Maneesha Wijesundara

• Tutor for English and Cultural Studies undergraduate courses
• Concepts of Culture - second-year undergraduate course (Winter 2023) -
• Writing tutor for undergraduates in the English and Cultural Studies Department (Winter 2023)
• Introduction to Cultural Studies - first Year undergraduate course (Summer 2023)
• Topics in Visual Culture - second year undergraduate course (Fall 2023)
• Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.

• Copy-editing of a research paper for a SAGE Labour Studies Journal submission 2023
• Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis.

• Collaborated with faculty and staff to create meaningful learning experiences.
• Teaching literature courses for the Diploma in English and English Language Teaching and setting of assignments and delivering seminars on English literature for Advanced Level students as examination support
• Member of the language editorial panel for the International Open University Research Sessions 2022 (IOURS).

• Studied objectives, promotional policies or needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies influencing public opinion or promoting ideas to design programs and proposals.
• Coordinated and directed public relations activities to align with corporate strategic goals.
• Wrote content for press releases, website and social media campaigns.
• Represented company at multiple public forums and conferences.

• Moderated for Hashtag Generation’s event titled “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative” to mark the Global Media and Information Literacy Week in October 2022
• Module development on fundraising, proposal writing and grant seeking (2022)
• Presented on monitoring hate speech on print and social media for a discourse of counter-narratives for the regional meeting by the Minority Rights Group (MRG), Europe

• Teaching the external degree students, the foundation courses in English
• Training them in the prescribed four components of second language learning; Writing, Speaking, Listening and Reading

Teaching English as a second language

Preparing lesson plans

Coordinating and administrative work as a class teacher