Shema Abraham
Shema Abraham
Faculty
Qualification(s)
- MSc Applied Psychology-Calicut University (2014)
- MA Sociology IGNOU(2023)
- Junior Research Fellowship(JRF) in Psychology(2017)
- NET-Sociology(2023)
Specialization
- Assistant professor (contract) -Government Arts And Science College, Nadapuram, Kozhikode, Kerala(June 2018-June 2019)
- Guest faculty for psychology, The Centre for Professional and Advanced Studies (CPAS), Kottayam, Kerala
- Assistant professor (contract) -Government Arts And Science College Mankada, Malappuram, Kerala July 2016 -March 2017
- Assistant professor (contract) Government Arts And Science College, Tavanur, Malappuram July 2015-March 2016
Publications
- Abraham, S., & Ranganathan, S. (2023). Review of Being Single in India: Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility by Sarah Lamb. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 54(4), 503-505.
- Abraham, S., & Ranganathan, S. (2022). Voicing the Unspeakable: Exploring Non-normative Narratives About Motherhood. Indian Journal of Human Development, 16(1), 179–181.
- Abraham, S. (2024). Book review: A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam’s Age of Anxiety by Allen L. Tran. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. [Manuscript accepted for publication].
Conference Presentations
- Presented a paper titled "I Don't Have the Privilege to Express Myself: Narratives of Epistemic Injustice and Self-Silencing by Single Mothers in Kerala" at the Decolonial Praxis Conference: Pedagogy, Research, and Scholarship, conducted by Arden University, U.K. (Hybrid mode), 2024.
- Presented a paper titled "Lived Experiences of Divorced/Separated Single Mothers in Kerala" at the Subalterns in South Asia IASAS Conference held at KIIT Bhubaneswar.
- Presented a paper titled "Challenges in the Pursuit of Belonging: Single Mothers' Narratives About Their Pre-Separation/Divorce Phase" at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Social Science and Humanities (ICIRSSH-2024), hosted by Chandigarh University.
- Received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Social Science and Humanities, Chandigarh University, 2024.
MOOC Certificates
- Feminism and social justice (University of California, Santa Cruz, Coursera)
- The social context of mental health and illness(University of Toronto, Coursera)
- Schizophrenia (Wesleyan university, coursera)
Workshops Attended
- Attended a 10 days research methodology workshop sponsored by ICSSR and conducted by NIT Bhopal
Academic Activities
- Co-convenered a two day national seminar titled “Dynamics of Indian Society:A Psychological Exploration” conducted by Department of Psychology, GASC Nadapuram in association with Directorate Of Collegiate Education Kerala.