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Ms. Nausheen Saba Siraj

Full Time Faculty
Senior Lecturer 

M.Ed. in TESOL, University of Sydney, Australia
B.A. in English Language & TESOL, NSU, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
 

General Information -
Office Hour:
Room: NAC 946
Telephone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 2016
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Email: [email protected]

 Curriculum Vitae
About

Ms. Nausheen Saba Siraj is a senior lecturer, who is currently working in the department of English and Modern Languages at North South University. She has been teaching in NSU since 2011 and had been promoted to the rank of senior lecturer in 2019. Prior to working in NSU, Ms. Siraj also taught English to BSc. in Nursing students in the Bangladesh army owned Armed Forces Medical Institute. She had also been involved with conducting teacher training sessions in BAF Shaheen College, Tejgaon, Dhaka, OGSB Hospital's BSc. in Nursing Institute, and also attended as an expert in a Save the Children’s project.

Ms. Siraj did her BA in English from North South University and graduated with Magna Cum Laude in 2008. Following that, she did her M.Ed. in TESOL from the University of Sydney, Australia and graduated with Merit in 2010. She has been actively teaching English composition, English language history, research methodology, and public speaking in NSU. Aside from teaching, she is also active in research and her notable publications include a co-authored journal article in the Journal of Education2 and a recent co-authored book chapter published by IGI Global1. She peer reviewed journal articles for the Journal of Education. Currently, she is involved as a co-investigator in a research project that has been granted the prestigious institution owned CTRG research grant. Apart from academic contributions, Ms. Siraj has also been contributing to the institution coordinating the various composition courses and leading organizing committees in international conferences and departmental events, such as Language League.

Selected Publications

 

  1. Conference proceedings: Pervin, N., Siraj, N. S., & Nahar, A. (2026). Women's leadership and the transformation of private universities: A narrative inquiry of five academic leaders. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation, Excellence and Quality for Transformation in Higher Education 2026 (THE 2026) (p. 277). Independent University, Bangladesh.
  2. Book Chapter: Pervin, N. & Siraj, N. S. (2023). Introducing the Process Writing Approach of an Overcrowded EFL Classroom at a University in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study. In A. Garcés-Manzanera & M. Carilo García (Eds.), New Approaches to the Investigation of Language Teaching and Literature (pp. 101-122). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6020-7
  3. Journal Article: Pervin, Nasrin & Siraj, N. S. (2019). How Social Dynamics Influence a Developing Country’s Language Planning and Policy. Journal of Education, 200 (2), 104-110. 002205741987739. 10.1177/0022057419877396.

  4. Conference presentation: Presented a co-authored paper titled “ Women's leadership and the transformation of private universities: A narrative inquiry of five academic leaders.” at the International Conference on Innovation, Excellence and Quality for Transformation in Higher Education, 2026 (THE 2026) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). The conference was held in IUB, Bangladesh on June 12-13, 2026.

  5. Conference presentation: Presented a co-authored paper titled “How society influences the position of a foreign language in deciding a country's language planning and policy” at the “Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL) organized by Center for Pedagogy, IUB. The conference was held in IUB, Bangladesh on 28th June, 2018.

  6. Conference presentation: Presented a co-authored paper titled “Introducing Multiple-Draft Assignments in the Monolingual Classroom” at “Rethinking Disciplinary Diversity: Challenges of Teaching English in the 21st Century” A Two-Day International Conference on English Language and Literature held in BRAC University, Bangladesh on November 15th and 16th, 2018.

  7. Pre-conference seminar presentation: Presented a co-authored work in pre-conference seminar at NSU titled “Collective forgetting of linguistic minorities in national identity construction in Bangladeshi language policies”. The main author has presented the paper in 2024 AAAL conference, Boston, USA.

Awards & Honors
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Educational Qualifications

M.Ed in TESOL from University of Sydney, Australia
BA in English from North South University, Bangladesh

Academic Experience

Full time senior lecturer at NSU, Bangladesh from July 2018

Full time lecturer at NSU, Bangladesh from September 2011

Part time lecturer at NSU, Bangladesh from January 2011-August 2011

Part time lecturer at AFMI, Bangladesh from January 2011-August 2011

Corporate Experience
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Courses

ENG 102 (Introductory Composition)
ENG 103 (Intermediate Composition)
ENG 105 (Advanced Composition)                                                                                                                                        ENG 111 (Introduction to Public Speaking)
ENG 212 (History of English Language)                                                                                                                                ENG 450 (Teaching Techniques

Membership and professional Activites
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Research Interests

Education Policy, Materials Development, Composition & Grammar