Dr. Muhammad Akbar Khan

Academic Position:

Professor

Teaching Interests:

Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Studies, English Language Teaching (ELT)

Fields of Research (FoR):

Pragmatics, Discourse studies, ELT, Literary Criticism

Keywords:

Pragmatics, Discourse studies, ELT, Literary Criticism

Faculty:

Faculty of Social Sciences

Contact Details:

Social Links

Student Advising Schedule:

Monday-Friday: 2 PM to 5 PM

BIOGRAPHY

With a wide background in academics (PhD in English, Linguistics) and experience that is more than 25 years including more than thirteen years of post-PhD, Dr. Khan is currently serving in the capacity of a full Professor in English Department, The University of Chenab, Gujrat, Pakistan. Previously, he served at The University of Sargodha, Lahore Campus, Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Preston University, Islamabad, Kinnaird College, Lahore, Imperial College, Lahore, University of Gujrat, Sialkot Campus etc. in the capacity of Associate Professor, Assistant Professor & Lecturer. Academically, he has been teaching courses related to meaning in language (Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis) along with various ELT courses (Functional English, Reading & writing skills, Communication skills etc.) and literary and critical theory. His research publications fall under diverse categories of ELT, discourse studies and literary theory in both national and international journals. During his career, Dr. Khan has also been working in managerial positions i.e. head of the department, convener research committee, patron of a society in the university, Director of Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Focal Person of Academic Excellence etc. He is also an active member of Linguistic Association of Pakistan (an official body of Pakistani linguists). He has also been the HEC Approved PhD Supervisor along with various HEC certifications like CALL (Computer assisted language learning, curriculum development and teaching methodologies etc.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

No. DesignationSchool/Institute/UniversityDuration
1.ProfessorThe University of Chenab, GujratSince 2024- Present
2.Associate ProfessorThe University of Chenab, Gujrat (Formerly The University of Lahore, Chenab Campus)2018-2024
3.Associate ProfessorThe University of Sargodha, Lahore Campus2016-2018
4.Assistant ProfessorLahore Leads University, Lahore2014-2016
5.Visiting PositionUniversity of Gujrat, Sialkot Campus2014-2015
6.Visiting PositionUniversity of Sargodha, MB Din Campus2014-2017
7.Visiting PositionKinnaird College, Lahore2014-2015
8.Visiting PositionImperial College University2015-2016
9Visting PositionPreston University, Islamabad2013-2014
10.Supervisor/Resource PersonAllama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad2009-2012
11.LecturerF.G. College, Islamabad2009-2014
12.LecturerGovt. Asghar Mall College, Rawalpindi2008-2009
13LecturerJinnah Islamia College of Commerce, Rawalpindi2008-2009
14.LecturerGovt. College Sheikhupura2007-2009
15.ELT Instructor/ Managing DirectorPakistan Academy2002-2007

MY QUALIFICATIONS

No. Degree / Program of Study NameAwarding Body/University/InstituteYear
1.PhD (English, Linguistics)National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad2013
2.MPhil (English, Linguistics)National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad2009
3.M.A. (English)The University of the Punjab2006
4.B.A. (bachelor’s in arts & Humanities)The University of the Punjab2001
5.Intermediate (Arts and Humanities)BISE, Lahore1999
6.Matriculation (Science group)BISE, Lahore1996

MY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: JOURNALS ARTICLES / BOOK CHAPTERS / PATENTS

No.Title of PaperJournal / Vol / Year
1Love And Tranquility: A Positive Discourse Analysis of Rahman Baba’s Selected PoetryQualitative Research Journal for Social Studies, 2(III), 2025
2Intersubjective Failure and Quest for Mutual Recognition: A Psychoanalytic Study of This House of Clay and Water by Mansab and Americanah by NgoziContemporary Journal of Social Science Review, 3(IV), 2025
3A Critical Analysis of Power Dynamics in Bullying Discourse of the Film BullyJournal of Policy Research, 10(II), 2024
4SOCIO-POLITICAL UNDERPINNINGS IN INTIZAR’S HUSSAIN’S “BASTI”: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSISGlobal Political Review, IX(II), 2024
5Language and Power: A Critical Analysis of the Movie BraveInternational Journal of Islamic Studies & Culture, 4(II), 2024
6Violence and Gender: A Critical Analysis of Print Media Reporting’s of Noor Mukadam’s CaseGlobal Sociological Review (GSR), 9(II), 2024
7Gyno-Critical Study of Virginia Woolf’s Protagonist in To the Lighthouse: A Womanist PerspectivePakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, 3(III), 2024
8APPRAISAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ ROLE IN PAKISTANI COLLEGES FROM DIRECT INFLUENCE PERSPECTIVEInternational Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(II), 2024
9A Textual Analysis of The Seeker of Nothing by Kabir Munjal in the Perspective of The Hero’s Journey by Joseph CampbellHarf-o-Sukhan, 8(1), 2024
10Female Objectification in Anglophone Literature: A Critical Feminist Analysis of The Pakistani Bride by Bapsi SidhwaAl-Aijaz Research Journal of Islamic Studies & Humanities, VIII(I), 2024
11TRAUMA AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS: A PSYCHODYNAMIC STUDY OF THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES BY ALIF SHAFAKInternational Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(1), 2024
12Spiritual Development in 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif ShafakUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics & Literature, 8(1), 2024
13Dynamics of Fear: A Psychoanalytical and Cultural Study of Home Fire by Kamila ShamsiePakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, 3(1), 2024
14A Psychodynamic Study of The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesJahan-e-Tahqeeq, 7(1), 2024
15Psychological Strains in Concealed Identities: Evaluation of Racism in The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettInternational Research Journal of Management and Social Sciences, IV(4), 2023
16Role of Metalinguistic Domains in English Language Performance: A Study of Classroom PracticeJahan-e-Tahqeeq, 6(III), 2023
17Language, Power and Ideology: A Critical Analysis of Educational Slogans in PakistanJahan-e-Tahqeeq, 6(3), 2023
18Linguistic Manipulation in Pakistani Tea Commercials: A Critical Discourse StudyGlobal Digital & Print Media Review, VI(II), 2023
19A Critical Evaluation of Political Incorrectness in Pakistani Political DiscourseGlobal Language Review, VIII(II), 2023
20Language, Media and Ideology: A Critical Analysis of Pakistani Political PropagandaGlobal Sociological Review, VIII(II), 2023
21Narrative Building in Politics: A Critical Analysis of Imran Khan’s Selected DiscourseGlobal Social Sciences Review (GSSR), VIII(II), 2023
22Media’s Role in Women Empowerment: A Critical Evaluation of Pakistani Movie Aik Thei MariumGlobal Digital & Print Media Review, VI(I), 2023
23Author Cannot Die! A Critical Evaluation of Roland Barthes’ Essay The Death of the AuthorGlobal Education Studies Review, VIII(II), 2023
24Construction of Self: A Critical Analysis of Iqbal’s Selected PoetryHarf-o-Sukhan, VII(II), 2023
25Societal Afflictions and Economic Inequity: A Marxist Study of Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime WalkJournal of English Language, Literature and Education (JELLE), Vol.4(2), 2022
26Tragic Euphoria in Thomas Wyatt’s and Mirza Ghalib’s PoetryHarf-o-Sukhan, Vol.06(02), 2022
27Students’ Perception towards Topic Selection for Research Studies: A Case Study of BS English Students in LahorePalArch’s Journal of Archeology of Egypt/Egyptology, Vol.19(1), 2022
28A Structuralist Study of Barthes’ Codes in Hanif’s A Case of Exploding MangoesPalArch’s Journal of Archeology of Egypt/Egyptology, Vol.18, 2021
29Assimilation and Healing of War Trauma: A Study of Exit West by Mohsin HamidOeconomia Copernicana, Vol.12(4), 2021
30Schematic Move Structural Analysis of Theses Abstracts in Social SciencesTurkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJQI), Vol.12(3), 2021
31Black Lives Matter: Critical Analysis of McCarthy’s The Road (2006) in the Backdrop of George Floyd’s MurderResearch Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Review, Vol.2(2), 2021
32Ambiguity as Discursive Strategy: A Critical Analysis of Pakistani Political League’s Selected Discourse Regarding Covid-19Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.9(2), 2021
33Strategic Role of Pronominal Choices in Political Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Benazir Bhutto’s Daughter of the EastPsychology and Education, Vol.58(5), 2021
34Women can be Destroyed but not Defeated: Undefeatable Struggle of Sisters in Toni Morrison’s ParadisePakistan Social Sciences Review, Vol.5(3), 2021
35Impact of Authentic Material on ESL Learners’ Receptive Vocabulary SizeEuropean Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, Vol.9(1), 2020
36A Study on Urdu Speakers’ Use of English Stress Patterns: Phonological Variation from Native SpeakersElementary Education Online, Vol.19(4), 2020
37CDA of Balochistan Newspaper Headlines – A Study of Nawabs’ Stereotyped Ideological ConstructionsHanken, Vol.11(1), 2019
38Translingual Repertoires of Multilinguals in Academic Writing PracticesEuropean Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, Vol.8(4), 2019
39Subsistence of Patriarchal Social Orders through Musical Discourse: A Feminist Critical StudyKAROONJHAR, Vol.10, 2018
40Parallelism and Pronouns in Political Discourse as Rationalization DevicesInternational Research Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol.46, 2018
41A Critique of Narrative Teaching in Pakistani Universities in the Backdrop of Critical PedagogyBulletin of Education and Research, Vol.39, 2017
42Euphemized/Dysphemized Expressions as Power-shield: A Critique of Selected Political DiscourseThe Grassroots, Vol.51, 2017
43Sustenance of Patriarchal Social Orders: A Critique of the Discourse of Pakistani DramaJournal of Social Sciences, Vol.08, 2017
44Female Subalternity in Urdu Literature: A Feminist Critical Analysis of Umera Ahmed’s Meri Zaat Zara-e-BenishanMeyar, Vol.(18), 2017
45Ideological Discursivity in Pakistani Print Media Advertisements from CDA PerspectiveErevna: The Journal of Linguistics & Literature, Vol.1(1), 2017
46Fallacies as Identity Markers: A Critical Comparative Analysis of the Selected Political DiscourseSci. Int. (Lahore), Vol.28(02), 2016
47Pronominal Choices as Rationalization Tool: A Political Discourse Analysis of General Musharraf’s AutobiographySci. Int. (Lahore), Special Issue Vol.28, 2016
48Rationalized Rules: A Critical Metaphor Analysis of Selected Autobiographical Political DiscourseJournal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol.15, 2015

MY RESEARCH SUPERVISION:

Areas of Supervision Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse analysis, Literary & critical theory

Currently Supervising

Student NameResearch TopicAffiliation
Lubna SikanderLanguage, Ideology and Gender: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of The Empty Room by Sadia AbbasDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Tahleel MahmoodLove and Peace: A Positive Discourse Analysis of Rehman Baba’s Selected Translated PoetryDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Areej ArifSpirituality and Literature: A Comparative Study of Nietzsche’s Three Metamorphosis and the Brothers KaramazovDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Mahnoor AkhlaqLanguage, Gender and Violence: A Psot-structuralist Discourse Analysis of The Power by Naomi AldermanDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Zainab AkramFragmented Characters and Narration: A Postmodern Study of The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Sadia TabbassumIntersubjectivity and Mutual Recognition: A Psychoanalytic Study of This House of Clay and Water by Faiqa Mansab, Americanah by Ngozi, and The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Aiman AkhtarFragmentation in Plot: A Postmodern Reading of River of Fire by Qurratulain HyderDepartment of English, The University of Chenab

Completions

Student NameResearch TopicAffiliation
Afeef TahirAnalyzing the Impact of Supervisory Feedback on the Thesis Writing Ability of Undergraduate Students in PakistanGift University, Gujranwala
Rizwan Ullah EjazTMTBLT and Second Language Learning: Pakistani Undergraduate Students’ PerspectivesGift University, Gujranwala
Uzma KayaniA Positive Discourse Analysis of Manto as PostmodernistFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore Leads University, Lahore.
Muhammad RamzanDiscursive Ideologies in Pakistani Print Media Advertisements from CDA ViewpointFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore Leads University, Lahore.
Zahira AshrafDiscourse Strategies: A Critical Analysis of PM Sharif’s SpeechesFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore Leads University, Lahore.
Maimnat AlamAmbiguities as Discursive Strategies: A Critical Analysis of Pakistani Media DiscourseFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore Leads University, Lahore.
Shazia Riaz DarSustenance of Males Hegemony: A Critical Analysis of Ahmed’s NovelsFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore Leads University, Lahore.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore Leads University, Lahore.
Sharaz AkhtarConflict and Humour: A Textual Analysis of The Domestic Crusaders by Wajahat AliDepartment of English, The University of Chenab
Syed Rizwan AliBarthes’ Codes and Narrative Development: A Structural Analysis of A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Muhammad HanifThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Saima KhanBapsi Sidwa: A Marxist Voice in Anglophone LiteratureThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Sumaira MirGynocide is Ecocide: An Ecofeminist Reading of Ice Candy Man by Bapsi SidwaThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Mahmood AhmadSexuality and Death of Desire: A Psychoanalytical Study of Tennessee Williams’ Selected PlaysThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Safa MirA Comparative study of the traumatic neuroses of war in Sorraya Khan’s Noor and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit WestThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Rubab LailaThe World of Nothingness: A Study of Existentialism in Adultery by Paulo Coelho and Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi CottrellThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Muhammad Abdul QayyumSchematic Move Structural Analysis of the Theses of MPhil in Social SciencesThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Wasim AzamDeconstructing Hanif Kureishi: Indeterminate meaning in The Buddha of Suburbia and The Black AlbumThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Hafiz Kaleem- UllahA comparative study of Unhomeliness in Lessing’s The Grass is Singing and Roy’s The God of Small Things from the Post-colonial perspectiveThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Iqra AzizTragic Wisdom in Verse: A Thematic Analysis of Selected Poetry of Mirza Ghalib and Thomas WyattThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Samra AshfaqDigital Classroom Discourses in Pakistan: A Descriptive StudyThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Esha Naseem UllahChild Fantasy: A Tolkienian Reading of Peter Pan by James M. BarrieThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Zainab AkhtarThe Speech Act Analysis of Politeness Strategies in the Urdu Movie BolThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Asad RiazMoth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid: A Junction of Freud and MarxThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Muhammad AhmadContinuity or Change: A Comparative study of Mario Puzo’s Godfather and its Screen AdaptationThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Haider AliA Feminist Study of The Black is my Robe by Shahid NadeemThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Aneesa AsgharA Spiritualist Study of Santiago of Paulo Coelho’s AlchemistThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Muhammad QasimOneness of Love: A Structuralist Study of The Forty Rules of Love by Alif ShafakThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Muhammad Kashif AliSelf-realization as a Process: A Critical Analysis of Paulo Coelho’s Eleven MinutesThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat
Sana KanwalHedges as Discursive Strategies: A Critical Analysis of Imran Khan’s UN SpeechThe Department of English Language & Literature, The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat

MY TEACHINGS:

Course Information (Name/Code)Year TaughtProgram (BS/MS/PhD)University /Institute
Pragmatics & SemanticsFall-19MPhilThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Contemporary Literary TheoryFall-19MPhilThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Discourse AnalysisSP-2020MPhilThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Research MethodologySP-2020MPhilThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Research Methodology in LinguisticsFall-2020BS EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Research MethodsFall-2020MA EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
SemanticsSP-2021BS EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Discourse AnalysisFall-2021BS EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Research Methodology in LiteratureFall-2021BS EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
Research Methodology in LiteratureSpring-2022BS EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus
SemanticsSpring-2022BS EnglishThe University of Lahore, Chenab Campus