Faculty Member Profile

Abu Zihad
Assistant Professor & Chairman
Social Work
BSS (Hon's) MSS, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka.
01711430502
zihad.du05@gmail.com

Social Work, Gerontology, Disaster Management, Women Empowerment, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Human Rights and Socio-political Issues, E-Learning, Open and Distance Learning, etc.

1. Situation of Slum Dwelling Elderly Women in Dhaka City: A Sample Survey, Empowerment: A Journal of Women For Women, 2017, Vol.24, p.17-34.

2. Disaster and its Impacts on the Socio-economic and Health Conditions of the Elderly People: A Study on Two Upazilla in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh Open University Journal of Open School, vol.7, No.1, 2018, ISSN 1812-7525.

3. Effects of Social Media on the Interpersonal Relationship among the Married Couples: A Study on a Selected Neighborhood (or Words) of Dhaka City in Bangladesh, Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), Volume 6, Issue- 11, November 2021.

4. Perceptions and Experiences of the Sexual Harassment against Female Students in Higher Educational Institutions in Dhaka: An Investigative Study, Empowerment: A Journal of Women For Women, 2021, Vol.28, p. 01-14.


Professional Experience:

•    Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Barishal (September 04, 2023 to present).

•    Assistant Professor in Social Work (October 12, 2022 to September 03, 2023)

             Open School

             Bangladesh Open University

             Board Bazar, Gazipur-1705, Bangladesh.

•    Lecturer in Social Work (October 10, 2018- October 11, 2022)

            Open School

            Bangladesh Open University

            Board Bazar, Gazipur-1705, Bangladesh.