Khorshed Alam

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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, $ 1,000

University of South Florida Dissertation Completion Fellowship for Spring 2019, $8000.

Higher Study Travel Grant (Bangladesh-USA), University of Dhaka, 2013, $ 750

Regional Masters (includes Norway, Pakistan, Nepal & Bangladesh) Research Grant, 2009, $ 500

Professional Services

Student representative, National Communication Association (NCA), Asian Pacific American Caucus & Studies Division, 2018-19

Member of Department of Communication Committee on Diversity: Equity, Accountability, and Inclusion, University of South Florida, 2019-20

Reviewer: National Communication Association (NCA) conference, Asian Pacific American Caucus & Studies Division, 2019, Baltimore, USA

International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Mass Communication Division, 2019, Washington, D. C., USA

Stamford Journal of Media, Communication and Culture, Bangladesh (2013)

Student Advisor, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009-11

Member, syllabus (revision) committee, Department Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014-15

Member, syllabus committee, Department of Film and Television Studies (FTS), currently named Department of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010-11.

Editorial Assistant, Jogagoj Protrika [Bengali] (Journal of Communication), vol 7, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005

Professional Affiliations

• Advisor, Intercultural Speakers (IS), a student organization of international students at University of South Florida, USA.

• Member, National Communication Association (NCA)

• Member, International Communication Association (ICA)

• Member, American Academy of Advertising (AAA)

Teaching

Courses taught

Undergraduate • Public Speaking (University of South Florida) • Communication, Culture and Diversity (Teaching Assistant of Dr. Navita James Cunningham, University of South Florida) • Development Communication (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) • Bangladesh Culture and Heritage (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) • Economic Process and Institution (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) • Mass Media in Bangladesh (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) • Introduction of Journalism (Jagannath University, Bangladesh)

Graduate • Television: Content and Context (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh ) • Television: Context and Content (Stamford University, Bangladesh)

References

Dr. Mahuya Pal Associate Professor Department of Communication University of South Florida, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Ambar Basu Associate Professor & Graduate Director Department of Communication University of South Florida, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Jane Jorgensen Professor Department of Communication University of South Florida, E-mail: [email protected]