Core areas of research interests include Studies in Autobiography; Social Marginalities; Migrants and 'invisible' labor; Transformative Pedagogies; Subjectivity; Education for Social Change; Innovations in Teaching and Assessment; English for Social Science Education.

M. Murali Krishna (2012). 'Pedagogic Practice and the Violence Against Dalits in Schooling’ in Christine Sleeter et al. (Eds). School Education, Pluralism and Marginality. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan.

M. Murali Krishna (2022). 'The Story of My Silence' in Susie Tharu, A. Suneetha, Uma Maheshwari Bhrugubanda (Eds).  A World of Equals: A Textbook on Gender. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. 

Murali Krishna completed social studies textbook revision project with AP SCERT and assessment projects on enrolment and dropout trends in school education in backward regions of Telangana.

In the area of Cultural Studies, a project titled, 'Compilation of Theoretical Debates on Caste and Gender in Telugu' was completed in collaboration with faculty from Cultural Studies, EFLU, Hyderabad. The project was funded by the Research Council, TISS, Mumbai.

• Courses Taught in the M.Phil. Programme:

   

• Evolution of Indian Education System

• Courses Taught in the M.A. Education Programme:

• Language, Mind and Society (Elective)

• Understanding Language (Core Course)

• Teaching of English (Elective Course)

• History of Education (Core Course

• Education, Nation-State and Globalization (CBCS Course)

• Understanding the Field of Education (Core Course)

• Caste, Tribe and Education (Elective Course

• Courses Taught in the BA Programme:

   

• Modern Indian Language-Telugu

• Understanding Education
•  English Language