Projnya Mojumdar is a lecturer and researcher whose work focuses on building theoretical frameworks to address bias in language education. Her primary contribution is the Critical Extension Framework (CEF), a new model for equitable ESL writing assessment that separates a student’s language proficiency from their culturally specific rhetorical style.

M. Phil (Fellow); MA in English Language Teaching (ELT); MA in English; BA (Honours) in English, University of Chittagong.

Developed the Critical Extension Framework (CEF), a theoretical model for ESL writing assessment that separates rhetorical style from linguistic competence to ensure equitable evaluation across culturally diverse learner populations.
Created diagnostic assessment instruments to assess undergraduate students’ proficiency levels
Coordinated undergraduate research poster exhibitions (50+ student participants), fostering early-stage research competencies

Applied Linguistics

ESL Assessment

Cognitive Linguistics

Postcolonial Theory

Critical Discourse Analysis

Second Language Acquisition

Equitable Pedagogy

Language Teaching

Executed a groundbreaking community project aimed at addressing gender bias during a fellowship with a prominent multinational NGO

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Published
• Mojumdar, P. (2026). The Critical Extension Framework Making organisational assumptions explicit in multilingual writing assessment. Language Testing in Asia, 16, Article 42. https//doi.org/10.1186/s40468-026-00458-0 (Springer Nature; Scopus Q1; Web of Science ESCI, Q1).

Under Review
• Mojumdar, P. (under review). Algorithmic epistemicide NLP systems, indigenous scripts, and the digital reproduction of colonial exclusion. Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress, Special Issue on Digital Marginalisation, AI Bias, and Cultural Representation in South Asia. [Abstract accepted; full manuscript under review.]
• Mojumdar, P. (under review). Unmasking digital colonialism Human infrastructure and application gaps among working engineering students in Bangladesh. Journal of Learning for Development.
• Mojumdar, P., & Chowdhury, F. Y. (under review). Navigating contradiction Critical thinking pedagogy, examination pressure, and extra-institutional stakes in Bangladeshi undergraduate ELT. RELC Journal.
• Mojumdar, P. (Under Review). The AI vulnerable zone A diagnostic account of generative AI use among working adult TESOL learners in Bangladesh. Manuscript prepared for submission to LEARN Journal Language Education and Acquisition Research Network.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• Mojumdar, P. (2026, July). How digital infrastructure renders the Chakma script invisible. Humanities Conference 2026, Asian University for Women, Chattogram.
• Mojumdar, P. (2026, May). CGPA as marriage-deferral currency Semester-level gendered negotiations among young women at a low-cost private university in Chittagong. International Conference on Adolescent and Young People's Wellbeing in Bangladesh, University of Chittagong.
• Mojumdar, P. (2026, April). Climate amnesia and river time Reading ecological memory in post-Partition Bengali flood literature. Concorde Literary, Linguistic and Sustainability Studies International Conference, Netrokona University.
• Mojumdar, P. (2026, January). Colonial logics of digital tools and the erasure of indigenous narratives in Bangladesh. National Conference on Critical Humanities, University of Chittagong.
• Mojumdar, P. (2026, January). Unmasking digital colonialism Human infrastructure as a blueprint for decolonising lifelong learning in Bangladesh. Planet LangLit 2026 International Conference, Green University of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Mojumdar, P. (2025, December). The AI-vulnerable zone Supporting working adult TESOL learners through diagnostic pedagogy. TESOL BD–DIU International Conference 2025, Daffodil International University, Dhaka.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
• Reviewer, Language Testing in Asia (Springer Nature), 2026 to present.