Dr. Jyoti Sharma

Description

Dr. Jyoti Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Department of German Studies, BHU. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2015 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Since September 2015 she has served as Assistant Professor in the Department of German Studies at Banaras Hindu University, where she teaches German linguistics, literature, didactics, translation and intercultural communication. She was Guest-Faculty at JNU (2006-2015), language instructor at the Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi (2009-2015), and German-language consultant for Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (2012-2013). Her research centres on sociolinguistics, youth language practices, intercultural communication, translation studies, and German as a Foreign Language (DaF). She is currently Principal Investigator on an ICSSR-funded major research project (2024-26) titled “A transdisciplinary exploration of gendered youth slang and informal communication patterns in university campuses: A comparative study of EFLU and BHU”.