NIRMAL SELVAMONY (b. 1953) 7, Main Road Mohan Nagar Maadampaakkam Chennai 600 126, India Telephone: 91+44+22292340 E-mail:
[email protected] Mobile: 9884211498 MAJOR INTERESTS MUSIC, ECOCRITICISM, ECOTHEORY DRAMATIC THEORY, THEORY EDUCATION Ph.D. 1980-’88; University of Madras, Chennai, India. English; Diss.: Literary Personhood in tolkappiyam Research Fellow 1978-’82; Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore. Aesthetics, submitted essay: “Personhood in Art.” M.A. 1976-’78; Madras Christian College, Chennai. English; ‘A’ Grade. B.A. 1973-’76; Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, South India. English; II Class, First Rank in University. 1 WORK EXPERIENCE Since 2011 Associate Professor and Head-in-charge, Department of English, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Central University of Tamil Nadu 2010 Professor, Department of English, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 2009 Visiting Faculty, Department of English, Coordinator of Language Programmes, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu 2006 Associate Professor, Madras Christian College, Chennai. 1996- Reader in English, Madras Christian College, Chennai. [Ecoliterature, Music and Literature, Critical Theory, Postcolonial Literature, Postmodern Survey, European and Tamil Classics, Modern Period, Social Ethics] Teaching: B.A.; M.A.; M.Phil. Research Guidance: M.Phil., Ph.D. Ph.D. awarded: 7; 1 submitted; 3 in progress. M.Phil. awarded: 9. 1994-’95 Visiting Scholar, Davidson College, NC, USA. 1989-’96 Selection Grade Lecturer, Department of English, Madras Christian College. 1982-‘89 Senior Lecturer, Lecturer; Department of English, Madras Christian College. Publications: 14 books, 50 chapters in books; more than 40 research papers in journal Conference papers: more than 100.