Admissions 2025 Integrated Programmes

Department of Commerce

Dr. Rincy Saji

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : Ph.D

Email-ID : rincy@rajagiri.edu

Rincy Saji is the Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Languages of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous). She holds a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. Her research areas encompass cultural studies, film studies, war studies, post-humanism, and literary theory. She has earned her postgraduate and undergraduate degrees from St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam, and Vimala College, Thrissur, respectively. Known for her dedication to academic excellence, she qualified for the UGC NET in 2018 and secured the UGC-NTA NET with JRF in 2020. As a researcher, she has authored numerous publications in esteemed international and national journals, including UGC-CARE listed journals. Apart from her academic pursuits, she has also worked at Mathrubhumi, Kappa TV as an Assistant Producer for a fashion-oriented program.

  • Ph. D in English Language and Literature - Mahatma Gandhi University- January 2019-2024.
  • M.A. in English Language and Literature - Mahatma Gandhi University- March 2017.
  • B.A. in English Language and Literature - Calicut University- April 2012.
  • Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), May 2024 – Present
  • Kappa TV, Mathrubhumi | Assistant Producer | November 2016 – March 2017
  • Cultural Studies
  • Post-Humanism Studies
  • War Literature
  • Psychological Realism
  • Memory and Trauma
  • Holocaust Literature
  • Film Studies
  • Diasporic Studies
  • Book Review: The Deep Psychology of BDSM and Kink: Jungian and Archetypal Perspectives on the Soul’s Transgressive Necessities By Douglas Thomas. International Journal of Jungian Studies, Brill, 19 February, 2025, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1163/19409060-bja10045
  • Saji, Dr. R. (2025). A Jungian analysis of toxic modern society: Fighting the culture of loneliness: Erik Goodwyn. Routledge: London, 2025, 176 pp., £22.49 (paperback), ISBN 9781032721361. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/0803706X.2024.2447572
  • Book Review: Dynamics of Sexual Consent: Sex, Rape and the Grey Area In-Between: By Lena Gunnarsson. Routledge. 2024, 284 pages. $39.99, (PB). Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, Taylor and Francis, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2024.2444036
  • Book Review: Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and Their Enduring Bonds with Parents. By Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith, New York, New York University Press, 2022, 216 pp., $28.00 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781479813322. LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Taylor and Francis, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/27703371.2025.2453161
  • Book Review: Sand Therapy for Out of Control Sexual Behavior, Shame, and Trauma Treatment Approaches Beyond Words: By Peg Hurley Dawson, Routledge, New York; 2023, 238 pp, £22.39 (paperback) ISBN 9781032482910, £96.00 (Hardback) ISBN 9781032482903, £22.39 (eBook) ISBN 9781003388302. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, Taylor and Francis, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2025.2462045
  • “Of Death and Democide in Frances Harrison’s Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Hidden War”, Literary Voice: A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Studies, ISSN 2277-4521, Volume 22, March 2024.
  • “Recontextualizing God and Holocaust Writing through Elie Wiesel’s Night”, Margins: A Journal of Literature and Culture, ISSN:2250-0731, Vol 12, pp. 54-65, February 2024.
  • “Drawing the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict: An Analysis of Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock’s Ethnographic Novel Vanni”, Ishal Paithrkam, ISSN 2582-550X, UGC Care Listed Journal, Issue no: 32, March 2023.
  • “Problematizing Gender: Strategies of Domination in Sharmila Seyyid’s Ummath”, Drishti: The Sight,ISSN 2319-8281,  UGC Care Listed Journal, April 2022.
  • The Art and Politics of Polyphony in Tamil Women Representation: A Reading of Meera Kandasamy’s Prose The Orders were to Rape You”, Ishal Paithrkam, ISSN 2582-550X, UGC Care Listed Journal, Issue No: 29, June 2022.
  • “Understanding Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict as Faultline War: A Cultural Ethnographic Reading of Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy”, Applying Theory: Paradigms, Practices Faultlines, MESMAC International Conference, MES Mampad College (Autonomous) Malappuram,2020 January 14,15,16.
  • “Writing the Hidden Histories: A Study of Svetlana Alexievich’s Chernobyl Prayer”, International Journal of Research in English, An International Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN Online: 2664-8725, Volume-5, Issue-2, pp.78-82; 2023.
  • “Traversing with the Spectre of Ethnic Conflict in Post-War Sri Lanka: A Study of Romesh Gunesekera’s Noontide Toll”, International Journal of Trends in English Language and Literature (IJTELL), An International Peer-Reviewed English Journal, ISSN: 2582-8487, Volume-3, Issue-2; 2022.
  • “Chronicle and Conflict: Re-Reading Sri Lankan Chronicles in Understanding the Civil War”, Research Journal of English, An International Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN:2456-2696, Vol no:6, 2021.
  • “The Study of Childhood Trauma in Conflict; Analysis of Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict Through Ru Freeman’s On Sal Mal Lane”, LangLit, An International Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN 2349 – 5189, Vol no:7, Issue 4, May 2021.
  • “The Journey of the “Victim” From Padmarajan to Amal Neerad: A Study Through Malayalam Film Industry”, Journal of Critical Reviews, ISSN- 2394-5125, Vol no: 7, Issue 08, 2020.

BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Author of the book Let's Talk Slang: A Glossary of Gen Z & Alpha Words. Notion Press, 2025
  • Contributed a chapter, “The Pappi Tales” to Chalk, Challenges, and Celebrations, published by Notion Press.
  • Contributed a chapter, “An Endless Conversation” to Mosaic: A Collection of Contemporary Poetry & Prose by Bodhi Centre for Literary Studies
  • “Constructing the ‘Other’ in Contemporary Indian Cinema: An Enquiry of Censorship and its Sociocultural Implications”, An International Conference on Images of Self and the Other: Exploring Identity and Alterity organised by the P.G & Research Department of English, St. Aloysius College, Elthuruth on 12th &13th January 2018.
  • “Understanding Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict as Faultline War: A Cultural Ethnographic Reading of Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy”, Applying Theory: Paradigms, Practices Faultlines, MESMAC International Conference, MES Mampad College (Autonomous) Malappuram in association with the Kerala State Higher Education Council, 2020 January 14,15,16.
  • “Understanding Identity and Socio-Culture Milieu in Sri Lankan Refugee Camp: A Study of Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage” An International Seminar on Refuge and Resistance: Literary, Historical and Socio-Political Discursive Structures, at Maharaja’s College (Government Autonomous), Ernakulam sponsored by Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala on 17& 18 September 2019.
  • Two-day workshop on E-Content Generation Participated in a two-day workshop on "E-Content Generation: Design and Development of Online Courses," organized by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous) in collaboration with the Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC), University of Calicut, held on January 30–31, 2025.
  • Participation in International Webinar Attended and participated in an International Webinar on "The Antinomies of Progress" by Slavoj Žižek, organized by Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Thevara, on October 7, 2024.
  • One-Day Academic Leadership Workshop Participated in the workshop "Towards Holistic Leadership," organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, on June 18, 2024
  • Two-Day National Online Workshop on Scholarly Writing & Publishing in the AI Era – Participated in the workshop organized by KAHM Unity Women's College, Manjeri, in association with Digiref Research Academy, held on February 1–2, 2025.
  • Certificate in Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health, The University of Sydney, October 2024 (Credential ID: JX2811A1U0D6).
  • Certificate in Human Cognitive Capacities & Limitations, Arizona State University, November 2024.
  • Certificate in The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness, University of Toronto, November 2024.
  • Judge for Inter-College Debate Competition Served as a panel member for the Inter-College Debate Competition on "Will a Culture of Integrity Bring Nations Prosperity," conducted by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. during Vigilance Awareness Week 2024 at Bharata Mata College of Commerce & Arts, Aluva (October 28, 2024).

E-CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

  • Instructor, "Moodle for Educators" – Designed to empower teachers with essential skills for using Moodle, a Learning Management System. Developed for Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous).
  • Instructor, "MGU Online English Program for PG Students" – Created e-content for postgraduate English students at MG University.