PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Nishat Parvez is an Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. Before joining here, she was a lecturer in Journalism and media Studies at Stamford University in Bangladesh.
Nishat worked started her career as a sports journalist at Boishakhi Television. Then, she joined Channel-I, a leading media organization in Bangladesh as a newsroom editor, and worked there for five years. Besides, she worked as a research associate at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (Delhi), Red Orange Communications (Dhaka), Bangladesh Nari Progoti Songho (Dhaka), and the University of Bergen (Norway). She has several publications in reputed local and international journals. Nishat is a fellow of the US Department of State (SUSI 2014), FOJO Institute (ITP Media Asia Fellow 2021-22), and Asia Foundation.
Currently, Nishat is a Communication and Journalism doctoral student at the University of Oregon in the United States. Nishat earned her MA degree from the University of Sussex, the UK, in Media Practice for Development and Social Change with Commonwealth Scholarship 2019. She completed her dissertation titled "Bangladeshi media in a 'democratic' system." Before that, she completed her undergraduate and postgraduate from the Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, University of Dhaka.
For a complete and updated list of publications, see her Google Scholar or Academia page and Website.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Political Communication
Public Opinion
Journalism
Critical Cultural Studies
Gender, Media, and Diversity
Development Communication
JOURNAL PAPER
Parvez, N. (2021). Navigating Corporate Pressures: An Investigation of News Selection During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Print Journalism. The Jahangirnagar Review-C, XXXII, 521-532.
Parvez, N. (2020) How does the Labour of Women Unveil the Coloniality of Power? An anthropological context of the RMG workers of Bangladesh, Global Journal of Human Social Sciences, Volume 20(18), 2020, pp. 53-59, ISSN 0975-587X.
Parvez, N. (2020) Is It Really Necessary To Make Everyone ‘Modern’? Representation of the Himba Tribe in ‘The British Tribe Next Door (2019), International Journal of Advanced Research, Volume 8(11), pp. 1004-1011, ISSN: 2320-5407.
Parvez, N. (2020) Facebook in making new identity for the users: in the light of the usage of Bangladeshi Youths, Jahangirnagar Review Part-C, Jahangirnagar University, Volume XXXI, Page 543-554, ISSN 2306-3920.
Parvez, N. (2022) The impact of social media in mobilizing the Road Safety Movement (2018) in Bangladesh, Journal of Journalism and Media Studies, Volume 4, 1-16. https://jmsju.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JMS-Media-Journal-2022-20-02-2023-1.pdf
CONFERENCE PAPER
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington D.C., USA, 2023.Parvez, N. (2023). Reading Between the Laughs: An Analysis of Audience Interpretations of Racial Justice Texts from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. AEJMC Annual Conference 2023, 7-10 August, Washington D.C., USA.
Parvez, N. (2023). ‘Leveraging the power of mainstream media to eliminate the violence against women in Bangladesh’, AEJMC Southeast Colloquium 2023, Middle Tennessee State University, March 2-4, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Parvez, N. (2023). ‘Social Media and Political Influence: Analyzing the use of Facebook by Political Parties in Bangladesh’, South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest 2023, University of Washington, May 5-6, Seattle, Washington.
Parvez, N. (2023). ‘Measuring the Perceived Trustworthiness of News in Bangladeshi Traditional Media’, Pacific Northwest Conference of Political Communication and Journalism Studies 2023, University of Washington, June 3, Seattle, Washington.
BOOK CHAPTER
Parvez, N. (2020), Gender Discrimination in Media: Bangladesh Perspective, in Women’s Voice: A search for feminist consciousness, Hussain, N. A. & Jolly, P. (ed.)., PP. 439-455, Dhaka: Sangbed.
Teaching
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
|---|---|---|
| JMS 514 | Multimedia Journalism | Masters |
| JMS 307 | Public Relations | 3rd Year |
| JMS 403 | ICT | 4th year |
| JMS 521 | Film Appreciation | Masters |
| JMS 407 | Advertising | 4th year |
| JMS 306 | Development Communication | 3rd Year |
| JMS 204 | Editing | 2nd Year |
Academic Info
Period: 2019-20
Master of Arts
(Media Practice for Development and Social Change)
Period: 2015
Master of Social Sciences
(Mass Communication & Journalism)
Period: 2011-14
Bachelor of Social Science
(Mass Communication & Journalism)
Experience
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 2017-Present
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· To teach courses assigned by the department. · Service as a member of the academic committee and several examination committees · Worked with Film Club, Readers Club, etc. · Coordinator of different cultural programs · Assistant residential teacher of Jahanara Imam Hall (2021-22) & Begum Khaleda Zia Hall (2017-2019). · Supervisor of Student Affairs, Sports, and Seminar Library (2021-22) |
Position: Lecturer
Period: 2016-17
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· Took courses assigned by the university · Worked with the Academic Committee, Freshmen Orientation Committee, and some Cultural Committees. · Organized a career club for students. |
Position: Newsroom Editor
Period: 2013-17
Position: Newsroom Editor (Sports)
Period: 2012
Activity
Position: Fellow
Period: 2021-22
Media Fellow | ITP Media Asia 2021| Sweden| September 2021-October 2022
· Training on capacity building for sustainable media self-regulation
· Participating thematic webinars and meetings to outline a change initiative plan
Position: Alumni
Period: 2014-Present
Fellow (Study at US Institutes) | US Department of State & University of Washington | USA | 22 June- 24 July, 2014
· Training on new media and journalism
· Understanding community media and traditional media
· Voluntary services at food bank, agricultural farm etc.
· Visit to US Congress and other renowned media houses
Position: Member
Period: 2021-23
Position: Member
Period: 2023
Contact
Nishat Parvez
Associate Professor
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Email: nishatjms@juniv.edu
