Professional Exprience of Dr. Shah Md. Nister Jahan Kabir
Academic/Teaching Experiences
A. Visiting Academic: (August 01, 2015 to December 31, 2015), Professional Communication and Media Program, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei.
Associate Professor: (Since September, 2014) Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
B. Tutor: In 2009: Department of Media, Film and Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand
C. Lecturer/Assistant Professor: From December 1998 to March 2005 [Actively]. Then March 2005 to 2012 [Study leave], Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Duties and Responsibilities for Jobs A, B and C:
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Initiation and development of subject material and course curriculum
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The preparation and delivery of lectures, workshops, seminars and conducting tutorials
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Co-ordination and the conduct of practical courses for Journalism and Communication classes
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Supervision of Honours/Masters students’ research projects and thesis
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The conduct of research and involvement in relevant professional activity
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Marking and assessment, evaluating oral presentations
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Attending departmental and faculty meetings and play role in planning and committee work
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Play role as a member of examination committee and admission of undergraduate students
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Any other duties assigned by the University or Head of the Department from time to time
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Courses taught/tutored at graduate and undergraduate levels: Public Relations, Concept of Communication; Concept of Journalism; Communication Theories; Media Ethics; Political Economy and Media; Mass Communication; Public Relations; Development Issues and Communication; History of Movies (Hollywood & India); Communication Research Methodology; & Culture, Politics, Policy and Global Media.
Professional Experiences
Journalist
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Staff correspondent at the Daily Ajker Kagoj, Dhaka Bangladesh (1993-1995)
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Staff correspondent at the Daily Bhorer Kajoj, Dhaka Bangladesh (1995-1996)
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Freelance journalist, the Weekly Robbar, the Daily Ittefaq, daily Prothom-alo, Bangladesh
b. Editor of the publishing house – Anyodhara Prokashoni – Dhaka Bangladesh (since December 2012). I was one of the members of the editorial board of the same publishing house since 2002.
c. Public Relations Officer/Publicity Officer for the Forest Research Institute, Chittagong, under the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Bangladesh (1997-1998)
d. Creative writer: Have four books (two novels and two collections of short stories) published in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002. More two manuscripts (a collection of short stories and a novel) are ready to send to a publisher.
e. Research Assistant in the School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia (2005 to 2007).
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