Muhammad Saiful Islam

Background

About Muhammad Saiful Islam

Seasoned academic professional with over ten years of teaching, research, editorial, administrative experience Key Proficiencies: • Ability to produce, tailor, and elucidate content for a wide range of audiences and trained in summarizing complex reports to prepare written documents • Careful and sympathetic listener, experienced in problem-solving and delivery of practical solutions with tact and prudence while providing guidance and feedback to colleagues and students • Managed communication with national/international stakeholders, funding agencies, and was responsible for comprehensive documentation • Led public relations tasks and directed others working in this capacity • Communicator of technical information and research findings in a clear, concise, easy to understand format that meets the functional needs of the target audience • Experience in Blackboard, Brightspace, CourseLink, Google Classroom, Moodle, Teams, Zoom • Collaborative experience in working with marketing professionals, graphic designers, web designers Research Interests: Media, Communication, & Postcolonial Theory, Canadian Literature, Online Education & Pedagogy, English Language Teaching, Creative Writing, Cinema & Melodrama, World Literature Peer-Reviewed Articles: Nine International Conference, Talks: Eleven Volunteered for: In Canada - CUPE 3913, GSA, Orientation 2019, Spoken Word Festival 2019, Action Read Community Literacy Centre, Guelph Film Festival Taught underprivileged children in Bangladesh Public Performance: United World College, Pune, India (July 8, 2005) Assembly House, Norwich, UK (February 24, 2006) Saudi-German Hospital, KSA (May 13, 2010) British Council, Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh (several events) Interview: BBC Norfolk, broadcast 22 February 2006 Creative Writing: Maps and Metaphors: Writings by Young Writers from Bangladesh and United Kingdom (2006), Dinesh Allirajah (Ed) Fuselit journal (January 2006), Kirsten Irving (Ed) The British Council Book of Emerging English Poets from Bangladesh (2001), Sudeep Sen (Ed) Spectrum (vol. 4, June 2006), Department of English, Dhaka University English Matters, North South University Mountain Top (2017), English Department, King Khalid University Paribrajok (issue 3, December 2007) and in the literature pages of the dailies The Daily Star and NEWAGE Workshops: Leader, Tradition as Inspiration at The Role of Local Wisdom in Shaping Identity, 18-20 March 2014, State University of Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia.