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Shubham Pathak

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Dr. Shubham Pathak is an Assistant Professor at the Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida. His area of research includes Communication, Language, Media, Discourse and Gender Studies. He has published several articles in national and international journals, including Quarterly Review of Film and Video (Taylor & Francis, Q1), Women’s Studies in Communication (Taylor & Francis, Q2) and Journal of Poetry Therapy (Taylor & Francis, Q3).

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Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Linguistics), Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Thesis title “Representation of Female Sex Workers in Contemporary Hindi Films: A Study in Discourse Analysis”, 2026
  • Master of Arts (M.A.) (Linguistics), The English and Foreign Languages University, Lucknow Campus, 2021
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), LBS PG College, Gonda, 2019
  • Post-Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of English (PGCTE), The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, 2025

Areas of Interest and Research

  • Media and Communication Studies
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Gender Studies
  • Discourse Studies
  • Critical Discourse Studies

Research Papers and Working Papers

  • Pathak, S., & Mishra, S. (2023). Discursive Strategies of Women's Use of Their Beauty and Body for Revenge: A Comparative Study of Classical and Contemporary Hindi Films. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 1-15. (Scopus, Q1, Routledge).
  • Pathak, S., Mishra, S., & Mondal, I. (2023). Representing Gender Equality through Advertisements from the Electronic Media: A Study in Discourse Analysis. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 15(3). (Web of Science).
  • Pathak, S., & Yadav, A. (2024). Empowerment and Agency: Review of the Film Laapataa Ladies (2024). Women's Studies, 53(7), 897-901. (Scopus, Q2, Routledge).
  • Pathak, S. (2024). Philosophical underpinnings in Jaun Elia's Poetry: An Exploration of Coping Mechanism in Verses. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1-12. (Scopus, Q3, Routledge).
  • Pathak, S., & Narayan, A. (2024). Unveiling the Rhetoric of Victim Blaming: Perpetuating Language Patterns in Select Bollywood Films Depicting Sexual Assault. Space and Culture, India, 12(3), 34-48. (Scopus, Q2).
  • Pathak, S., Mondal, I., & Mishra, S. (2024). Unravelling the Linguistic Tapestry: A Discursive Study of Gender Portrayal in Select Indian Electronic Advertisement. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 16(1). (Web of Science).
  • Pathak, S. (2025). Transgressing Subaltern Voices: A Discursive Study of Language and Stigmatization in Begum Jaan and Gangubai Kathiawadi. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, 20(2). (Scopus, Q2).
  • Singh, J., Pathak, S., & Mishra, S. (2025). From Compliance to Defiance: Review of the Film Mrs. (2025). Women's Studies. (Scopus, Q2, Routledge).
  • Pathak, S. (2025). Discursive Representation of Gender and Culture in Select Advertisements Featuring Chatha Puja. International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies, 23(3), 43-58. (Scopus, Q2).
  • Pathak, S., & Verma, V. (2025). The Poetics of Pain and Therapeutics Verses: Interpreting Coping Strategies in the Poetic Works of Jaun Elia. Journal of Poetry Therapy. (Scopus, Q3, Routledge).
  • Pathak, S., & Yadav, A. (2026). Female Desire and Male Vulnerability: Review of the Film Aap Jaisa Koi. Women’s Studies (Scopus, Q3, Routledge).
  • Pathak, S., Verma, V., & Mishra, S. (2026). Systemic Oppression: Mapping the Intersection of Stigmatisation, Exploitation, and Marginalisation in the Representation of Female Sex Workers in Bollywood Films. Cogent Social Sciences (Scopus, Q2, Routledge).
  • Singh, J., Pathak, S., & Mishra, S. (2025). Examining Toxic Masculinity under the Guise of ‘Romance’ in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Hindi Films. Cinej Cinema Journal (Scopus, Q2).
  • Yadav, A., & Pathak, S. (2026). Kitchen, Confinement, and Catharsis: A Feminist Reading of Mrs. and The Great Indian Kitchen (Scopus, Q2).

Research in Progress

  • Singh, J., Pathak, S. & Mishra, S. (2025). Electing the Other: Reimagining the Political Hijra in Shabnam Mausi (2005). In The Handbook of Indian Trans Cinema. Bloomsbury Publication. Under Review.
  • Verma, V., Pathak, S., & Shankar, S. Discursive Development of Rap Culture, Changing Trend and Effects: A Comparative Study of Classical and Contemporary American Rap Songs. IUP Publications (Scopus, Q4). Under Review.
  • Pathak, S., Yadav A. Nature, Women, and Resistance: Exploring Ecofeminist Resilience in Contemporary Bollywood Films (2025). Women’s Studies (Scopus, Q2, Routledge) Under Review.
  • Yadav A., Pathak, S., Modi, S. Eco-Narratives and Ritual Poetics: Environmental Imaginaries in Chatha Folk Songs (2025). Social Identities (Scopus, Q2, Routledge) Under Review.
  • Pathak, S., Yadav A. Unheard Voices of Autism Moms: Situating Struggles of Gendered Care Labour in Indian Context (2025). Journal of International Women’s Studies (Scopus, Q2, Bridgewater University Press) Under Review.
  • Maji, S, Sinha, S, Pathak, S, Rajeev, D. Language-based Microaggression Scale (LMS): Development and Validation (2025). Journal of Sociolinguistics (SSCI/Scopus, Q1, Wiley) Under Review.
  • Yadav A., Pathak, S. Dressed to Kill: Transgression and Terror in Murder 2. (2025). In The Handbook of Indian Trans Cinema. Bloomsbury Publication (Accepted).
  • Pathak, S., Nartey, M., Verma, V. & Mishra, S. The discursive construction of resistance by female sex workers in contemporary Bollywood movies. Asian Studies Review (Scopus/SSCI, Q1, Routledge). Under review.
  • Pathak, S., Nartey, M., Verma, V. & Mishra, S. Profanity as a Tool of Female Sex Workers’ Emancipation in Contemporary Bollywood Movies: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analytic Study. Media Asia. (Scopus/SSCI, Q2, Routledge). Under review.
  • Yadav A., Pathak, S. Dressed to Kill: From Spectre to Screen: Trans Narratives Beyond the Binary in Hindi Cinema (2025). In Trans Narratives in South Asia: Decolonial Understandings of Transgender Lives. Palgrave Macmillan. Under review.
  • Singh, J., Pathak, S. & Mishra, S. (2025). Electing the Other: Reimagining the Political Hijra in Shabnam Mausi (2005). In The Handbook of Indian Trans Cinema. Bloomsbury Publication. Under review.

Conference, Seminar Paper and Presentations

  • Presented a paper titled as “Representations of Gender in Select Advertisements from the Electronic Media: A Study in Discourse Analysis” in the International Conference on Language, Literature and Folklore (ICOLLAF 2023) held at Cluster University, Jammu.
  • Presented a paper titled as “Discursive Strategies of Women's Use of Their Beauty and Body for Revenge: A Comparative Study of Classical and Contemporary Hindi Films” in the International Conference on Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies (ICCPE 2023) held at Chandigarh University, Chandigarh.
  • Presented a paper titled as “Transgressing Subaltern Voices: A Discursive Study of Language and Stigmatization of Sex Workers in Recent Bollywood Films” in the International Conference on Cultural Studies: Language, Literature and Media (2023) held at DAV PG College, Varanasi.
  • Presented a paper titled as “Framing Injustice: Representation of Caste, Class, and Gender-Based Violence in Contemporary Indian Films” in the International Conference on Digital Humanities and AI: Intersections, Innovations and Implications (2025) held at IIT (ISM), Dhanbad.
  • Presented a paper titled as “The dark Side of Romance: Examining Toxic Masculinity and Gender Dynamics in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Hindi Films” in the International Conference on Embracing the Paradigm Shift: Navigating the Interdisciplinary Frontiers in Humanities & Social Science Research (2025) held at IIT Roorkee.
  • Presented a paper titled as “Profanity as a Tool of Female Sex Workers’ Emancipation in Contemporary Bollywood Movies: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analytic Study” in the Southeast Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (SEACAH 2026) held in Singapore.
  • Presented a paper titled as “The Discursive Construction of Resistance by Female Sex Workers in Contemporary Bollywood Movies” in the International Conference on Indian Cinema (2026) held at IIM Ranchi.
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