Nusrat Zahan Chowdhury

Nusrat Zahan Chowdhury

Assistant Professor

Department of English
Faculty of Arts & Social Science (FASS)

nusrat@bup.edu.bd


BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Education
S.S.C, ভৈরব কে বি পাইলট হাই স্কুল
H.S.C, জিল্লুর রহমান মহিলা কলেজ, ভৈরব
Honors, জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Masters, জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

Journal Publication

1. Chowdhury, N. Z., Huq, F. (2019). Teachers’ and Learners’ Perception towards the Use of Podcasts for Learning English at the Undergraduate Level in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study. International Journal of Advanced Research. 7(8), 505-516.

2. Chowdhury, N. Z., Arefin. R., Rashid, M. (2019). I log In, Therefore I am – An Insight on the Contribution on ‘Data” Towards Identity Construction in Cyberspace. International Journal of Advanced Research. 7(1), 128-135.

3. Chowdhury, N. Z., & Rashid, M. M. (2018). Motivation in Digital Learning: Understanding Serendipitous EFL Learning through Cyberspace. Crossings: A Journal of English Studies. 9(1), 140-149.

4. Project titled “EFL Teachers’ and Learners’ Perception of Educational Podcasts at the Tertiary Level in Bangladesh” and submitted to the Center for Higher Studies and Research (CHSR), BUP. Project timeframe – July 2018 to June 2019.

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

Conference Papers

1. 2023    “Examining FemTech Landscape in Bangladesh: Shaping of Menstrual Discourses through Media”. The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference 2023. November 8-11, 2023. Honolulu, Hawaii. Individual paper presentation.

2023    “Activism and the Media in Reclaiming the Reproductive Health of Women in the Era of Environmental Contamination and Neo-liberal Capitalism”. ASLE+AESS Conference 2023. July 9-12, 2023. Portland, Oregon. Individual paper presentation.

2023    “Social Justice through Wearable Technology: A Critical Making Approach to Support Sexual Assault Survivors”. HASTAC Conference, 2023. June 8 -10, 2023. Brooklyn, NYC. Paper presentation with a co-author.  
2022    “Data Visceralization and the Politics of Walking in Migrant Narratives”. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, 2022. December 7- 10, 2022. Cholula, Mexico. Project presentation.

2022    “Tactical Activism of Bangladeshi Feminist Network: Facebook as a Platform of Resistance against Media Trial”. PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Conference 2022. November 10-13. Los Angeles, CA. Panel presentation.

2022    “Playing Against the System: Affective and Networked Reclamation of ‘Rater-Rani’ by Bangladeshi Feminist Networks in Facebook”. Console-ing Passions 2022. June 23-25, 2022. Orlando, Florida. Individual paper presentation.

2022     “Tomorrow (2019): A Poetics of Speculative Eco-Future with the Framework of Environmental Awareness and Sustainability”. Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Conference, 2022. March 31- April 3, 2022. Individual paper presentation.
 
2022    “Environmental Literacy and Ecological Sustainability through Film: The Curious Case of The Lion King (2019)”. SWPACA (Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference) 2022. February 23-26, 2022, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Individual Paper Presentation.

2022    “Political Economy of News Media in Bangladesh: State Control and Surveillance in the Neoliberal Digital Age by Exposing Female Celebrities”. 13th annual Research, Art, and Writing (RAW) 2022 Graduate Student Conference “Reality, Reflection, Retrospection” by The Arts & Humanities Association of Graduate Students of The University of Texas at Dallas. February 12, 2022. Virtual Conference. Individual Paper Presentation.

2021    “Digital Games as a Way of Reconsidering Care, Exploitation, and Governance: An Ecocritical Analysis of Plants vs. Zombies (2009)” ASLE 2021 Virtual Conference EmergencE/Y, July 26-August 6, 2021.
Served as the chair of the panel “Eco-Play: Gaming and Environment,” ASLE 2021 Virtual Conference EmergencE/Y, July 26 – August 6, 202. Individual Paper Presentation.

2019            “NMT is Coming: Google Translator’s Journey from Statistical Machine                 Translation to Neural Machine Translation Algorithm and the Politics of                 Language Hierarchy.” 5th International Conference. Department of                 English, East West University. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 2019. Joint
presentation with a co-author.

2017    “Too cool, too curious – Following the Patterns of an (Un)Interested Mind Learning English Through Cyberspace.” National Conference on New Media and Identity Formation. Department of English, East West University. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 2017. Joint presentation with a co-author.

2. 2021     Game Design Workshop with Twine facilitated by Gabi Kirilloff and Jason Helms, arranged by NTX Gaming Symposium, hosted by Texas Christian University. Texas, USA, March 13, 2021.
2016     Faculty Development Training arranged by the Office of Evaluation, Faculty and Curriculum Development, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
2016    Certificate in Teaching and Learning (CTL) training facilitated by Green University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
2016     Training on Classroom Management arranged by British Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
2012     BELTA-IML Teacher Development Workshop on “Teaching Writing: Assessment & Feedback” facilitated by Professor Sharmin Khan, San Jose State university, California, USA in 2012.

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

Researchs

1. •    Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
•    Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
•    Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
•    Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC)
•    Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA)
•    Fashioning Circuits Lab (FC)
•    Studio for Mediating Play (SMP)
•    Public Interactive Research Lab (PIRL)

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

Awards

1. 2023    Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Travel Award for ASLE 2023 conference. University of Texas at Dallas.

2022    Outstanding Presentation Award for the paper “Political Economy of News Media in Bangladesh: State Control and Surveillance in the Neoliberal digital age by Exposing Female Celebrities,” 13th Annual Research, Art, and Writing (RAW) 2022 Graduate Student Conference “Reality, Reflection, and Retrospection,” University of Texas at Dallas.

2020-2024    The University of Texas at Dallas School of ATEC Graduate Fellowship.

2020-2021    HASTAC Scholars Fellowship

2021-2022    Betty and Gifford Johnson Graduate Travel Grants, University of Texas at Dallas.

2013-2014    Jahangirnagar University Graduate Merit Scholarship, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2010-2013    Jahangirnagar University Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, Dhaka, Bangladesh.   

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

S.S.C, ভৈরব কে বি পাইলট হাই স্কুল
H.S.C, জিল্লুর রহমান মহিলা কলেজ, ভৈরব
Honors, জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Masters, জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

1. Chowdhury, N. Z., Huq, F. (2019). Teachers’ and Learners’ Perception towards the Use of Podcasts for Learning English at the Undergraduate Level in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study. International Journal of Advanced Research. 7(8), 505-516.

2. Chowdhury, N. Z., Arefin. R., Rashid, M. (2019). I log In, Therefore I am – An Insight on the Contribution on ‘Data” Towards Identity Construction in Cyberspace. International Journal of Advanced Research. 7(1), 128-135.

3. Chowdhury, N. Z., & Rashid, M. M. (2018). Motivation in Digital Learning: Understanding Serendipitous EFL Learning through Cyberspace. Crossings: A Journal of English Studies. 9(1), 140-149.

4. Project titled “EFL Teachers’ and Learners’ Perception of Educational Podcasts at the Tertiary Level in Bangladesh” and submitted to the Center for Higher Studies and Research (CHSR), BUP. Project timeframe – July 2018 to June 2019.

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

1. 2023    “Examining FemTech Landscape in Bangladesh: Shaping of Menstrual Discourses through Media”. The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference 2023. November 8-11, 2023. Honolulu, Hawaii. Individual paper presentation.

2023    “Activism and the Media in Reclaiming the Reproductive Health of Women in the Era of Environmental Contamination and Neo-liberal Capitalism”. ASLE+AESS Conference 2023. July 9-12, 2023. Portland, Oregon. Individual paper presentation.

2023    “Social Justice through Wearable Technology: A Critical Making Approach to Support Sexual Assault Survivors”. HASTAC Conference, 2023. June 8 -10, 2023. Brooklyn, NYC. Paper presentation with a co-author.  
2022    “Data Visceralization and the Politics of Walking in Migrant Narratives”. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, 2022. December 7- 10, 2022. Cholula, Mexico. Project presentation.

2022    “Tactical Activism of Bangladeshi Feminist Network: Facebook as a Platform of Resistance against Media Trial”. PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Conference 2022. November 10-13. Los Angeles, CA. Panel presentation.

2022    “Playing Against the System: Affective and Networked Reclamation of ‘Rater-Rani’ by Bangladeshi Feminist Networks in Facebook”. Console-ing Passions 2022. June 23-25, 2022. Orlando, Florida. Individual paper presentation.

2022     “Tomorrow (2019): A Poetics of Speculative Eco-Future with the Framework of Environmental Awareness and Sustainability”. Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Conference, 2022. March 31- April 3, 2022. Individual paper presentation.
 
2022    “Environmental Literacy and Ecological Sustainability through Film: The Curious Case of The Lion King (2019)”. SWPACA (Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference) 2022. February 23-26, 2022, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Individual Paper Presentation.

2022    “Political Economy of News Media in Bangladesh: State Control and Surveillance in the Neoliberal Digital Age by Exposing Female Celebrities”. 13th annual Research, Art, and Writing (RAW) 2022 Graduate Student Conference “Reality, Reflection, Retrospection” by The Arts & Humanities Association of Graduate Students of The University of Texas at Dallas. February 12, 2022. Virtual Conference. Individual Paper Presentation.

2021    “Digital Games as a Way of Reconsidering Care, Exploitation, and Governance: An Ecocritical Analysis of Plants vs. Zombies (2009)” ASLE 2021 Virtual Conference EmergencE/Y, July 26-August 6, 2021.
Served as the chair of the panel “Eco-Play: Gaming and Environment,” ASLE 2021 Virtual Conference EmergencE/Y, July 26 – August 6, 202. Individual Paper Presentation.

2019            “NMT is Coming: Google Translator’s Journey from Statistical Machine                 Translation to Neural Machine Translation Algorithm and the Politics of                 Language Hierarchy.” 5th International Conference. Department of                 English, East West University. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 2019. Joint
presentation with a co-author.

2017    “Too cool, too curious – Following the Patterns of an (Un)Interested Mind Learning English Through Cyberspace.” National Conference on New Media and Identity Formation. Department of English, East West University. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 2017. Joint presentation with a co-author.

2. 2021     Game Design Workshop with Twine facilitated by Gabi Kirilloff and Jason Helms, arranged by NTX Gaming Symposium, hosted by Texas Christian University. Texas, USA, March 13, 2021.
2016     Faculty Development Training arranged by the Office of Evaluation, Faculty and Curriculum Development, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
2016    Certificate in Teaching and Learning (CTL) training facilitated by Green University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
2016     Training on Classroom Management arranged by British Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
2012     BELTA-IML Teacher Development Workshop on “Teaching Writing: Assessment & Feedback” facilitated by Professor Sharmin Khan, San Jose State university, California, USA in 2012.

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

•    Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
•    Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
•    Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
•    Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC)
•    Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA)
•    Fashioning Circuits Lab (FC)
•    Studio for Mediating Play (SMP)
•    Public Interactive Research Lab (PIRL)

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

2023    Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Travel Award for ASLE 2023 conference. University of Texas at Dallas.

2022    Outstanding Presentation Award for the paper “Political Economy of News Media in Bangladesh: State Control and Surveillance in the Neoliberal digital age by Exposing Female Celebrities,” 13th Annual Research, Art, and Writing (RAW) 2022 Graduate Student Conference “Reality, Reflection, and Retrospection,” University of Texas at Dallas.

2020-2024    The University of Texas at Dallas School of ATEC Graduate Fellowship.

2020-2021    HASTAC Scholars Fellowship

2021-2022    Betty and Gifford Johnson Graduate Travel Grants, University of Texas at Dallas.

2013-2014    Jahangirnagar University Graduate Merit Scholarship, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2010-2013    Jahangirnagar University Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, Dhaka, Bangladesh.   

Last Updated: 12 May 2024

Last Updated: 12 May 2024