Dr. Glenis Mendonca

• Name- Dr. Glenis Maria Mendonca
• Designation- Associate Professor
• Department - English
• Type of Appointment - Regular
• Educational Qualifications- MA (English), Phd (English)
• Years of Experience- 25 years
• Email ID- glenismendonca@carmelcollegegoa.org
• Any other relevant information such as:

1. Selected Research Publications and Academic Contributions

• Mendonca, Glenis. “The Pulitzer Trio: Revisiting the works of Maya Angelou. Toni Morrison and Alice Walker”. Ruminations- St. Andrew’s College. ISSN-2249-9059. 2015.

  https://standrewscollege.ac.in#

  Mendonca, Glenis M. The Rose Blooms: A Study of Alfred Rose’s Lyrics. Dalgado Konknni Akademi. 2022. ISBN 9788195802302 (Individual Book listed in official Goa government publication records).

  https://amazon.in

  Mendonca, Glenis. “Exploring Feminism in Mahabaleshwar Sail’s Kali Ganga.” Indian Literature –Sahitya Akademi’s Bimonthly Journal. March-April 2022. 113-125. ISSN 0019580-4. Print. (UGC Care Listed Journal).

  Mendonca, Glenis. “Transcreating the Bard: A Case Study of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Hindu Celluloid”. Translation Today. Vol 16:1. National Translation Mission. September 2022. (UGC Care Listed Journal, online)

  https://ntm.org.in

  Mendonca, Glenis. “Agnipariksha”, “Svayamvara”. Traversing Indian Mythos Through Poesy. Notion Press. 2022. ISBN 9798887499444 (Poetry)

  Mendonca, Glenis. “The Bee”, “The Endemic Pandemic”, “Yours Faith-fully”. Viral Verse- A Lockdown Anthology. Margao Book Club. 2022. ISBN 9789356200609 (Poetry)

  Mendonca, Glenis.“Exploring Tibetaness and Protest in Tenzig Tsudue’s Kora”, VidhyaVarta.Proceedings of One Day National Level Seminar on Indian Literature in Transition. ISSN 23199318. Pp.11-13.

  Mendonca. Glenis. “Festivals of Goa: Blending Tradition with Modernity to foster Continuity”. Tradition, Continuity & Change: Goan Society in Transition(s). Ed. Nina Caldeira. Broadway Publishing House. 2023. (Chapter in a book)

  Mendonca, Glenis. M. [Review of the book A Foundational Contribution to Translation Studies a Review of Mustapha Taibi’s Translation and Community, by Glenis Maria Mendonça]. Translation Today, 19(1). 24-29. DOI: 10.46623/tt/2025.19.1.br4

  https://ntm.org.in

  Most recent translation:

  Mendonca, Glenis M, (Trans.) “Dumingo’s Fields” by Menino Almeida. The Brave New World of Goan Writing and Art 2025. Ed. Selma Carvalho. Cinnamon Teal. 2025. ISBN-9789393984494. (Book was released on 9/11/25)

  Other publications:

• A research paper entitled “From Text to Celluloid: A Study of Select Transcreations of Children’s Texts into Films” was published in The Atlantic Literary Review (Volume 18, No 2, April-June 2017). This Quarterly Journal is peer reviewed and bears ISSN 0972-3269. This is a UGC approved Journal bearing number 46941.

  A research paper entitled “Goa through the Prism of Contemporary Travel Blogs” was published in a book GOA Through the Traveller’s Lens edited by Nina Caldeira. The book bears ISBN 978-81-924236 and is published by Goa 1556

  A research paper entitled “Subversive Subalternity: Ethos and Mythos in Sail’s Select Fiction” was published in a book “PROBING PERSPECTIVES: A Critical Study of Mahabaleshwar Sail’s Fiction” edited by Kiran Budkuley. The book bears ISBN 978-81-934456-0-0 and is published by Institue Menezes Braganza.

  A translated story titled “Lizard” was published in an e-journal –Joao Roque Literary Journal. The story by Jaimala Danait is originally in Konkani and is translated into English. https://squarespace.com

  Mendonca, Glenis. “Tracing the Aroma of Food in Konkani Novels in English Translation”. Kruti3.2, July 2021. pp51-56.

  Book-review of Viral Verse: A Lockdown Anthology published in Joao Roque Literary Journal

  https://joaoroqueliteraryjournal.com

  Publication of article in The Goan Review

  https://fliphtml5.com.

  Mendonca, Glenis. “Exploring the Vicissitudes of the Pandemic Times through Viral Verse: A Lockdown Anthology” Contemporary Anxieties and the Common Man: Life During and After Covid Eds. Duggappa M.C. and Naveena V. pp.102-110. Suvvi Publications. 2023. ISBN 978-81-958711-4-8. (Chapter in a Book)

• Mendonca, Glenis. “Ecocritical Perspectives in Goa Short Stories”. Contemporary Discourses: Ecology, Gender and Literature of Protest. Ed. M. Shanti. Pp.24-35. Urate Publications. 2023. ISBN 978-93-94600-02-7 (Chapter in a Book)

  Glenis Maria MENDONÇA. "Somdev Chatterjee. Why Stories Work—The Evolutionary and Cognitive Roots of the Power of Narrative". in esse: English Studies in Albania 1:96-102. https://ceeol.com (Publication of review article in a Scopus indexed journal)

• Doctoral Thesis-- Konkani Fiction in English Translation: A Critical Study
  University: Goa University.
  https://unigoa.ac.in

AWARDS- Awarded the Valerio Carvalho Puroskar of the Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendra of the year 2024

Was featured in Herald Café on May 16, 2025 as a Professor who is also actively into promoting Goan culture and music

https://heraldgoa.in

Orcid ID https://orcid.org

Presently, Dr. Mendonça is the Executive Committee member of Dalgado Konknni Akademi and is a part of several activities in the promotion of Konkani language and literature. She is passionate about singing, Goan music, theatre and translates from Konkani into English. She also serves as a news anchor in Konkani for Goa Doordarshan. https://google.com