Sebastian Thejus Cherian | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Sebastian Thejus Cherian

Assistant Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for French and Francophone Studies,

School of Language Literature and Culture Studies

Room No

384

Off. Phone

011-26704647

stcherian@mail.jnu.ac.in

Personal Webpage

http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

M.A. (French), M.Phil.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Film Studies, Sub-Sharan African Literature and Cinema, Linguistics & Didactics

Experience

Lecturer in French at National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune, from 2000-2004;
Lecturer in French at Bharathidasan Govt College for Women, Govt. of Pondicherry from 2004-2006;
Total of 16 Years of teaching experience

Awards & Honours

UGC Junior Research Fellowship 1997

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Coordinator of GIAN course (Introduction to Francophone Sub Saharan Cultural Production) organized in JNU (May 2016) by Prof Sada Niang, University of Victoria, Canada

Collaborated with Dublin City University in the 2012 Pocket Cinema Project, to integrate short film making using smartphones in the Foreign Language classroom

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

(Co-author) Loftus M., Tiernan P., Cherian S. (2014) "Students' readiness to move from consumers to producers of digital video content: A cross-cultural analysis of Irish and Indian Students", Education and Information Technologies 19 (3): 569-582, Springer US