1.    English Faculty at Siddique Public School - Rawalpindi, Pakistan                              from 02/2011 to 08/2013

2.     English Teacher/Coordinator at International School, Sharjah from 11/2014-28/2018

3.     Visiting faculty at Air University, Islamabad from 06.09.2018 - 10.09.2020

4.     National University of Modern Languages from 15.09.2020 - till date

1. Zahra, S. M., Mehdi, M., & Bibi, R. (2023). Effect of English for Specific Purposes programme on professional growth of Pakistani graduates working abroad: A survey study. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 1(3), 345-371. https://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/22

2. Zahra, K., Mehdi, M., Zahra, S. M., & Mehdi, A. (2023). An exploration of code-switching in Umera Ahmad’s Peer e Kamil (PBUH): A sociolinguistic perspective. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 10(1), 370-382. https://pjsel.jehanf.com/index.php/journal/article/view/1326

3. Bibi, R., Sarfraz, A., & Zahra, S. M. (2023). Exercise of power-stretches and ideology: A critical discourse analysis of Imran Khan’s speech on freedom of media and corruption. Panacea Journal of Linguistics & Literature, 2(2), 302-316. https://doi.org/10.59075/pjll.v2i2.331

4. Zahra, S. M., Mehdi, M., & Mehdi, A. (2024). The social media landscape: A multimodal discourse analysis of representations of women characters. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 2(2), 641-671. https://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/122

5. Ejaz, M., Ahmad, M., & Zahra, S. M. (2024). Understanding feminist rhetoric: A socio-cognitive study of Women’s March slogans. Pakistan Research Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2).  

1. Gender Studies
2. ELT
3. Semantics/Pragmatics
4. Sociolinguistics 
5. Psycholinguistic 

Education

PhD in Linguistics (In progress). 

2017 MPhil in English Linguistics

Thesis/Dissertation Topic: The Efficacy of inductive as compared to Eclectic approach to teaching English grammar at Primary level.

Experience

1.    English Faculty at Siddique Public School - Rawalpindi, Pakistan                              from 02/2011 to 08/2013

2.     English Teacher/Coordinator at International School, Sharjah from 11/2014-28/2018

3.     Visiting faculty at Air University, Islamabad from 06.09.2018 - 10.09.2020

4.     National University of Modern Languages from 15.09.2020 - till date

Publications

1. Zahra, S. M., Mehdi, M., & Bibi, R. (2023). Effect of English for Specific Purposes programme on professional growth of Pakistani graduates working abroad: A survey study. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 1(3), 345-371. https://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/22

2. Zahra, K., Mehdi, M., Zahra, S. M., & Mehdi, A. (2023). An exploration of code-switching in Umera Ahmad’s Peer e Kamil (PBUH): A sociolinguistic perspective. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 10(1), 370-382. https://pjsel.jehanf.com/index.php/journal/article/view/1326

3. Bibi, R., Sarfraz, A., & Zahra, S. M. (2023). Exercise of power-stretches and ideology: A critical discourse analysis of Imran Khan’s speech on freedom of media and corruption. Panacea Journal of Linguistics & Literature, 2(2), 302-316. https://doi.org/10.59075/pjll.v2i2.331

4. Zahra, S. M., Mehdi, M., & Mehdi, A. (2024). The social media landscape: A multimodal discourse analysis of representations of women characters. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 2(2), 641-671. https://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/122

5. Ejaz, M., Ahmad, M., & Zahra, S. M. (2024). Understanding feminist rhetoric: A socio-cognitive study of Women’s March slogans. Pakistan Research Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2).  

Interests

1. Gender Studies
2. ELT
3. Semantics/Pragmatics
4. Sociolinguistics 
5. Psycholinguistic