Farhana Shahzad is a Teaching Fellow in the English Department at the Mushtaq Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She has an MSc in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching from the University of Oxford. She has a keen interest in sociolinguistics particularly, corpus linguistics. For her dissertation at the University of Oxford, she researched on Critical Discourse Analysis of Ethnic and Religious Minority Representation in Newspapers in Pakistan. Her research interests also expand toward World Englishes and researches in the domain of English as a Lingua Franca and is currently researching on “Perceptions of students about accentedness and comprehensibility of English Variants”.

Shahzad, F. (2024). Critical Discourse Analysis of ethnic and religious minority representation in newspapers in Pakistan. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.26067

Shahzad, F. (2025). Ethical AI Use: Understanding Perception of Learning Outcomes and Equity. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.24203/jcv4gx50

Shahzad, F. (2022). An essay on investigating factors influencing comprehensibility of world Englishes by critically evaluating studies in the domain. British Journal of Arts and Humanities,4(3) 72-78. https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.022072078

Shahzad F., and Qayyum I. (2024). Impact of a thematic writing and communication course on students perception of world Englishes, British Journal of Arts and Humanities, 6(4), 229-242. https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.024022900242

Shahzad, F. (2018). Promotion of Gender Stereotypes through the English Curriculum: Detection of Biases and their Repercussions. Proposals for Reinvention of Gender Fair Content. SPS. Scholars Press. Amazon

Shahzad, F. (2024, August 22). Celebrating accentedness. The Nation. https://www.nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2024/celebrating-accentedness

Shahzad, F. (2024, September 26). How the hidden curriculum in English textbooks shapes minds. The Express Tribune. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2498469/how-the-hidden-curriculum-in-english-textbooks-shapes-minds

Shahzad, F. (2024, August 17). Breaking chains. The Nation. https://www.nation.com.pk/17-Aug-2024/breaking-chains

Shahzad, F. (2017, October 17). Colonial impact on our mindsets. The Express Tribune. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1533047/colonial-impact-mindsets

Shahzad, F. (2017, June 22). Reinventing a gender fair curriculum. The Express Tribune. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1442346/reinventing-gender-fair-curriculum

Shahzad, F. (2017, December 13). Nature or nurture -- creating gender stereotypes. The Express Tribune. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1582416/6-nature-nurture-creating-gender-stereotypes