Faculty Profile

Dr Priya Avais

Assistant Professor

School of Liberal Arts

Department of Linguistics and Communications

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I have worked at Kinnaird College for Women from 2002 till 2019 and I resigned as an Assistant professor in August 2019 in order to peruse my PhD from the University of Management and technology Lahore. I was appointed as the Head of Applied Linguistics Department at Kinnaird from 2010 till 2019. My biggest achievement is being part of the committee for launching the BS linguistics program at Kinnaird College. During my tenure at KC I worked for the Najum-ud-Din Dramatics society, Program for Women’s Improvement, PWI center, Charity and Discipline committee. In 2017 I initiated and got an MOU signed between Kinnaird and the University of Ljubljana Slovenia. In addition to my permanent work status at KC, I have also worked at Imperial College Lahore, National University FAST Lahore, Beacon House National University Lahore and the University of Central Punjab and The University of Punjab as an adjunct faculty. Currently I have also worked part time for a UNDP funded NGO, Himmat from 200

  • SLA, ELT, CDA, MULTILINGUALISM
Name of Organization Designation Start Date End Date
UMT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 29-07-2021 31-08-2026
KCWU ASSISANT PROFESSOR 08-02-2004 20-02-2019
Publication Type Title Journal Name Impact Factor Year of Publication
Publications in indexed/HEC recognized/UMT recognized journals/Case Study (published in recognized in journals) • Khalid, A., Anwar, P., & Khan, A. A. (2025). A Sociolinguistics study of Urdu-Hindi Lexical Borrowings in English from Perspectives of Language Contact. Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 6(1), 447-461. https://doi.org/10.55737/qjssh.vi-i.25399 • Sultana, S., Khan,A.A, & Anwar,P. Green Blushing and Cause Marketing in PakistaniFashion Advertising Discourse on Instagram Wah Academia Journal of Social SciencesVolume 3, Issue 2, Dec 2024, pp. 472-485waid: 14.5127/wahacademia322724ISSN – E 2958-8731 P 2958-8723 3.000 2025
Degree Name & Area Year University City,Country
PhD Applied Linguistics UMT, Lahore Pakistan
MS Applied Linguistics UMT, Lahore Pakistan
Position Start Date End Date
Academic Head for PhD program at UMT 20-03-2021 Present
• Currently working at UMT Lahore as an assistant professor and advisor PhD programs. • March 2020- June 20-08-2020 Present
  • • Media watch co-coordinator for Himmat society a UNDP-funded National organization for the task: the positive portrayal of women in the media 2002-2006.
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