Ms. SHARMEEN AHMED

Ms. Sharmeen Ahmed is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Social Science and Humanities at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). She received her MA degree in Sociology from Boston University, USA. She has also obtained her M.S.S. and B.S.S (Hons.) degree in Sociology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has ten years of teaching and research experience in USA, Canada and Bangladesh and supervised individual research projects for international students. Ms. Ahmed has published papers on local international peer reviewed journals. At IUB she teaches various courses in sociology. She is head of the Self Assessment committee in her department. Currently she supervises the administrative and research activities of the Centre for Social Science Research at IUB. Her areas of interest includes: political sociology, social inequality, globalization, migration, gender and family relations, health and environment and so forth. She is fond of reading books and novels, listening music and cooking.

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254401722_Gender_Relations_in_Postmodern_Societi es_Impact_of_Globalization_on_Women%27s_Position

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269111588_Illegal_Immigration_in_USA_Policy_and _Demand_Dilemma

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/36213487_Impact_of_participation_in_micro_credit_p rograms_on_women%27s_reproductive_behavior

On Website Development

Organized by the Center for Pedagogy, Independent University, BangladeshDecember 22, 2016
On Enhancement of Teaching Quality (Seven workshops in a series)
Organized by the Center for Pedagogy                                                May, 2014 – December 2016
Independent University, Bangladesh under the sub-project entitled ‘Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level.
On Oral History                                                                                                                      November 2015
Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn: Oral History as People’s Alternative
Organized by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh.
On Quantitative Research Methods                                                                          July 2013 Organized by the
Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh.
On Qualitative Research Methods                                                                                                   June 2013
Organized by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh.

Organized by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh in collaboration with the American Institute for Bangladesh Studies (AIBS).

Jointly organized by Institute for Social and Environmental Research, Nepal (ISER-N) and Population Studies Centre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.