RIFA TASNIA
Lecturer
Department of English
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS)
rifa.tasnia886@gmail.com
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF
PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216
Biography
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Education
H.S.C, Chittagong Cantonment Public College
Honors, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Masters, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Journal Publication
1. Trans-corporeality in Human-Nature Relationships: A Posthuman Ecocritical Study of Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
2. Imageries of Existence in Jibanananda Das and John Donne's Poetry: Surreal and Existential Perspectives, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
3. Trans-corporeality in Human-Nature Relationships: A Posthuman Ecocritical Study of Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
4. Imageries of Existence in Jibanananda Das and John Donne's Poetry: Surreal and Existential Perspectives, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Conference Papers
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2. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Alienation, Biophilia, and the Land Ethic: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Study of Ben Okri’s The Famished Road’ in the 8th DEH Inter-University Student Conference at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh - October 2022
3. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Exploitation of Women and Nature in Pride and Prejudice and Brave: An Ecofeminist Study’ in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals - July 2022
4. Presentation on paper titled, ‘The Sublime and the Supernatural in Glendy Vanderah’s Where the Forest Meets the Stars’ in the 5th DEH Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) - April 2019
5. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Human-Nature Relationships in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke: An Ecocritical Narrative of Trans-corporeality and Posthumanism’ in the 3rd International Conference (‘Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language and Culture of the Global South’) at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology - 16-17 February 2024
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7. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Alienation, Biophilia, and the Land Ethic: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Study of Ben Okri’s The Famished Road’ in the 8th DEH Inter-University Student Conference at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh - October 2022
8. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Exploitation of Women and Nature in Pride and Prejudice and Brave: An Ecofeminist Study’ in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals - July 2022
9. Presentation on paper titled, ‘The Sublime and the Supernatural in Glendy Vanderah’s Where the Forest Meets the Stars’ in the 5th DEH Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) - April 2019
10. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Human-Nature Relationships in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke: An Ecocritical Narrative of Trans-corporeality and Posthumanism’ in the 3rd International Conference (‘Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language and Culture of the Global South’) at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology - 16-17 February 2024
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Awards
1. Chancellor's Gold Medal for Academic Result in BA (Honours) in English
2. 1st Runner Up in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
3. Dean's Letter of Appreciation
4. Vice Chancellor's Scholarship
5. Chancellor's Gold Medal for Academic Result in BA (Honours) in English
6. 1st Runner Up in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
7. Dean's Letter of Appreciation
8. Vice Chancellor's Scholarship
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Courses
1. ENG-3009 Critical Theory & Critical Applied Linguistics
2. ELCS-6004 Latin American Literature
3. ENG-3009 Critical Theory & Critical Applied Linguistics
4. ELCS-6004 Latin American Literature
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
H.S.C, Chittagong Cantonment Public College
Honors, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Masters, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
1. Trans-corporeality in Human-Nature Relationships: A Posthuman Ecocritical Study of Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
2. Imageries of Existence in Jibanananda Das and John Donne's Poetry: Surreal and Existential Perspectives, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
3. Trans-corporeality in Human-Nature Relationships: A Posthuman Ecocritical Study of Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
4. Imageries of Existence in Jibanananda Das and John Donne's Poetry: Surreal and Existential Perspectives, FASS INQUEST, Volume 3, Issue 1, December-2023, Issn: 2789-116X.
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
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2. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Alienation, Biophilia, and the Land Ethic: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Study of Ben Okri’s The Famished Road’ in the 8th DEH Inter-University Student Conference at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh - October 2022
3. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Exploitation of Women and Nature in Pride and Prejudice and Brave: An Ecofeminist Study’ in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals - July 2022
4. Presentation on paper titled, ‘The Sublime and the Supernatural in Glendy Vanderah’s Where the Forest Meets the Stars’ in the 5th DEH Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) - April 2019
5. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Human-Nature Relationships in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke: An Ecocritical Narrative of Trans-corporeality and Posthumanism’ in the 3rd International Conference (‘Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language and Culture of the Global South’) at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology - 16-17 February 2024
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7. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Alienation, Biophilia, and the Land Ethic: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Study of Ben Okri’s The Famished Road’ in the 8th DEH Inter-University Student Conference at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh - October 2022
8. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Exploitation of Women and Nature in Pride and Prejudice and Brave: An Ecofeminist Study’ in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals - July 2022
9. Presentation on paper titled, ‘The Sublime and the Supernatural in Glendy Vanderah’s Where the Forest Meets the Stars’ in the 5th DEH Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) - April 2019
10. Presentation on paper titled, ‘Human-Nature Relationships in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke: An Ecocritical Narrative of Trans-corporeality and Posthumanism’ in the 3rd International Conference (‘Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language and Culture of the Global South’) at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology - 16-17 February 2024
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
1st Runner Up in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Dean's Letter of Appreciation
Vice Chancellor's Scholarship
Chancellor's Gold Medal for Academic Result in BA (Honours) in English
1st Runner Up in the 1st National Research Project Contest-2022 at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Dean's Letter of Appreciation
Vice Chancellor's Scholarship
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025
Last Updated: 01 Dec 2025