Dr. Sushila Shekhawat is presently working as a Professor of Communication and English Studies in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus for the last twenty years. She has completed her doctoral degree in Film Studies at BITS, Pilani. Her research interests include Film studies, Ecocriticism, Indigenous Cultures, Media studies, etc. She has received grants for project works in the area of Cinema and its Interdisciplinary aspects from UGC and other funding agencies. She has published several research papers in International and National Journals and has a book on Media, Culture and Ethics to her credit. Her ongoing projects include an article accepted for publication in the journal Feminist Media Studies, an edited book on Desertscapes for Routledge, and a book chapter in Palimpsests of Identity and Memory (to be published as part of the South Asian Literature in Focus book series, Routledge).