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KHORSHED ALAM Khorshed Alam Vita/March 2020_____________________________________________________ Ph.D. Candidate & Graduate Assistant Professor Teaching Associate (GTA) Department Mass Communication and Department of Communication Journalism University of South Florida University of Dhaka CIS 3015, 4202 E. Flower Avenue Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Tampa, FL 33620 E-mail: [email protected] 813-974-2145 (phone) Email: [email protected] Education Ph.D. Candidate & Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA), Department of Communication, University of South Florida, USA. 2015 - Dissertation Title (tentative): Communicating a Youth Culture: Advertising in Postcolonial Bangladesh Committee: Dr. Mahuya Pal (Chair), Dr. Ambar Basu, Dr. Jane Jorgensen, Dr. Gurleen Grewal M.Sc., Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006 B.Sc., Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2004 Academic Appointments Assistant Professor (on higher study leave), Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011- Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2008-2011 Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA), Department of Communication, University of South Florida, 2015– Adjunct faculty, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, USA, Summer, 2016, 2017, 2019 Student Advisor, Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009-11 Part-time faculty, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Jagannath, Bangladesh, January-August, 2009 Part-time faculty, Department of Media Studies and Journalism, Stamford University, Bangladesh, Fall 2012, Fall 2014. Industry Appointments Assistant Program Producer, Versa Media (a production house), November 2006 to July 2007; programs were produced for the ATN Bangla Television and Ekushey Television (ETV), Bangladesh Program Producer (News and Currant Affairs Department), Channel-S, Bangladesh, May- December, 2006 Sub-editor, Daily Prothom Alo, Bangladesh, February – June, 2006 Trainee Reporter, The Daily Star, Bangladesh, January - July, 2004 Research Appointments Researcher and consultant, Association of Women for Progress [Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS)], Bangladesh, 2009-2010 Researcher, BBC World Service, Bangladesh, July, 2007- April, 2008. Genealogical Researcher, BBC Four, UK, November 2007-February, 2008. Translator, Disaster Forum (a disaster preparedness network), Bangladesh, October, 2006 – March, 2007 Research Assistant, OXFAM-GB, Bangladesh, July - August, 2004. Research Assistant, CARE Bangladesh, July – September, 2003. Academic Achievements & Awards National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar 2019, held at the University of South Florida, July 21-24, 2019. Teaching Assistant Training Certificate, Academy of Teaching and Learning Excellence, University of South Florida, Fall 2015. 1st class 1st, M.Sc., Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005 1st place, merit list of Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.), Humanities Group, Comilla Education Board, Bangladesh, 1998. Received Mosud Khan Gold Medal from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2005 for securing the first position in M.Sc. Bangladesh Military Welfare Award for stood first in the M.Sc. examination in 2005. Bangladesh Government Scholarship for stood 1st in the merit list of Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.), Humanities Group, Cumilla Education Board, Bangladesh, 1998. Research I. Research Interests Consumer culture, Advertising studies, Youth studies, South-Asian studies, Critical media and cultural studies, Postcolonial studies, Popular culture II. Publications: A. Books Haq, F., & Alam, K. (2010). Gender perspective in textbooks and educational materials related to reproductive health & HIV/AIDS: A content analysis. Association of Women for Progress [Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS)], Dhaka. B. Articles & Book Chapters Alam, K. (in press). Framing Bangladesh in the US media: A postcolonial analysis, Journal of International Communication Gazette. Alam, K. (2020). Changing landscape of Bangladesh advertising industry: A chronological sketch, In R. Das & P. Chattopadhyay (Eds.) Convergence of Culture, Communication and Media in South Asian Region, Primus: Delhi. Rahman, A. and Alam, K. (2013). State, capital and media in the age of neo-liberalism: An Inquiry into the rapid growth of private TV channels of Bangladesh. Social Science Review. 30(2) 291–306. Alam, K. (2013). Women supplementary pages in Bangladeshi national newspapers: An apparatus for the patriarchy and capitalist system. In F. Haq & A. Mamun (Eds.) Media: Society and culture (Media: Samaj o sanskriti) (pp. 281-299). Dhaka: Agami Publishers. Alam, K. (2011). The global politics of the anti-corruption propaganda of Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) and media relationship. Annual compilation of Center for Advanced Research in Humanities. (16)143-160 Haq, F., & Alam, K. (2010). Communication materials of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health: A gender perspective, Social Science Review. 27(2). Haq, F., & Alam, K. (2010). Gender sensitivity in school textbooks of Bangladesh: A qualitative study, Society and Change, 4(2) 27-36. Alam, K. (2009). Right to Information Act (RIA) is nothing but a bogus propaganda. In R. R. Lenin., & M. Zahir (Eds.) Jaruri Obasta: Rastro O Rajniti (Emergency period: State and politics) (pp. 257-279). Dhaka: Oitijjhya Publication. Alam, K., & Haq, F. (2009). Propaganda regarding AIDS: An evaluation, Women Progress [Nari Progati], 5(10) 13-23. Salam, S. A., & Alam, K. (2008). Institutional journalism education in Bangladesh: A chronological study. Samajik Biggan Potrika (Social Science Journal), 3(3) 59-72. Alam, K., & Rahman, A. (2007). The news treatment policy of Bangladeshi national daily newspapers in the context of Adamjee closure: An evaluation, Samajik Biggan Potrika (Social Science Journal), 2(2) 67-94. C. Editor Karim, N., Azam, M., & Alam, K. (2009). Bhabbudbud: The Dairy of Ahmed Sharif, Dhaka: Jagriti Publications. D. Translation (English to Bengali) The sphere project (2004). The humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response. Geneva, Switzerland. Fisk, R. (2003) Press coverage of Iraq, In F. Haq & A. Mamun (Eds.) Juddho o tottho banijjo (War and the information business) (pp. 157-161). Dhaka: Srabon Prokashoni. III. Manuscripts in Progress Alam, K. (under review). Neocolonialist surveillance of global corruption and construction of a ‘corrupt’ South and ‘clean’ North’ discourse, Postcolonial Studies. Alam, K. & Moni, S. F. (in progress). Youth and resistance: Media Framing of 2018’s Safer Road Movement in Bangladesh. Moni, S. F., & Alam, K. (in progress). Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh: Framing the world’s deadliest apparel industry disaster by the USA media Alam, K. (in progress). (Re)shaping ‘friendship’: Construction of a fun youth through Telecommunication advertisements in Postcolonial Bangladesh, preparing for submission in the Journal of Consumer Research Alam, K. (in progress). Branding Hijab: Construction of a moral consumer in Bangladeshi advertising Alam, K. (in progress). Being global: Projecting a ‘cool’ youth through advertising in postcolonial Bangladesh IV. Conference presentations Alam, K. & Moni, S. F. (2019). Linking advertising, consumer culture and neo-liberalism in the context of postcolonial Bangladesh. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) conference. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Alam, K. & Moni, S. F. (2019). Re(shaping) friendship among youths: Reflection of “fun- furti-friendship” culture on the telecommunication advertisements in postcolonial Bangladesh. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) conference. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Alam, K. (2018). Surveillance of corruption in global South through Western eyes: The case of Bangladesh. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Alam, K. (2018). Neocolonial gaze of surveillance: A critique of TI’s analysis of corruption in Bangladesh. South Asian Media and Culture Studies Conference, February 1-2, 2018, Florida State University, USA. Alam, K., & Pal, M. (2017). Framing Bangladesh in the US media: A postcolonial analysis. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) conference. Dallas, Texas, USA. Pal, M., & Alam, K. (2017). Bodies claiming and being thrown up into public space: Digital mediations of gender and subalternity. Panel sponsored by Feminist Scholarship Division at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference. San Diego, California, USA. Alam, K., & Pal, M. (2016). Labor movements of Ready Made Garment (RMG) workers in the Bangladesh. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Alam, K. (2010). The political economy of anti-corruption propaganda of Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB). Keynote paper presented in Center for Advanced Research in Humanities, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Alam, K. (2010). Construction of gender in Bangladeshi textbooks, Keynote paper presented in Association of Women for Progress [Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS)] program, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Bangladesh. V. Fellowship & Grants Waterhouse Family Institute (WFI) Dissertation Award for 2019-2020, Department of Communication, Villanova University,