Dean, Students Welfare, Postgraduate Studies, Unity College
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Unity College.
Project Director, Two Year ICSSR Research Project under Family and Family Systems (2025-26) on Intergenerational Perspectives of Marriage and Procreation: A Study on Sumi Urban Families.
Address for Communication: Department of Sociology, Unity College, Residency Colony, Dimapur -797112. Nagaland.
Permanent Address: House No 184, Ikishe Village, Chumukedima, 797115
Contact Number: 7085992131
E-mail Address: loinshohe@gmail.com
E-mail Address: drloina@ unitycollegedimapur.com
Academic Qualifications:
Ph.D., (2022) on A Study on Socio-Cultural Impact of Christianity in Naga Society, Nagaland University.
Attended Workshop on Research Methodology For Ph.D Students In Social Sciences from 14th to 23rd March 2016, organised by Dept. of Commerce, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus.
Attended Indian Sociological Society Young Researcher Workshop on Challenges of doing Ethnography Today hosted by the Department of Sociology, Tezpur University from 26th – 27th December 2016.
Attended 42nd All India Sociological Conference on Rethinking Sociological Traditions in India hosted by Department of Sociology, Tezpur University from 27th to 30th December 2016.
Participated as Panelist in the National Seminar on Challenges and Issues of the Tribals in India organised by Department of Sociology, Tetso College, Dimapur from 24th- 25th March 2017.
Presented paper on Retracing the Role and Status of Women in Religious Practices: A Study of Sumi Nagas at a National Seminar on Women in North East India through the lens of Cultural Memory organised by Dept. of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University from 27th -28th November 2017.
Attended a workshop from November 14th-15th 2019 on Research Ethics, Paper Writing & IPR Organized & Sponsored by UGC-SAP (DRS-III), Department of Botany and Advance Level Institutional Biotech Hub, Nagaland University, Lumami.
Participated in an International Webinar on 150 Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Reflections from Beyond the Past and into the Future on 31st August 2020 organized by Tezpur University Assam, India & Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland UK & Indian Community Centre Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Participated in a national Webinar Gendered Mission: The American Baptist Mission and Woman’s Work for Woman in North East India 1836-1950 on 19th September 2020 organized by Department of History and IQAC Sazolie College, Kohima.
Attended National Level Online Faculty Development Programme on Effective Teaching Techniques and Skills for Career Advancement held from 23rd-28th June 2021, organized by Faculties of Science Stream, Sao Chang, Tuensang.
Session Moderator in ICSSR sponsored Two-Day National Seminar on The Quest for Emancipation: Intellectual Traditions among the Dalits and Tribes in India, organized by the Department of History, Tetso College Dimapur in collaboration with Sacred Heart College, Vellore on 10 th -11 th February 2022.
Moderator Webtalk on Environmental Sociology with Prof Chandan Kumar Sharma organized by Department of Sociology, Tetso College on 25 th April’ 2022. https://tetsocollege.org/event/web-talk-on-environmental-sociology/
Moderator on Seminar Rethinking Social Research in North East India with Dr Kanato Chophy organized by Department of Sociology, Tetso College, 12 th August 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7CZ-eLNK5o
Subject Expert in Research Colloquium organized by Research and Development Cell, Eastern Christian College, on the topic “Emerging Generation of Naga Women Entrepreneurs”.
Presented paper on Naga Christianity: Indigenized Christianity in ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on 75 Years of India’s Achievements: Ideas and Resolve organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Jakhama, Nagaland on 14 th -15 th April 2023.
Convenor, ICSSR-NERC sponsored Two Day National Seminar, on Religion and Society of North East India: Exploring New Frontiers organized by Department of Sociology, Unity College, 27 th -28 th March 2024.
Facilitator and Chair, in IQAC Lecture series Research Writing and Ethics organized by Research Development Cell Unity College in collaboration with Dimapur Government College, Dimapur, on 17 th May, 2024.
Resource Person, in One Day Lecture Session on Reading and Writing Sociological Texts organized by Dept of Sociology in collaboration with Institution’s Innovation Council (ICC), St Joseph University, Chumoukedima, on 22 nd August 2024.
Presented paper on Decolonising Naga History: Re-reading Hutton’s Monographs on the Nagas in the September Dialogue: on Naga Repatriation, Decolonisation and Healing, convened by Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) and Recover Restore and Decolonise (RRad), held on September 6 and 7, 2024.
Presented paper on Savagery and Colonialism: The Legacy of the Stereotype of Nagas as ‘Head-hunter’. A Critical Examination of Colonial Discourse and its Enduring Impact in the First Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of North East India (SANEI) with the theme Sociology in North East India: Retrospect and Prospects, held on March 21 and 22, 2025.
External Member, First Doctoral Committee for Ph.d scholar Ms Helen Khole (Reg.No. 2503602009), Department of Sociology, St Joseph University, Chumoukedima, on March 28, 2025.
External Member, First Doctoral Committee for Ph.d scholar Ms Ketsovinu Kharutso (Reg.No. 2503602010), Department of Sociology, St Joseph University, Chumoukedima, on March 28, 2025.
Publication of Articles (in Book)
Shohe, Loina (2019). ‘Retracing the Role and Status of Women in Religious Practices: A Study of Sumi Nagas’, in Mandakini Baruah (ed) Women and Urbanity: Cultural Memory of North –East India, Tezpur University, Tezpur.
Shohe, Loina (2025). ‘Decolonising Naga History: Re-reading Hutton’s Monographs on the Nagas’, in Pangernungba Kechu and Talilu (ed) Healing of the Lands: Reflections & Dialogues on the Naga Repatriation Journey, Pen Thrill, Kohima.
Publication of Articles in UGC Care List Journals
Shohe, Loina (2020). ‘Naga Indigenous Religions: Reconstructing its Nomenclatures’, in Panjab University Research Journals (Arts) XLVII: 10-27 (December, 2020). ISSN: 0970-5260
Shohe, Loina (2021). ‘Continuity and Change of Marriage Rituals Among the Naga Tribes of Nagaland: A Brief Comparative Discussion’, in Towards Excellence Vol. 13, Issue No.3, September 2021
Shohe, Loina (2024). ‘Rethinking Christianity in Naga Society: Indigenization of Christianity and Naga Christianity as a Naga Indigenous Framework’, in Man and Society Vol. 22, No.1, 2024.
Reviewer
Reviewed article (book): “Dialectics on North East Writings: Theory and Praxis,” Tep, Rozy (ed), 2023, Gospel Printing Press, Dimapur, ISBN 978-93-5526-049-9.
Reviewed article (book): “Culture in North East India: Past and Present” Debbarma, Biswajit (ed), 2023, Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur, Nagaland, ISBN 978-93- 87837-58-4.
Reviewed manuscript (journal): “Journal for Cultural Research”: Taylor & Francis (May 2024).
Reviewed manuscript (journal): “Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences” (February 2025).
Other Publications
Short story Where was Tsuli? In Musings de Este (2014) Nagaland’s first ebook anthology of literature and art, published by Tetso College Dimapur. ISBN: 971-81- 929456-0-6
The Price of a Naga Bride published in the weekly column Degree of Thought, of Morung Express on 23rd April 2014.
A write up Reservation: Naga Women and Leadership- Towards a New Orientation published in Nagaland Post, dated 04/01/2017.
Article Christianity and The Nagas: The Identity Dilemma in Centennial Souvenir Magazine Lumami Baptist Church (2021).
Podcast on Introduction to Sociology of Religion in Digital Archive Project, Department of Sociology, Tetso College on 16 th Feb 2022. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tetso-college/episodes/Sociology- Department--Episode-3--An-Introduction-to-Sociology-of-Religion-e1efblb
Article Christianity and Desacralized Naga Indigenous Culture in the weekly column Degree of Thought, of Morung Express on 3 rd August 2022.
Gave a talk on NE8, digital branch of Nagaland Post, entitled A Conversation on Decolonizing Naga History published online on 11 th February 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYo0D5jEXXU&t=201s
Published a Book Review A Naga Odyssey: Visier’s Long Way Home in Nagaland Post, 18 th August 2024.
Research Project
Ongoing- Two Year Research Project on “Intergenerational Perspectives on Marriage and Procreation: A Study on Sumi Urban Families” under the ICSSR Family and Family Systems in India (2025-26).
Professional Membership
Life Member, Indian Sociological Society
Life Member, Sociological Association North East India
