Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam
(Assistant Professor)Department of Communication Disorders
Research Profile
Social
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Speech Science | University of Auckland | New Zealand | 2023 |
| Masters | Speech Difficulties | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 2014 |
| Masters | Early Childhood Development | BRAC University | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| Bachelor | Speech & Language Therapy | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2009 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Teaching Assistant | University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 01, Mar 2020 | 01-07-2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 01, Nov 2018 | Currently Working |
| Lecturer | Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 25, Aug 2015 | 31-10-2018 |
| Lecturer and Course Coordinator | Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP | Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 01, Jun 2010 | 15-08-2015 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Research Interest | Language Teaching Language Acquisition Bangla Speaking Children's Language and Literacy Development Child Language Difficulties Bi or Multilingualism Speech and language assessment tool development/adaptation/validation |
Project/Research Supervision
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| Research Project Report/Other | Associations between screen use and vocabulary development: How screen time affects children’s early vocabulary development in rural and urban Bangladesh. | Co-Investigator-1 Mst. Meherunnessa Mim, Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka | Co-Investigator-2: Sadia Tajmin, Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka |
Presented paper on "Autism and role of Speech and Langauge Therapy" in South Asian Regional conference on Autism, organized by SWAC (Society for Welfare of Autistic Children) from 16-17 January, 2009. Poster presentation on “Needs of Speech and Language Therapy services for post-operative Cleft palate children" in Indo Cleft Conference 2011, Chennai, India on 27 January, 2011. Presented poster on ‘Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children’ in research seminar on early childhood development, 20-21 December, 2011 organized by Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University, Bangladesh. Scientific paper presentation on ‘Prevalence of Swallowing Difficulties among the People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury’ in 13th Asian spinal cord conference organized by Asian Spinal Cord Network and CRP, Bangladesh from 27-29 November, 2014. Oral presentation on ‘Early Lexical Development in Bangla-speaking Children: Preliminary Findings’ in the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association, organized by NZSTA from 29-31 August, 2021. Awarded Dhaka University Overseas Scholarship in 2018 by University of Dhaka, funded by the Government of Bangladesh to study PhD in Speech Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Awarded Commonwealth Shared Scholarship in 2013 by the Commonwealth Commission and the University of Sheffield, UK for academic and leadership excellence (to study MSc in Speech Difficulties at the University of Sheffield, UK). Academic excellence award during masters in Early Childhood Development (ECD), 2011, by institute of educational development, BRAC University. Awarded meritorious student scholarship while studing B. Sc in Speech and language Therapy (Third year 1st semester, 2006) at BHPI, CRP for outstanding academic success. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||