Faculty Member

Humayra Akhter

Sr. Lecturer

MA in English, University of Mysore (UoM)
MA in English, Jahangirnagar University (JU)
BA (hons) in English, Jahangirnagar University (JU)

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7575-0138

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nSrUvFkAAAAJ

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Humayra_Akhter2

Short Biography:

Humayra Akhter is a Lecturer and coordinator of the Department of English at World University of Bangladesh. She has been teaching here since 2017. Her research interests span between education, postcolonial studies and gender studies. She holds a numerous interest in Theatre and Performance Studies as well. Writing poems is her passion. Her first Bengali poetry collection "Ichcher Dogai Shekol" was published from Hassan’s publication in April 2021. She loves trekking, travelling, theatre and gardening.

Journal Section

Khan, A.A.R. and Akhter, H. (2020) ‘Politics of Theatre for Human Rights: An Overview of Pedagogy and Good Practices of Janam Theatre of India’, Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature, 35, pp. 87–104.
Akhter, H & Tabassum, S (2023). Understanding Nature and Humanity: An Ecocritical Study of Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies (Vol.8, Issue.2, Dec- 2023). https://www.refaad.com/Journal/Index/5 (Accepted)
Alam, Md. Saiful, Adelina Asmawi, Mohammad Hamidul Haque, Md. Mohib Ullah, Md. Nurullah Patwary, Sayeda Fatema, and Humayra Akhter. 2023. "An Appreciation of the EFL Teacher Model in Bangladesh: A Content Analysis of Job Advertisements." The International Journal of Diversity in Education 24 (1): 41-64. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0020/CGP/v24i01/41-64 .
Patwary, M. N., Reza, M. M., Akhter, H., & Chowdhury, S. (2023). Exploring Academic Writing Proficiency of Tertiary EFL Learners of Bangladesh: A Pedagogical Implication.Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities, 3(5), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.3.5.8
Alam, M. S., Akhter, H., Patwary, M. N., & Fatema, S. (2023). Islamic Articulation of the Carpe Diem Motif in Herrick’s "To Daffodils": A Post-Structuralist and Intertextual Inquiry. Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities, 3(4), 59–68.https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.3.4.8 .