attended,
including the following:-

VIII International Conference on Canadian Studies, University of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 4-7 January 1992. Read a paper titled “The Polemics of Proselytization in Brian Moore’s Black Robe”. Paper published.

XII International Conference on Canadian Studies, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 4-7 January 1996. Read a paper titled “Who They Are: the Voice of the First Nations Literary Critics”. Paper published.

State Council of Educational Research &Training (SCERT) Seminar on Approaches to the Teaching of English at the Secondary Level in Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 28 May 1997. Read a paper on “Communicative Language Teaching: Principles and Practice”.

XV International Conference on Canadian Studies, 12-15 April 1999, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Read a paper titled “The Voice that has Dared: Native Canadian Life and Reality in Basil H. Johnston’s Moose Meat & Wild Rice”.

International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) Conference on "The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXI Century", University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 18 - 20 May 2000. Presented a paper titled "The Multicultural Wheel: The Texture of Canadian Society and Literature in the XXI Century". Paper published.
 
Membership of Organizations:
Life Member of Indian Association for Canadian Studies.

Life Member of the Association of British Council Scholars.

Life Member of the Dravidian Linguistics Association of India.
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