Waqasia Naeem

Dr. Waqasia Naeem is an accomplished linguist, discourse analyst, and English language teacher with over sixteen years of academic and research experience. She holds a PhD in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), and her research explores the intersection of language, power, and ideology. Her scholarly expertise spans peace and war discourses, hate and discrimination, digital media communication, and political discourse. Dr. Naeem has presented her research at several international conferences and has published in reputable national and international journals. Her work draws on multidisciplinary frameworks, integrating Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach, van Dijk’s Social Cognition Theory, and Systemic Functional Linguistics to examine how discourse constructs, legitimates, and challenges power relations in society.