Faculty Profile

Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone:
  • Email: iqbal_chy@yahoo.com

Biography

Iqbal Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. He is also completing PhD in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada in the area of positive mental health of recent immigrants in Canada. He earned his Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh in 2006, his Master of Social Science in Sociology from the same university in 2008, and his Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Manitoba (U of M), Winnipeg, Canada.

In January 2009, he joined Shahjalal University as a Lecturer of Sociology and was promoted to the post of Assistant Professor in 2012. He worked there until e attended the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada on a study leave in September 2013 to pursue a second Master of Arts in Sociology degree. He got promoted to the position of Association Professor in 2018.

He is the recipient of a few honors and awards including the University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (2016, declined), Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (2016) from Dalhousie University, International Graduate Student Scholarship (2016) from U of M, Faculty of Arts Endowment Fund (2014) from U of M, Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Conference Travel Award (2014) from U of M, Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Travel Award (2014) from U of M, Graduate Student Association Graduate Student Travel Grant (2014) from U of M, Department of Sociology Student Conference Travel Award (2014) from U of M, University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (2013), International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (2013) from U of M, Book Prize in Convocation (2007) from SUST, University Grant Commission Higher Study Scholarship (2008) from SUST, and the Departmental Annual Scholarships (2000-2008) from SUST.

His research interest is in issues related to migration, immigration, health, and development including social determinants of the health of immigrants, labor market integration of immigrants, and social inequality. He has had a few articles published on these issues. He has also presented a few papers at conferences in and outside Canada.

His PhD research focuses on the positive mental health of recent immigrants in Canada. More specifically, it deals with the issue of how immigrants maintain their mental health during the hardship of their early settlement period in Canada. Currently, with Dr. Howard Ramos, he is working on a paper that analyzes the influences of ethnicity, length of stay in Canada, and visible minority status on the mental health of immigrants in Atlantic Canada.

Education

  • PhD (in Progress), Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • 2015 Master of Arts in Sociology, University Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • 2008 Maser of Social Science in Sociology, Shahjalal Universtiy of Sceince and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 2006 Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology, Shahjalal Universtiy of Sceince and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Migration and Development; Social Change and Development; Immigrant Integration; Positive Mental Health; Social Determinants of Health (physical and mental); Race, Ethnicity, Nation, and Multiculturalism; Social Inequality; Quantitative Research Method; and Social Statistics.

Active Research Project

  • 1. Examination of the Mediating and Moderating Effects of Social Support on the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health of People Living in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Abul Fazal Mohammad Zakaria & Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, (2013). Community Perspectives on Community Based Ecotourism: A Case Study in Lawachora National Park, Sylhet, Bangladesh, funded by University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.
  • 2. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury and Royden Loewen (2020-2021). Transnational Flows of Agricultural Knowldeg

Journal Publications

  • 1. Mydul Islam Chowdhury, & Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury. (2017). Sociological analysis of educational inequality in Bangladesh. Northeast University Bangladesh (NEUB) Journal, 2(1), 127-144.
  • 2. Jill Bucklaschuk, Pallabi Bhattacharyya, Lori Wilkinson, Jack Shen, Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, & Tamara Edkins. (2016). Does language, employment status and region of origin influence access to settlement services? Canadian Diversity, 13(1), 39-42.
  • 3. Lori Wilkinson, Pallabi Bhattacharyya, Jill Bucklaschuk, Jack Shen, Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, & Edkins, Tamara. (2016). Understanding job status decline among newcomers to Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 48(3), 5-26.
  • 4. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury. (2015). Issue of Quality in a Qualitative Research: An Overview. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 7(3), 142-162.
  • 5. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury. (2015). Religion as an instrument: a study on the politicization in Bangladesh. Asian Profile, 43(6), 501-510.
  • 6. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, Abul Fazal Mohammad Zakaria, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, & Subarna Akter. (2013). Social Capital and Resource Conservation in “Community Based Haor Resource Management (CBHRM) Project”: A Case from Bangladesh. Spanish Journal of Rural Development, 4(3), 21-34.
  • 7. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, Nadia Haque, Mohammad Mostufa Kamal, Tanjina Islam, Mohammad Maniruzzaman Khan, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, & Imtiaz Uddin. (2012). Internal Migration and Socio-Economic Status of Migrants: A Study in Sylhet City. American Journal of Human Ecology, 1(4), 123-133.
  • 8. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, Nadia Haque, Mohammad Mostufa Kamal, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan, & Mydul Islam Chowdhury. (2012). The Relationship Between Years of Schooling and the Forms of Social Capital: A Study Conducted in an Urban Area Under Sylhet City. Studies in Sociology of Science, 3(4), 22-31.
  • 9. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, Mohammad Mostufa Kamal, Nadia Haque, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, & Subarna Akter. (2012). Patterns of Co-Operation in Community Based Fishery Management: A Sociological Study on the People of Hail Haor. Asian Social Science, 8(15), 223-234.
  • 10. Mohammad Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury, Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, & Mohammad Nazrul Islam. (2012). Impact of Community Based Fishery Management System on Haor Areas’ People: A Sociological Study in Hail Haor. International Journal of Business Management Tomorrow, 2(5), 1-13.
  • 11. Mohammad Mostufa Kamal, Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, Nadia Haque, Mydul Islam Chowdhury, & Mohammad Nazrul Islam. (2012). Nature of Cyber Crime and its Impacts on Young People: A Case from Bangladesh. Asian Social Science, 8(15), 171-183.
  • 12. Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury. (2014). Impact of Remittance on the Socioeconomic Condition of Bangladesh: An Analysis. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 8(1), 23-43.

Teaching

  • 2009-2012 Letcuter, Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
  • 2012-2018 Assistant Professo, Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
  • 2018- todate Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet

Awards & Recognition

  • 2017 Scotia Scholars Award, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
  • 2016 Entrance Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • 2016 Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • 2016 University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (Declined), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • 2016 Entrance Scholarship, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • 2016 International Graduate Student Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • 2013 University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 2013 International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 2007 Book Prize in Convocation 2007, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh 2008 University Grant Commission Higher Study Scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh 2001-2008 Departmental Annual Scholarships, Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh 1996 Hafij Mozumder Education Trust Scholarship, Lutfur Rahman High School, Zakigonj, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 2013 International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • 2007 Book Prize in Convocation 2007, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 2008 University Grant Commission Higher Study Scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 2001-2008 Departmental Annual Scholarships, Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 1996 Hafij Mozumder Education Trust Scholarship, Lutfur Rahman High School, Zakigonj, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. 2023 Anonna Das Srishty- Stress buffering effect of social support on mental health of internally migrated people in Sylhet city