Dr. Shubhneet Kaur Kharbanda

Designation Assistant Professor Dr. Shubhneet Kaur Kharbanda
Email skharbanda@ms.du.ac.in
Department Department of Elementary Education
Dr. Shubhneet Kaur Kharbanda
Assistant Professor

Email: skharbanda@ms.du.ac.in

Department: Department of Elementary Education

Educational Qualifications
DegreeUniversityYear
Ph.D Panjab University, Chandigarh 2021
M.Ed.(Language Education and Education for Mental Health) Department of Education (CIE) (Delhi University) 2014
B.Ed.(English A and B) Shyama Prasad Mukherji College (Delhi University) 2013
M.A. English MCM DAV College for Women,Chandigarh (Panjab University) 2012
B.A. (Hons.) English Miranda House (Delhi University) 2010

Degree: Ph.D

University: Panjab University, Chandigarh

Year: 2021

Degree: M.Ed.(Language Education and Education for Mental Health)

University: Department of Education (CIE) (Delhi University)

Year: 2014

Degree: B.Ed.(English A and B)

University: Shyama Prasad Mukherji College (Delhi University)

Year: 2013

Degree: M.A. English

University: MCM DAV College for Women,Chandigarh (Panjab University)

Year: 2012

Degree: B.A. (Hons.) English

University: Miranda House (Delhi University)

Year: 2010

Career Profile
DesignationInstitutionUniversityDuration
Assistant Professor Mata Sundri College for Women Delhi University September 2014-Present

Designation: Assistant Professor

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women

University: Delhi University

Duration: September 2014-Present

Publications
TitleTypePublisherPublication Date
Refashioning EFL Education: Reading ‘The Jungle Book’ in the Anthropocene Research article Nordic Journal of English Studies special issue Literature and the Anthropocene in EFL Education 24 Nov, 2025
“Messy Assemblages: Interplay of the Organic and the Inorganic in Children’s Toy Stories” Book chapter Children’s Cultures after Childhood (2023) pp. 35-51, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam 09 Aug, 2023
“The Case of Thinking Machines: Posthumanism and Techno-Human Hybridity in Children’s Literature” Research article Special Issue ‘Anthropo-Fictions’ of Culture Machine, Vol. 21, Oct 2022, pp. 1-13 25 Oct, 2022
“A study of challenges faced by English teachers while teaching poetry at the middle school level in Delhi Government Schools" Research article International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review (IJMDRR), Vol. 1 (27), May 2017, pp. 21-28 15 May, 2017

Title: Refashioning EFL Education: Reading ‘The Jungle Book’ in the Anthropocene

Type: Research article

Publisher: Nordic Journal of English Studies special issue Literature and the Anthropocene in EFL Education

Date: 24 Nov, 2025

Title: “Messy Assemblages: Interplay of the Organic and the Inorganic in Children’s Toy Stories”

Type: Book chapter

Publisher: Children’s Cultures after Childhood (2023) pp. 35-51, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam

Date: 09 Aug, 2023

Title: “The Case of Thinking Machines: Posthumanism and Techno-Human Hybridity in Children’s Literature”

Type: Research article

Publisher: Special Issue ‘Anthropo-Fictions’ of Culture Machine, Vol. 21, Oct 2022, pp. 1-13

Date: 25 Oct, 2022

Title: “A study of challenges faced by English teachers while teaching poetry at the middle school level in Delhi Government Schools"

Type: Research article

Publisher: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review (IJMDRR), Vol. 1 (27), May 2017, pp. 21-28

Date: 15 May, 2017

Paper Presentations
TitlePresented AtDate
“On Monsters in Children’s Literature: Reading Patrick Ness's A Monster Callsthrough a Posthumanist Perspective.” 2025 Festival of Monsters presented by the Center for Monster Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. 16 Oct, 2025
"Refashioning EFL Education: Reading The Jungle Book in the Anthropocene" Digital conference Literature and the Anthropocene in EFL Education, organised by the Luleå University of Technology, Luleå Sweden 21 Feb, 2024
“Agency in Human-Machine Encounters in Children’s Literature: A Posthumanist Perspective” 2023 MACL (Masters in Children’s Literature) Conference (Re)Imagining Tomorrow: Agency and Possibility in Literature and Media for Children and Young Adults, organised by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada 24 Jun, 2023
“Reading the ‘animal’ in Animal Stories: Interspecies Relations in E.B White’s Stuart Little” 2023 International Research Society for Children’s Literature IRSCL Congress on Ecologies of Childhood at the University of California, Santa Barbara 16 Aug, 2023
“Toying With Agency: Reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Through a Posthumanist Perspective” international conference Re-thinking Agency: Non-Anthropocentric Approaches organised by the “Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity” Research Centre at the University of Warsaw, Poland 05 Feb, 2022
“On Monsters and Giants in Children’s Literature: Reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG through a Posthumanist Perspective" Popular Culture Association 2021 Annual Conference, organised by the Popular Culture Association, America held online in Boston 05 Jun, 2021
“The Mechanics of Techno-Human Hybridity in Children’s Literature: A Posthumanist Perspective” Online International Conference: Being One and Many. Faces of the Human in the 21st Century, organised by the Medical University of Łódź, Poland 10 Mar, 2021
“Seeking Pleasure in the confusion of Boundaries: Reading Posthumanism in Children’s Literature” International Conference Literary and Aesthetic Posthumanism organized by the European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu), held online in Bergen, Norway 05 Mar, 2021
“Rethinking Human Entanglements in Children’s Literature: A Posthumanist Perspective” on the sub theme ‘Critical Posthumanism’ International Web Conference on Rethinking Humanities and its Entanglements organized by Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Kolkata 07 Aug, 2020
“The Child and the Book: Understanding Perspectives on Childhood and Children’s Literature” on the sub theme ‘Representation of Childhood in Children’s Literature’ National Seminar on Childhoods in India organized by the Department of Elementary Education of Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi 24 Oct, 2019

Title: “On Monsters in Children’s Literature: Reading Patrick Ness's A Monster Callsthrough a Posthumanist Perspective.”

Presented At: 2025 Festival of Monsters presented by the Center for Monster Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

Date: 16 Oct, 2025

Title: "Refashioning EFL Education: Reading The Jungle Book in the Anthropocene"

Presented At: Digital conference Literature and the Anthropocene in EFL Education, organised by the Luleå University of Technology, Luleå Sweden

Date: 21 Feb, 2024

Title: “Agency in Human-Machine Encounters in Children’s Literature: A Posthumanist Perspective”

Presented At: 2023 MACL (Masters in Children’s Literature) Conference (Re)Imagining Tomorrow: Agency and Possibility in Literature and Media for Children and Young Adults, organised by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada

Date: 24 Jun, 2023

Title: “Reading the ‘animal’ in Animal Stories: Interspecies Relations in E.B White’s Stuart Little”

Presented At: 2023 International Research Society for Children’s Literature IRSCL Congress on Ecologies of Childhood at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Date: 16 Aug, 2023

Title: “Toying With Agency: Reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Through a Posthumanist Perspective”

Presented At: international conference Re-thinking Agency: Non-Anthropocentric Approaches organised by the “Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity” Research Centre at the University of Warsaw, Poland

Date: 05 Feb, 2022

Title: “On Monsters and Giants in Children’s Literature: Reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG through a Posthumanist Perspective"

Presented At: Popular Culture Association 2021 Annual Conference, organised by the Popular Culture Association, America held online in Boston

Date: 05 Jun, 2021

Title: “The Mechanics of Techno-Human Hybridity in Children’s Literature: A Posthumanist Perspective”

Presented At: Online International Conference: Being One and Many. Faces of the Human in the 21st Century, organised by the Medical University of Łódź, Poland

Date: 10 Mar, 2021

Title: “Seeking Pleasure in the confusion of Boundaries: Reading Posthumanism in Children’s Literature”

Presented At: International Conference Literary and Aesthetic Posthumanism organized by the European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu), held online in Bergen, Norway

Date: 05 Mar, 2021

Title: “Rethinking Human Entanglements in Children’s Literature: A Posthumanist Perspective” on the sub theme ‘Critical Posthumanism’

Presented At: International Web Conference on Rethinking Humanities and its Entanglements organized by Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Kolkata

Date: 07 Aug, 2020

Title: “The Child and the Book: Understanding Perspectives on Childhood and Children’s Literature” on the sub theme ‘Representation of Childhood in Children’s Literature’

Presented At: National Seminar on Childhoods in India organized by the Department of Elementary Education of Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi

Date: 24 Oct, 2019

Certifications
TitleCertifying InstitutionDate
2- week Interdisciplinary refresher Course in “Advanced Research Methodology” Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College University of Delhi in collaboration with Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Nagpur under PMMMNMT, Ministry of Education, GoI. 06 Nov, 2023
4-weeks Faculty Orientation Programme on ‘Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education’ Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, DU, in collaboration with Dhote Bandhu Science College, Gondia, Maharashtra under PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Education, GoI. 19 Sep, 2023
One week Interdisciplinary Online Faculty Development Programme on “Teacher, Teaching and Teacher Education: Processes, Concerns and Prospects” Mata Sundri College for Women in collaboration with Teaching Learning Centre for Social Science, Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyala, Sagar (M.P.) 23 Oct, 2020
NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education UGC-MMTTC, University of Delhi in collaboration with Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, DU 26 Jul, 2024

Title: 2- week Interdisciplinary refresher Course in “Advanced Research Methodology”

Institution: Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College University of Delhi in collaboration with Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Nagpur under PMMMNMT, Ministry of Education, GoI.

Date: 06 Nov, 2023

Title: 4-weeks Faculty Orientation Programme on ‘Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education’

Institution: Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, DU, in collaboration with Dhote Bandhu Science College, Gondia, Maharashtra under PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Education, GoI.

Date: 19 Sep, 2023

Title: One week Interdisciplinary Online Faculty Development Programme on “Teacher, Teaching and Teacher Education: Processes, Concerns and Prospects”

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women in collaboration with Teaching Learning Centre for Social Science, Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyala, Sagar (M.P.)

Date: 23 Oct, 2020

Title: NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme

Institution: Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education UGC-MMTTC, University of Delhi in collaboration with Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, DU

Date: 26 Jul, 2024

Other Responsibilities
SocietyRoleFromTo
Orientation Committee Member 01 Jul, 2025 31 May, 2027
SEC/VAC Committee Member 01 Jul, 2025 31 May, 2027
Discipline committee Member 01 Jul, 2025 31 May, 2027

Society: Orientation Committee

Role: Member

From: 01 Jul, 2025

To: 31 May, 2027

Society: SEC/VAC Committee

Role: Member

From: 01 Jul, 2025

To: 31 May, 2027

Society: Discipline committee

Role: Member

From: 01 Jul, 2025

To: 31 May, 2027

Event Roles
Event NameRoleAssigned On
Poster-Making Activity - Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat coordinator 15 Feb, 2026

Event: Poster-Making Activity - Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat

Role: coordinator

Assigned On: 15 Feb, 2026