500 Crouse St, Apt C
Akron, OH 44311
Education
NUSRAT ISLAM
The University of Akron, Akron, OH
 Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
Expected May 2019
The New School for Social Research (NSSR), New York, NY
 Master of Arts in Sociology
May 2015
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct
 Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
 Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Behavior
 Research Area: Role of Social Networks in Informal Markets
Work
Experience
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Graduate Student Assistant @ University of Akron, Department of Sociology
 Assisting the professor alongside other GAs during lectures
 Holding weekly meetings regarding student progress
 Communicating with and assisting students
 Holding weekly office hours
 Grading assignments
 Assisting with departmental activities such as lectures and brown bags
May 2012
May 2012
08/15-Present
Student Secretary (Dept. of Sociology, NSSR)
03/14-05/15
 Screen resumes for potential new faculty with Student Union members
 Generate and maintain a strong pool of adjunct, assistant, and tenure-track faculty applicants
 Identify strengths and weaknesses of prospective faculty candidates through lectures
 Refer applicants to the department for interviewing
 Co-host student panel interview sessions with prospective faculty applicants
 Discuss qualifications and observations from interviews of candidates with department chair
 Initiate background checks, and reference checks for new faculties obtaining employment offer
 Design online voting mechanism in Doodle for students to vote following candidate interviews
Teacher @ dot Ed Learning Center, New York, NY
07/12-05/15
 Teach elementary [Grades 2 – 5] and middle school [Grades 6 – 8] level students
 Subjects taught: Mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA), Writing
 Test Prep: New York State Test Math, New York State Test ELA, Specialized High School
Admission Test (SHSAT)
 Make weekly lesson plans based on the Math and ELA Common Core State Standards
 Make report cards per semester
 Communicate with parents regarding the students’ performances
 Attend monthly faculty meetings to discuss class progress, report on the students’ performances,
present course material changes, and future course schedule and design.
Teacher @ Amwins Learning Center (Brooklyn, NY)
07/12-06/13
 Teach elementary [Grades 2 – 5] and middle school [Grades 6 – 8] level students
 Help students [Grades K-1] with homework afterschool
 Subjects taught: Mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA), Writing
 Test Prep: New York State Test Math, New York State Test ELA, Specialized High School
Admission Test (SHSAT)
 Make weekly lesson plans
 Communicate with parents regarding the students’ performances
Administrative Assistant (Dept. of Sociology, Wesleyan University)
01/10 – 04/12
 Maintained confidential educational records of students in electronic system, E-Portfolio
 Scheduled appointments for undergraduate and graduate students with the faculty members
 Coordinated with other staff members to plan and manage departmental events such as new
student orientation, senior research award ceremony, and youth development seminar series
 Notified students and faculties of monthly departmental newsletters, promotional materials, class
registration procedural changes, etc.
 Performed course audits for graduating students that would get reviewed by academic advisors
 Maintained inventory of textbooks / office supplies, and developed strategic purchasing programs
 Created online departmental job postings for students and maintained student employee records
 Processed time sheets of students employees and reviewed their job performances on regular basis
 Composed and distributed meeting notes following weekly faculty / staff meetings
 Assisted prospective students by providing department information over telephone and email
 Developed and managed course evaluation forms for faculties for program assessments
 Prepared student enrollment ad hoc reports and verified their registration with enough credit hours
 Assisted with student outcome assessments and generated reports for external accrediting bodies
 Implemented procedural and policy changes within department for better classroom environment
 Participated in continuous improvement efforts by utilizing new technologies to improve
efficiency
 Generated and mailed admission / graduate assistantship letters to incoming MA / PhD students
 Coordinated with office of international student affairs to provide immigration and visa processing
information to international students and assist them with necessary documentation and paperwork
 Worked with HR to assist in H-1B and J-1 visa processing for international faculties and staff
 Provided assistance to the department finance manager in finalizing budget for the academic year
Project
Experience
Undergraduate Senior Thesis: "The Informal Economy in Dhaka, Bangladesh: An Enquiry into the
Structural and Theoretical Implications of Informal Markets."
 Conducted field work in Dhaka, Bangladesh via surveys and interviews of 100 informal workers:
street vendors and public transportation employees
 Collected ethnographic data on the Dhaka city informal economy
 Defined the informal market and its role in economic sociology
 Researched prior studies and theories of social behavior in the market and present them over a
series of chapters
 Gave a detailed description of the demographic background, worker groups, and class
stratifications of the case study
 Presented the various methodologies undertaken in the social experiment and account for external
influences on the collected data
 Analyzed both the qualitative data and quantitative data to connect to previous theories
 Composed a discussion section to draw conclusions and propose further research topics
Psychology Memory Lab – SenseCam Project, Wesleyan University
09/10 – 05/11
 Research conducted in Psychology memory laboratory under the supervision of Dr. John Seamon
 Observed the utility of different tools to help memory impaired individuals.
 Conducted comparative analysis of SenseCam with diary notes in facilitating memory retention.
 Recruited, tracked, and tested subjects; scheduled assessments with individual subjects
 Coordinated lab member efforts and prepared institutional IRB protocols
 Analyzed data from experiments using SPSS and prepared statistical report
 Helped in the project report preparation particularly regarding literature searches and editing
Skills
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Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Basic Internet browsing: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari
Quantitative Analysis: STATA
Website management: HTML/CSS