Faculty Members Publications

1. Das, U., Moutushi, R.H. and Tofa, N.N. (2020). Factors influencing the Bank’s performance: Comparative study between fourth generation and top banks of Bangladesh. European Journal of Applied Business and Management, [online] 6(4). 

          Available at: https://nidisag.isag.pt/index.php/IJAM/article/view/513

This research explores the implementation of the Post-Suggestopedic Method in addressing language learning challenges among young adult learners who have experienced trauma. The study investigates how this innovative educational approach, which builds upon the principles of suggestopedia by incorporating contemporary psychological insights and pedagogical techniques, can effectively support and enhance the second language (L2) acquisition process for this specific learner demographic. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Post-Suggestopedic Method in creating a supportive learning environment that not only facilitates language learning but also addresses the unique needs of trauma-affected individuals, thereby contributing to the field of language education and trauma recovery.

The practice of channeling energies derived from suffering into an act of healing, leading to apositive transformation is not new in the world of literature. Walcott and Brathwaite both havepartaken in this practice. The suffering in Walcott and Brathwaite’s case is caused, largely, dueto owning a diasporic identity. However, along with it, also weighs heavy the history of awounded past. They have channeled this suffering into a creative force by producing works thatsublime the angst that is not simply exclusive to them but flows through the majority of theCaribbean population. Walcott and Brathwaite have justified their suffering of identity crisisthrough helping a nation heal its wounds, and in certain contexts, making it transcend its formerself to a healthier form. However, they have crafted unique styles to achieve that end. The paperattempts to highlight the differences as well as similarities between the methods and perceptionsof these two poets in this regard
(PDF) The Craft of Sublimation: A Comparative Study on the Portrayal of Suffering in. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378262986_The_Craft_of_Sublimation_A_Comparative_Study_on_the_Portrayal_of_Suffering_in [accessed Feb 17 2024].

This research explores the implementation of the Post-Suggestopedic Method in addressing language learning challenges among young adult learners who have experienced trauma. The study investigates how this innovative educational approach, which builds upon the principles of suggestopedia by incorporating contemporary psychological insights and pedagogical techniques, can effectively support and enhance the second language (L2) acquisition process for this specific learner demographic. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Post-Suggestopedic Method in creating a supportive learning environment that not only facilitates language learning but also addresses the unique needs of trauma-affected individuals, thereby contributing to the field of language education and trauma recovery.

Fahim, M.M.U., Amin, S, 2024. "An Empirical Investigation of Herd Behaviour in COVID-19 Perspective: Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)", Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Publishers (SCOPUS, Q4); Status: Accepted. 

Khan, M.S. and Fahim, M.M.U., 2021. "The four-factor model and stock returns in Bangladesh." International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review, 6(2), pp.133-149.  https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v6i2.1122.

1. Sattar, M., & Jalal, R. (2024). Impact of Covid-19 on Firm Performance: A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA Framework. Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, 14(4). (Indexed by SCOPUS) Status: Forthcoming.

Uddin, M. K., Al Sayed, A., & Khan, S. I. (2024). Unveiling the Drivers of Social Entrepreneurship Intentions: Insights from Business Graduates in Bangladesh. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2024.2400914 (SCOPUS, Q1)

Abstract:
Threat and abusive languages spread quickly through social media which can be controlled if we can detect and remove them. Since there exist many social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc and a huge number of social media users, we need a robust and effective automatic system to identify threat and abusive languages. In our proposed system Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing techniques have been implemented to build an automatic system. Previous research on Bengali abusive language detection used Multinomial Näıve Bayes (MNB), Support Vector Machine(SVM) algorithms and considered Bengali Unicode characters to build their system. We considered both Unicode emoticons and Unicode Bengali characters as valid input in our proposed system. Besides MNB and SVM algorithm, we implemented Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with Long Short Term Memory(LSTM). Among three algorithms, SVM with linear kernel performed best with 78% accuracy. 

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8934609

Abstract:

Article information: Objective: The primary intent of this paper is to review related studies that are more corresponding to the detection of five variants of cyberbullying text, such as abusive, hateful, aggressive, bully, and toxic comments or texts of Bengali language as a sample of low-resource language, to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and state-of-the-art approaches used to identify these types of text. Materials: We have searched the associated articles on cyberbullying text detection in the Bengali language published from 2017 to July 2021 since there was no research being detected before the year 2017 on this domain-specific paradigm. After that, we scrutinize the different levels of aspects by inspecting the title, abstract, and entire text to enlist the subsequent research in this review study. Results: After applying different levels of filtering, from the initial search results, 28 domain-centric papers are considered out of 2,745 documents. At first, we deeply analyze the context of each study and then narrate a clear comparative review in case of research challenges and approaches, as well as providing the direction for the future work on the road to the detection of cyberbullying text for the Bengali language. Conclusion: In this paper, we discuss five variants of cyberbullying text, such as abusive text, hateful speech, aggressive text, bully text, and toxic comments over the web, and their detection process by studying existing literature in this domain. We present advice on dataset preparation, pre-process and feature extraction tasks, and classier selection that may aid in comprehensive research for better detection. 

Link: https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ecticit/article/view/248039

Abstract:

This paper manifests the experimentation with sentiment polarity detection over Stanford's IMDB movie review dataset using a Support Vector Machine classifier (SVM). Our prime motivation was to find out the best possible combinations of classic features and preprocessing techniques for the classification of positive and negative opinions. We also explored two variants of kernels with numerous parameter settings for the classifier in the hope of getting the best SVM model. Our best model achieved an accuracy score of 85.45%. The results indicate that a model with a non-linear Radial Basis Function (RBF) kernel leads to the highest accuracy. The features that contributed the most are stemmed word n-grams.

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9396874

1. "Subsidies and Inefficiency; a Stochastic Frontier Approach," Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. XV, July, 1997 (with Sakano and Obeng).
2. "Type of management and subsidy Induced Allocative Distortions in Urban Transit Firms --- A Time
   Series Approach", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Spring 1996. (with Kofi Obeng) 
3. "Allocative Distortions From Transit Subsidies", International Journal of Transport Economics, February 1995. (with Kofi Obeng) 
4. "The Intended Relationship Between Federal Operating Subsidy and Cost," Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 23, No.1, January, 1995. 
5. "Sources of Change in U.S. Manufactured Exports during the Eighties", Journal of Economics and
   Finance, Vol. 18, Number 1, Spring 1994 (with Farida Azam). 
6. "Revisiting Relationship Between Growth and Poverty", Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 22, No. 1, Summer 1993 (with Alonzo Redmon). 
7. "US Export Performance: 1978-1987" Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium on International
   Economic competitiveness, Institute of International Economic Competitiveness, Radford University, March 23-25, 1990 (with Farida Azam).
8. Modeling Economic Inefficiency from Transit Subsidies, Praeger 1997 (with Kofi Obeng and Ryoichi
   Sakano). This is an advanced level book. 
9. Government Subsidies and Economic  Inefficiency in Public Transit (with Kofi Obeng). This research was done for the US Department of Transportation. The project was funded by the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1994. 
10. Terms of Trade for Jute: A Note" Bangladesh and UNCTAD V, ed. By K.M. Matin (Dhaka, Bangladesh: B.I.D.S., 1982) with S.R. Osmani, and Q.K. Ahmad. 
11. World Trade in Primary Commodities, the Case of Jute, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1979. The project was funded by the Third World Forum.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS  

1. “Which Way is Liberal Democracy Headed”, The Independent, September 27, 2012. 
2. “The Making of Iraq War”, Daily Sun, January, 2012. 
3. "From Plassey to PRSP: The anatomy of poverty creation", The Daily Star, Vol. 5, Aug 2006. 
4. A Doctrinal History of US Foreign Policy: The Missing Link, Greensboro News & Record, January 2002. 
5. “Koran Foretells Inevitable Conflict – A Reply,” Greensboro News & Record, December 2001.

Conference Presentations/Participations/Other Professional Activities 

1. Keynote Speaker at the Golden Jubilee if the Victory Day of Bangladesh and China as the Development Partner of Bangladesh, December 18, 2023.
2. Member, International Best of Regions Award Committee, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, 2022 and 2023.
3. Evaluator, International Teaching Excellence Award, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, 2022.
4. Marketing Evolution in the Post Covit Scenario, presented at the Valedictory session, 4^th International Marketing Conference, SIES College of Management Studies, February 13, 2021.
5. Challenges in Higher Education, Annual Meeting of the Higher Education Forum held on December 7, 2019, in Mumbai, India. (Distinguished Speaker) 
6. ACBSP Annual Conference on the Art of Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders, held on June 21-24, 2019, in Houston, Texas, USA, USA.
7. ACBSP Annual Conference on Transforming Student Success through Recruitment, Retention, and Re-entry, June 8-11, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 
8. ACBSP Annual Conference on Preparing Students for Career Success, held on June 23-26, 2017, in Anaheim, California, USA.
9. "Rise of the West: Evidence from the Early Modern Period", East-West University, Dhaka Bangladesh, August 2005. 
10. "Subsidies and Inefficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," with Sakano R. and K. Obeng. Presented at the Western Economic Association meeting held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 1996. 
11. "Transit subsidies, Allocative Distortion and Input Demand", with K. Obeng. Presented at the Western Economic Association meeting held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 1996.
12. "The Intended Relationship between Federal Operating Subsidy and Cost," with K. Obeng. Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meeting held in San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992.
13. "Government Debt and U.S. German Interest Rate Differential," with Faik Koray. Presented at the Western Economic Association Meeting held in San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992
14. "Twin Deficit Linkages, Some Empirical Results." Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 29-April 1, 1990.
15. "Real Factors in Exchange Rate Determination,” with Farida Azam. Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Boston, Mass, March 10-12, 1988.
16. Discussant, Third Annual Symposium of the Institute for International Economic Competitiveness, College of Business and Economics, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, March 23-25, 1990.
17. Participant, Negotiated International Economic Change, Assessing Progress after UNCTAD V, Institute of Developing Studies, Sussex University, Brighton, U.K., June 2-29, 1979.

1. Guilford College Anti-Racism Team: 2003 - 2005. 
2. Greensboro Civic Entrepreneur Initiative: This project aimed to foster community participation in decision-making through leadership development. A three-year project, it was funded by the Pew Charitable Trust and hosted by the Community Foundation of Greensboro. Twenty Cities across the nation participated in it. I was a member of the steering committee.
3. ARC of Greensboro: For more than a decade I have been a member of ARC of Greensboro, an advocacy group for the mentally challenged, and have served as the Treasurer for several years.

1. Project title: Government Subsidy and Economic Efficiency 
2. Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation. Grant amount: $80,802.00