Mohammad Ataullah Nuri
Greensboro
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
6
6
Languages
Work History
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of North Carolina Greensboro
01.2021 - Current
Associate Professor in English and Head
Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology
01.2020 - Current
- (on study leave)
Assistant Professor in English and Head
Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology
01.2016 - 01.2020
Senior Lecturer in English and Head
Cox’s Bazar International University
01.2014 - 01.2016
Lecturer in English
University of Information, Technology, and Sciences
01.2011 - 01.2014
Education
Ph.D. - English
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Greensboro, NC01.2026
MPhil - English
University of Chittagong
01.2014
M.A. - English
University of Chittagong
01.2009
B.A. - English
University of Chittagong
01.2008
Awards
2022 English Department Graduate Essay Award, UNCG, 2021 Minerva Scholar Fellowship, UNCG, 2021 The Hayes Fellowship, UNCG, 2021 The Moore Fellowship, UNCG
Affiliations
- Modern Language Association
- ASLE Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
- SAMLA South Atlantic Modern Language Association
Publications
- Referred Publications
- 2025
- 2021 “Khanar Bachan: Bengali Folklore as a Storehouse of Sustainable Agricultural Wisdom.” The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, Mar. 2021, 151-157
- 2021 “Bioregionalism, African Literary Environmentalism and Wole Soyinka.” International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 9 Feb. 2021, 102–106.
- 2020 “Seeing the Ecological Realities of the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh Through Selina Hosen’s Jalochchwas (The High Tide).” The Comilla University Journal of Arts, ser. 4. June 2020, 167-74.
- 2020 “Three Waves of Ecocriticism: An Overview.” Horizon, ser. 5, Feb. 2020, 253–268. 5.
- 2019 “Kaiser Haq: A Bangladeshi English Poet Writing Dhaka Inside Out.” Premier Critical Perspectives, vol. 4, no. 1, Dec. 2019, 87–101.
- 2018 “Human-Environment Relationship in Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers.” The Comilla University Journal of Arts, ser. 3, June 2018, 133–148.
- 2016 “Edward Said’s ‘Secular Criticism’: A Counter-Modern Approach to Textual Suzerainty.” ASA University Review, vol. 10, no. 1, June 2016, 139–152.
- Public Writing and Social Media Engagement
- 2008 www.literary-articles.com, (a literary blog with over 400 posts on various literary topics) 2008—
- 2002 Mohammad Ataullah Nuri, my YouTube channel where I engage the audience with my research, readings, and teaching.
- Creative Writing Published numerous short stories and poems both in Bengali and English.
- Works-in-Progress
- “The Island Turned Red”: Carceral Laboratories, Inter-imperial Rivalry, and Vanishing Indigene in Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
- “The Country In … Death Throes”: Environmental Catastrophes And An Eco-Allegorical Turn in Contemporary Bangladeshi English Novel
- Unearthing Colonial Plantation of the Indian Ocean World through 19th-Century American Periodicals: A Study of Harper's Weekly Records on Nutmeg Plantation in Penang
- “She is my Bengal evermore”: Bengal as a “Life-place” in Jibananda Das's Rupushi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal)
- “Plantationocene in the British Raj and Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies.” SAMLA 94, Jacksonville, Florida. November 11, 2022.
- “Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers: The Human-environment Relationship in the Niger Delta.” International Conference on Sustainable Development, Portcity International University, Chattogram. January 2018.
- “‘Bioregional Imagination in Dwijen Sharma’s Nishorgo Nirman O Nandonik Bhabna (Building The Environment And Related Thoughts).” International Conference On ‘South Asia Studies’ Premier University, Chattogram. December 2019.
- “Khanar Bachan: A Discourse of Ecological Agrarianism and Sustainable Development.” ASLE Affiliated Conference: International Interdisciplinary Conference on Ecocriticism, Environmental Justice and Literature, EMK Center, Dhaka. August 2015.
TEACHING
- University of North Carolina Greensboro
- The World Literature in English; Exploring Writing in College Context; Approach to Literature; Introduction to Narrative
- Bangladesh Army Internation University of Science and Technology
- Introduction to Drama and Theatre; Introduction to Poetry; Pre-1900 American Literature; Western Philosophical Ideas; 19th Century American Literature; 20th Century American Poetry and Drama; 20th Century English Poetry and Drama; Greco-Roman Classics in Translation
- Cox’s Bazar International University
- Undergraduate Courses
- Graduate Courses
- William Shakespeare: Tragedies and Comedies; Literary and Cultural Theories; New Literatures in English
- University of Information, Technology, and Sciences
Services
- University of North Carolina Greensboro
- Service to the Department and University Community
- 2023 Member, Graduate Students Association
- 2022 Member, Graduate Students Association
- 2024 Event Manager, BSA, UNCG
- 2025 Vice-President, BSA, UNCG
- Bangladesh Army Internation University of Science and Technology
- Service to the Department
- 2016-2020 Head, Department of English
- Service to the Institution
- 2016-2020 Member, Academic Council, BAIUST
- 2018-2020 Assistant Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell, BAIUST
- Cox’s Bazar International University
- 2014-2016 Head, Department of English
- 2015-2016 Member, Syndicate
Timeline
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of North Carolina Greensboro
01.2021 - Current
Associate Professor in English and Head
Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology
01.2020 - Current
Assistant Professor in English and Head
Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology
01.2016 - 01.2020
Senior Lecturer in English and Head
Cox’s Bazar International University
01.2014 - 01.2016
Lecturer in English
University of Information, Technology, and Sciences
01.2011 - 01.2014
MPhil - English
University of Chittagong
M.A. - English
University of Chittagong
B.A. - English
University of Chittagong
Ph.D. - English
University of North Carolina Greensboro
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