Jibu George

Professor of English literature at a central university with 23 years of teaching and research experience, Jibu Mathew George holds PhD in English literature (James Joyce), master’s degrees in English, philosophy and religion, applied psychology, and political science, an advanced diploma in German, a senior diploma in French, and an intermediate diploma in Latin. He is an internationally published and extensively cited author of 3 books, 24 journal articles, and 14 book chapters; and co-author of an encyclopedia article. He has edited 4 multi-author volumes and served as coordinating editor of an academic journal for 12 years.

With subject expertise and research publications in anthropology, history, international relations, literary and cultural studies, mythology and folklore studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, and theology, and freelance editing experience of 14 years, he is skilled in peer review, copyediting, line editing, and substantive editing of academic work in 12 disciplines, non-fiction book manuscripts in 11 genres, business documents, and web content. He has 13+ years of experience in transcribing educational audio-visual modules, lectures, podcasts, multi-speaker interviews, and webinars, and editing as well as translating the transcripts for publication. He has also been working since December 2024 as AI content writer cum response evaluator, prompt writer, data annotator, text-to-speech validator, and search engine evaluator on freelance basis.

Professor, Department of English Literature - The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) - Hyderabad, India

(2021)

• Design and teach advanced courses at doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s levels.
• Currently supervise 9 PhDs.
• Have guided 69 master’s theses.
• Conduct workshops on research methodology and academic writing.
• Serve as subject expert on faculty selection committees and as resource person on teacher training programmes.
• As Director, Centre for Translation and Interpretation, EFLU, coordinate professional translation, interpretation, and subtitling services offered to a diverse clientele, maintaining confidentiality where required.
• As principal investigator of the inter-institutional research cluster Integrative Humanities, lead a team of 6 faculty researchers and 3 PhD participants working on the project Was the World Ever “Enchanted”? A Meta-Inquiry into the Ontology of Religious Ideas.

Assistant Professor, Department of Indian and World Literatures - The English and Foreign Languages University - Hyderabad, India

(2009 - 2021)

• Designed and taught courses at doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s levels.
• 8 PhDs and 3 MPhils awarded under supervision; co-supervised 2 PhDs; guided 71 master’s theses.
• Delivered 57 invited lectures.
• Presented research papers in literature, psychology, and philosophy at conferences held in Caen, Davis, Lisbon, London, and Shetland.
• Functioned as editor and content writer of self-instructional materials for master’s programmes in the open learning mode.
• Scripted and produced educational audio-visual modules for Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) and edited the transcripts for use by faculty and students countrywide.

Lecturer, Department of English Literature - The English and Foreign Languages University - Hyderabad, India

(2008-08 - 2008-11)

• Designed and taught courses at MPhil, master’s, and bachelor’s levels.
• Presented research papers in literature at Dresden and Zürich.

Junior Lecturer - Trinity Junior College - Karimnagar, India

(2002 - 2004)

• Taught English and Civics at intermediate level.

Coordinating Editor - English and Foreign Languages Journal (official journal of EFLU)

(2012 - 2024)

• Published CfPs, coordinated the work of domain editors, arranged double-blind peer reviews, personally reviewed submissions and provided feedback to 200+ authors, and led the publication process.
• Trained 15 editorial assistants in editing, proofreading, and publishing.
• Transcribed expert lectures, podcasts, multi-speaker interviews, and webinars, and edited as well as translated the transcripts for publication.

Freelance Editor - Self-Employed - Hyderabad, India

(2012)

• Edit academic work (humanities and social sciences): doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, journal articles, research papers, college assignments, project reports, scholarly book manuscripts, conference proceedings and concept notes, and course materials, to improve readability and impact.
• Engage in substantive editing of business documents and web materials that need rewriting and reorganization of content.
• Format references to conform to requirements of MLA (9th ed.), Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.), and APA (7th ed.).
• Have edited academic documents by senior academics and emerging scholars, native speakers and ESL clients, from Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, the UK, the USA, and Yemen.
• Edit and proofread manuscripts of non-fiction books: history, politics, religion, culture, biography, management, memoir, self-help, psychology, travel, and current affairs.
• Provide clients with concrete and constructive suggestions to enhance clarity, coherence, and consistency of content.
• Cater to the needs of ESL clients, based on 22 years of familiarity with common ESL errors and the nature of required feedback.

Subject Matter Expert, AI Content Writer cum Response Evaluator, Data Annotator, QC Reviewer, and Search Quality Rater - Mercor, Micro1, Ethos, Xlairs, Turing, Uber AI Solutions, Alignerr, Snorkel AI, Acolad, SuperAnnotate, Innodata, Invisible, and RWS - Freelance–Remote

(2024-12)

• With subject matter expertise in English language and literature, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, mythology and folklore studies, cultural studies, political science, international relations, history, philosophy, theology, management, and psychology, create, evaluate, refine, and edit complex humanities- and general content for AI training (English and Malayalam).
• Annotate data (text, image, audio, and video; English and Malayalam).
• Validate text converted to speech (English and Malayalam).
• Evaluate quality of web search results (text, image, audio, and video; English and Malayalam).
• With a fellowship, successfully completed Mercor Rubric Academy training on writing complex prompts, golden responses, and rubric criteria.
• Served in QA teams and project-specific Steering Committees and Focused Discussion Groups.

PhD - English Literature

• James Joyce Studies - The English and Foreign Languages University (2004 - 2009)

MSc - Applied Psychology

• Specialization in Psychopathology and Psychotherapeutics - Annamalai University (2011 - 2013)

MA - Philosophy and Religion

• Specialization in Epistemology and Metaphysics - Madurai Kamaraj University (2009 - 2011)

MA - English

• Specialization in Linguistics and Literature - Madurai Kamaraj University (2000 - 2002)

MA - Political Science

• Specialization in International Relations - Karnataka State Open University (1998 - 2000)