Jamia Millia Islamia Archives

Zahra Rizvi

Ms. Zahra Rizvi is a Ph.D. Scholar and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Her research area is an intersection of 21st Century popular culture, literature and media of the United States and the Americas, Urban Studies, Utopia/Dystopia Studies, Youth Activism, and Game Studies. Rizvi studies the political ecology of urban dystopias at this intersection to transform academia in its orientation towards ‘future studies’. Rizvi has presented papers at numerous national and international conferences and has publications in various online and print journals.

Rizvi holds a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, where she graduated as a double gold medallist. She is the founding-member of the Indian chapter of Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA). She was the Ministry of Education (MHRD) SPARC Fellow in Digital Humanities at Michigan State University, MI, in 2020. In 2021, she was awarded the Electronic Literature Organization Fellowship to work on media archaeology and e-lit practices in South Asia. In 2022, she was awarded the International Youth Library (IYL) Fellowship to conduct research at IYL, Germany, and access their resources, archives and database, for her research in Children’s and Young Adult literary practices and communities, youth activism, and ethical and transformative digital futurisms.

As a Fulbright-Nehru fellow at Yale University, Rizvi will further her doctoral research considerations and study urban dystopias, their political ecology, and the global/local/glocal responses to the same in contemporary times, especially from South Asian and East Asian perspectives. The Fulbright-Nehru program enables her to study the planetary flows of being and information that underlie the global dystopian condition in contemporary times and explore and conceptualise ‘better futures’ based on safe and sustainable ethics of care.

Aiman Wahab

Ms. Aiman Wahab is an English language teacher at Jamia Middle School. She completed her postgraduation in English literature from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 2022. She worked as Digital Academician at Bloombrain Learning Solutions. As a mentor at Bloombrain, she provided spoken English classes to adults and enabled them to cultivate their soft skills, ace their job interviews, and achieve proficiency in the English language.

Ms. Wahab is a poetry enthusiast and has a passion for teaching language using learner-centric methods. Her poetry and articles have been published in journals, online magazines, and anthologies. Her zealous participation in slam poetry, nukkad naatak, and qawwali performances during her graduation has enabled her to use these as pedagogical tools in her classroom and to create a vibrant learning experience for her students.

As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Ms. Wahab intends to create cultural awareness about India’s rich heritage and employ interactive methods to introduce Hindi language and literature to her students. She looks forward to exploring new techniques of teaching foreign languages through her experience in the U.S.

Faaizah Ghazi

Ms. Faaizah Ghazi is a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She completed her postgraduation in English literature from Lady Shri Ram College for Women in Delhi in 2019. She also holds an advanced diploma in Spanish from the University of Delhi. She has received various academic accolades throughout her school and university education. She recently qualified for the Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board examination for Post Graduate Teacher of English.

Ms. Ghazi has as a teacher in multiple projects with the Delhi Government, the Tripura Government, British Council, and Macmillan Education. She has been a part of the ed-tech platforms Mastree and PlanetSpark where she taught and mentored students of various ages and backgrounds across India and the Middle East. She has also taught English to undergraduate students at the University of Delhi’s Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB).

She is selected for the national annual Gurukul program of 2022 by The Foundation of Universal Responsibility wherein she will be culturally immersed in Tibetan and Buddhist philosophy, arts, and the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

As a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Ms. Ghazi will teach Hindi at the University of Utah. She is interested in using languages and literature to promote cultural pluralism and transgressive ideation in pedagogic discourse. She hopes to achieve this not only through collective discussions but also through individual logotherapy sessions.