Curriculum Vitae

Nadine Shaanta Murshid

School of Social Work 617/955-2549

685 Baldy Hall [email protected]
Buffalo, NY 14260-1050

Education
PhD, Social Work, Rutgers University 2013
MPP, Public Policy, Australian National University 2006
BBA, Economics, James Madison University 2003

Employment History: Academic

Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo 2020–present

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo 2014–2020
Administrative Roles
Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 2020–2021
Unit Diversity Officer 2020-2021
Co-Lead, The Global Child, Community for Global Health Equity 2020–present
Affiliate Faculty
Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo 2014–present
Gender Institute, University at Buffalo 2015–present
Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute, University at Buffalo 2015–present
School of Social Work
Community for Global Health Equity, University at Buffalo 2016–present

The Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS) 2018–present

Research

Grant Support Received:

Principal Investigator 2018–2019
Bangladeshi female migrant labor in Dubai: Balancing financial needs with
dual oppression, Asian Studies Research Award, University at Buffalo
($1,000, withdrawn)
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Principal Investigator 2015–2016

Building inclusive banking infrastructure for financially disadvantaged
populations: Mobile-money and financial inclusion in Bangladesh, Civic
Engagement Research Fellowship ($5,000)
Principal Investigator 2015– 2016
Social and relational context of microfinance participation, The Gender
Institute, University at Buffalo ($3,000)
Principal Investigator 2014–2015
Men and Microfinance, Asian Studies Research Fund, University at Buffalo
($1,000)
Principal Investigator 2014–2015
Men and Microfinance, Faculty Internationalization Fund, University at
Buffalo ($1,300)
Principal Investigator 2011–2012
Saathi of Rochester Excellence in Education Award for Dissertation Research
($5,000)
Other Projects:
Research Collaboration with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies 2018–2021
(BIDS)
Youth exposure to violence: A comparative analysis of five districts in
Bangladesh

Honors and Awards:

Co-Chair (elected), UB Community Health Inequity Research Institute 2021
Diversity Scholars Network Member, National Center for Institutional 2021
Diversity, University of Michigan

Member, Bangladesh Development Initiative 2019–

present
Excellence in Research Award, Buffalo Center for Social Research, UBSSW 2016–2017

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Envisioning Our Common 2016

Future, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Civic Engagement Research Fellowship, University at Buffalo 2015–2016
International Studies Association Annual Conference Travel Award, 2013
International Studies Association
Graduate School New Brunswick Conference Travel Award, Rutgers 2012
University
PhD. Qualifying Exam (Policy) – Passed with Honors Distinction 2010

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South Asian Studies Program Research Award, Rutgers University 2019

Excellence in Social Work Education Award, Rutgers University 2008-2011

Publications
Peer-reviewed Articles:

1. Boamah, E.F., Murshid, N.S., & M.G.N. Mozumder. (Forthcoming). Techno-territorial

peripheries: A network understanding of inequality in the global South, Applied
Geography
2. Murshid, N.S. & *Irish, A. (2021). Mapping the association between exposure to violence
and mental health problems among a representative sample of youth in Bangladesh,
Children and Youth Services Review. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105712
3. Murshid, N.S. & *Irish, A. (2020). Understanding teen-sex in Bangladesh: Results from
Global School Health Survey 2014, Children and Youth Services Review. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105619
4. *Irish, A. & Murshid, N.S. (2020). Suicide ideation, plan, and attempt among youth in
Bangladesh: Incidence and risk factors, Children and Youth Services Review, 116. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105215
5. Murshid, N.S. (2020). Examining Microfinance Participants’ Use of Neoliberal Language
in Bangladesh, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 11 (2). Online
Ahead of Print.
6. Boamah, E.F. & Murshid, N.S. (2019). “Techno-market fix”? Decoding wealth through
mobile money in the global south, Geoforum, 106, 253-262. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.08.012
7. Murshid, N.S. & Bowen, E.A. (2019). Microfinance participation and HIV literacy among
married women in Bangladesh: Results from a nationally representative study, Human
Behavior in the Social Environment. Advance online publication. doi:
10.1080/10911359.2019.1587730
8. Agbemenu, K., *Auerbach, S., Murshid, N.S., Ndidiamaka, A., & J. Shelton (2019).
Reproductive health outcomes in African Refugee women: A comparative study, Journal
of Women’s Health. Advance online publication. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2018.7314
9. Murshid, K.A.S & Murshid, N.S. (2019). Adolescent exposure to and attitudes toward
violence: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh, Children and Youth Services Review, 98
(3), 85-95. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.12.025

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10. De, P. & Murshid, N.S. (2018). Associations of intimate partner violence with screening
for mental health disorders among women in urban Bangladesh. International Journal of
Public Health, 63 (8), 913-921. doi: 10.1007/s00038-018-1139-x
11. Murshid, N.S. (2018). Participation in income-generating activities and help-seeking
social networks of women experiencing IPV in Bangladesh, Journal of Social Service
Research, 44 (5), 702-713. doi: 10.1080/01488376.2018.1479334
12. Murshid, N.S. (2018). Microfinance participation and women’s empowerment: Evidence
from a nationally representative sample of women in Bangladesh, Journal of Social
Service Research, 44 (3), 375-39. doi:10.1080/01488376.2018.1476287
13. Murshid, N.S. & Murshid, N. (2018). Women’s experiences with microfinance in urban
Bangladesh: Results from a qualitative study, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 45
(3), 113-140.
14. Murshid, N.S. & Ball, A. (2018). Examining women's physical mobility and microfinance
participation in Bangladesh: Results from a nationally representative sample of women,
Women’s Studies International Forum, 69, 33-39. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2018.04.009
15. Murshid, N.S. & Ely, G.E. (2018). Microfinance participation and contraceptive use and
intention in Bangladesh, International Social Work. Advance online publication. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818774089
16. Murshid, N.S. (2018). Microfinance participation and women’s decision-making power in
the household in Bangladesh, Journal of Social Service Research, 44 (3), 308-318.
doi:10.1080/01488376.2018.1472170
17. Ely, G.E. & Murshid, N.S. (2018). The relationship between partner violence and number
of abortions in a national sample of abortion patients, Violence & Victims, 33 (4), 585-
603. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00215
18. Murshid, N.S. & Ely, G.E. (2018). Does the use of unreliable contraceptive methods
increase the number of abortions? Findings from a national survey of women in the US,
Social Work in Public Health, 33 (2), 96-113. doi:10.1080/19371918.2017.1409681
19. Murshid, N.S. (2018). Poor hygiene and bullying victimization in Pakistan, Children and
Youth Services Review, 88, 197-204. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.03.016
20. Murshid, N.S. & Bowen, E.A. (2018). A trauma-informed analysis of the Violence
Against Women Act’s provisions for undocumented immigrant women, Violence Against
Women, 24 (13), 1540-1556. doi: 10.1177/1077801217741991
21. Murshid, N.S. (2018). Women’s participation in microfinance and control over resources
in Bangladesh, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 28 (1), 1-11.
doi:10.1080/10911359.2017.1382416
22. Ely, G.E. & Murshid, N.S. (2017). The association between partner violence and distance
traveled to get an abortion in a nationally representative sample of abortion patients,
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (1-2), 663-669. doi: 10.1177/0886260517733281

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23. Murshid, N.S. (2017). Intimate partner violence and contraceptive use in Pakistan:
Results from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13, Women’s Studies
International Forum, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2017.08.003
24. Murshid, N.S. & Zippay, A. (2017). Social networks in the context of microfinance and
intimate partner violence in Bangladesh: A mixed-methods study, Journal of Sociology
and Social Welfare, 44, 147-172.
25. Murshid, N.S. (2017). Parents, friends, and depression: A multi-country study of
adolescents in South Asia, Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 160-165. doi:
10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.018
26. Murshid, N.S. (2017). Asset ownership and intimate partner violence in Pakistan: Results
from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13, Public Health, 150, 1-8. doi:
10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.004
27. Murshid, N.S. (2017). Bullying victimization and mental health outcomes of adolescents
in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Children and Youth Services Review, 76, 163-169.
doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.03.003
28. Murshid, N.S. & Critelli, F.M. (2017). Empowerment and intimate partner violence in
Pakistan: Results from a nationally representative survey, Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, Advance online publication. doi: 0886260517690873
29. Murshid, N.S. (2016). Men’s response to their wives’ participation in microfinance:
Perpetration and justification of IPV in Bangladesh, Public Health, 141, 146-152. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.09.016
30. Murshid, N.S & Zippay, A. (2016). Microfinance participation and marital violence: A
qualitative inquiry, Violence Against Women, 23 (14), 1752-1770. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801216665480
31. Murshid, N.S. (2016). Mothers' empowerment and father involvement in child health care
in Bangladesh, Children and Youth Services Review, 68, 17-23. doi:
10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.06.026
32. Murshid, N.S. & Ely, G.E. (2016). Microfinance participation and contraceptive decision-
making: Results from a national sample of women in Bangladesh, Public Health, 139,
141-147. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.06.019
33. Murshid, N.S. & Ely, G.E. (2016). Microfinance participation and contraceptive use:
Does control over resources matter? Journal of Public Health, 39 (2), e27-e32. doi:
10.1093/pubmed/fdw066
34. Murshid, N.S. (2016). Microfinance participation, control over resources, and justification
of IPV: Results from a nationally representative sample of women, Journal of
Interpersonal Violence, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0886260516641284
35. Murshid, N.S. & Ely, G. (2016). Intimate partner violence and use of contraceptives in
Bangladesh: Results from a national sample, International Journal of Social Welfare, 25
(4), 331-338. doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12204.

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36. Bowen, E.A. & Murshid, N.S. (2016). Trauma-informed social policy: A framework for
analysis and advocacy, American Journal of Public Health, 106 (2), 223-229. doi:
10.2105/AJPH.2015.302970.
37. Murshid, N.S., Akincigil, A., & Zippay, A. (2016). Microfinance participation and
domestic violence in Bangladesh: Results from a nationally representative survey,
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31 (9), 1579-1596. doi: 10.1177/0886260515569065
38. Murshid, N.S. & Murshid, N. (2015). Intergenerational transmission of marital violence
in Bangladesh: Results from a nationally representative sample of men, Journal of
Interpersonal Violence, 33 (2),211-227. doi: 10.1177/0886260515604413.
39. Murshid, N.S. (2015). Men’s report of domestic violence perpetration in Bangladesh:
Correlates from a nationally representative survey, Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
32(2), 290-307. doi: 10.1177/0886260515585544
40. Murshid, N.S. & Sanyal, A. (2013). What was Shahbag up against? Radical Islam in
Bangladesh. Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (26-27), 45-50.
41. Murshid, N.S. (2013). The Shahbag Uprising: War crimes and forgiveness. Economic and
Political Weekly, 48 (10), 13-15.
42. Murshid, N.S. (2012). Intergenerational transmission of domestic violence in Bangladesh.
Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 14 (2), 20-33.
43. Simmel, C., Shpiegel, S., & Murshid, N.S. (2012). Variation in states’ implementation of
postsecondary school support for foster care alumni. Journal of Policy Practice, 12 (1),
43-61.
44. Postmus, J., Plummer, S., McMahon, S., Murshid, N.S., & Kim, M. S. (2012).
Understanding economic abuse in the lives of survivors. Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, 27 (3), 411-430.

Book Contributions:
45. Murshid, N.S., *Richards-Desai, S. & *Irish, A. (2021). Economic empowerment in the
context of domestic violence and abuse. In R. J. Macy, J. Devaney, C. Bradbury-Jones, S.
Holt, and C. Øverlien (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Domestic
Violence and Abuse. New York: Routledge.
46. Murshid, N.S., Lemke, M., Hussain, A., & *Siddiqui, S. (2020). Combatting Gender-
Based Violence: Perspectives from Social Work, Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, and
Medical Anthropology. In P. Ram and K. Smith (Eds.), Transforming Global Health –
Interdisciplinary Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies. New York: Springer.
47. Bowen, E. A., Murshid, N. S., *Brylinski, A., & *Gatenio Gabel, S. (2019). Moving
toward trauma-informed and human rights-based social policy: The role of the helping
professions. In L. D. Butler, F. Critelli, & J. Carello (Eds.), Trauma and Human Rights.
New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

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48. Murshid, N.S. (2019). Intergenerational transmission of domestic violence in Bangladesh.

In A. Ahmad, N. Murshid, A. Haque and R. Quazi (Eds.), Governance and the Governed
– Democracy and Development in Bangladesh, Selected Papers from the BDI 2013 and
2015 Conference. Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Press Limited.
49. Murshid, N. S. (2017). Bangladesh has ways to go before SDG 5: Gender Equality can be
achieved. In M. Khasru (Eds.) Towards Sustainable Development: Lessons from MDGs &
Pathway for SDGs. Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and
Governance (IPAG).
*indicates student collaborators

Presentations
Peer Reviewed:
National
Murshid, N.S. Migration of Bangladeshis from NYC to East Side, Buffalo: A 2020
discussion on economic rejuvenation, gentrification, and health disparities.
Virtual Colloquium to Advance Health Equity Research in Buffalo.
Community Health Equity Research Institute, UB
Murshid, N.S. Mobile-money use among the working class. Society for Social 2019
Work Research Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.
Murshid, N.S. Neoliberal language in Bangladesh. National Women’s Studies 2018
Association Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Agbemenu, K., Auerbach, S., Murshid, N., Shelton, J., & Amutah-Onukagha, 2018
N. Labor and delivery outcomes in African refugee women: A comparative
study of reproductive health outcomes. Nursing Research & Scholarly
Activities Conference of the Professional Nurses Association of Western New
York, American Nurses Association-New York, and Sigma Theta Tau
International Honor Society of Nursing. Buffalo, NY.
Murshid, N.S. Mobile-money in Bangladesh: Unintended consequences for certain 2018
low-wage workers. Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference,
Washington D.C.
Murshid, N.S. Poor hygiene and bullying victimization in Pakistan. Society for 2018
Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C. (Poster)
Bowen, E.A., Murshid, N.S., Keefe, R. From trauma-informed care to trauma- 2016
informed policy: A framework for policy development within the National
Prevention Strategy, American Public Health Association Conference, Denver,
CO.
Murshid, N.S. Perpetration and justification of partner violence by men married to 2016
microfinance participants: Results from a national sample of men in
Bangladesh, Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference,
Washington D.C.

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Murshid, N.S. & Bowen, E.A. Microfinance participation and HIV literacy in 2016
Bangladesh: Results from a nationally representative study, Society for Social
Work Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
Murshid, N.S. Domestic violence and use of contraceptives in Bangladesh, 2015
Council of Social Work Education 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.
(poster)
Bowen, E. & Murshid, N.S. From trauma-informed care to trauma-informed 2015
policy: A framework for social work advocacy, Council of Social Work
Education 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.
Murshid, N.S. & Zippay, A. Microfinance in Bangladesh. Society for Social Work 2015
Research Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. (poster)
Murshid, N.S. When undocumented immigrants face domestic violence: Policy 2012
response and analysis, Council of Social Work Education 58th Annual
Program Meeting, Washington DC.
Murshid, N.S., & Zippay, A. Microfinance in Bangladesh, Society for Social Work 2012
Research Annual Conference, Washington DC.
Postmus, J., Plummer, S., & Murshid, N.S. Effects of IPV and economic abuse on 2010
life outcomes for survivors, Society for Social Work and Research Annual
Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Pummer, S., Postmus, J., & Murshid, N.S. Economic empowerment: Evaluation of 2010
a financial literacy curriculum for survivors of abuse, Society for Social Work
and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Postmus, J., Plummer, S, & Murshid, N.S. A longitudinal evaluation of a financial 2010
literacy curriculum for survivors of domestic violence, Society for Social Work
and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Postmus, J., Plummer, S., & Murshid, N.S. Effects of IPV and economic abuse on 2010
life outcomes for survivors, Council of Social Work Education 55th Annual
Program Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Plummer, S., Postmus, J., & Murshid, N.S. Economic empowerment: Evaluation 2010
of a financial literacy curriculum for survivors of abuse, Council of Social
Work Education 55th Annual Program Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Murshid, N.S. Timing of immigration: Predictors of domestic violence among 2009
immigrants, Council of Social Work Education 55th Annual Program Meeting,
San Antonio, TX.
International
Murshid, N.S. Multiple perspectives on the Rohingya crisis. Bangladesh 2019
Development Initiative International Conference, New Haven, Connecticut
Panel Moderator.

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Murshid, N.S. Microfinance participants’ use of neoliberal language in 2019

Bangladesh. Bangladesh Development Initiative International Conference,
New Haven, Connecticut
Murshid, N.S. Microfinance, intimate partner violence, and justification of 2017
intimate partner violence in Bangladesh. Annual Conference on South Asia,
Madison, Wisconsin.
Murshid, N.S. Structural violence, women, and neoliberalism Keynote Speaker, 2016
International Conference on Envisioning Our Common Future, Dhaka
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Keynote Speaker.
Murshid, N.S. & Bowen, E.A. Microfinance participation and HIV literacy in 2016
Bangladesh. Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin.

Murshid, N.S. Help-seeking social networks in the context of microfinance and 2016
intimate partner violence in Bangladesh. International Studies Association
(ISA) Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Murshid, N.S. “Trickle down” of neoliberal language among a sample of 2015
microfinance participants in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Annual Conference on South
Asia, Madison, Wisconsin. (Chair/Discussant)
Murshid, N. S. Microfinance in Bangladesh: Findings from a qualitative sample. 2015
International Studies Association Global South Caucus Conference, Singapore.
Murshid, N.S. Does microfinance lead to domestic violence in Bangladesh? 2013
International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Francisco,
CA.
Murshid, N.S. Intergenerational transmission of domestic violence in Bangladesh, 2013
Bangladesh Development Institute Conference. Berkley, CA
Murshid, N.S. Gender and economic empowerment, Bangladesh Development 2013
Institute Conference. Berkley, CA.
Murshid, N.S., Simmel, C., & Shpiegel, S. Child mortality in Bangladesh: A 2011
problem for the uneducated poor? Society for Research in Child Development
Biennial Meeting, Montreal.

Invited Talks:
Panelist, Roundtable: Gender, Sexuality, Violence: A Transnational Conversation, 2021
Bangladesh Development Initiative and Chowdhury Center, University of
California, Berkley.
Panelist, Community-engaged scholarship. Wings Roundtable at Society for Social 2021
Work Research Annual Conference.
Panelist, Decolonizing Global Health, Community for Global Health Equity, UB 2021
Panelist, UC Davis MENASA Leadership Retreat, University of California, Davis 2021

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Speaker, Kashmir Symposium: Neoliberalism and Conflict, University at Buffalo 2019

CGHE Seminar Series: Neoliberalism and violence in the global South, UB 2019
Chair of Panel: Systematic Discrimination, Rustgi Undergraduate Conference, UB 2019
Asian Studies, University at Buffalo
Chair of Panel, Local Initiatives, UBSSW Annual Symposium on Poverty as a 2019
Human Right, University at Buffalo
UBSSW PhD Navigation Committee Talk 2019
PhD Prosem Talk: Writing for Diverse Audiences 2019
Chair of Panel: Social and Political Currents, Rustgi Undergraduate Conference, 2018
UB Asian Studies, University at Buffalo
PhD Prosem on Theory: Neoliberalism (Invited by Elizabeth Bowen) 2018
Being trauma informed in the Global South for Trauma Informed and Human
Chair of Panel, Local Water Protectors, UBSSW Annual Symposium on Water, 2018
University at Buffalo
Chair of Panel, Research for the Common Good, UBSSW Annual Symposium on 2018
Water, University at Buffalo
Lecture on trauma informed principles as applied in global South settings. Curated 2018
for Trauma Informed-Human Rights course. Invited by: Susan Green
Adolescent exposure to and attitudes toward violence: Empirical evidence from 2018
Bangladesh. With: KAS Murshid. UBSSW Grand Rounds
Adolescent exposure to and attitudes toward violence: Empirical evidence from 2018
Bangladesh. With: KAS Murshid. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Seminar Series, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mobile-money in Bangladesh, Guest Lecture, Social Innovation. Invited by Gokul 2018
Mandayam
Neoliberal subject formation in Bangladesh, Keynote Speaker, The Global Center 2018
for Advanced Studies 4th Annual Summer Institute and International
Conference, Paris, France
Workers’ experience with mobile money: A case study from Bangladesh, BCSR 2017
Grand Rounds, UB School of Social Work
Panel on Girls Education, Community for Global Health Equity 2017
A 20x20 story of my work. PechaKucha Breakfast. UBSSW Ph.D. Program 2017
Mobile-money in Bangladesh, Community-Based Research Workshop: A Review 2016
of Research by CEPP Fellows, University at Buffalo
Conducting research in the Global South: Stories from Bangladesh, Global to 2016
Local Luncheon, Global Interest Group, UB School of Social Work

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Roundtable on Reproductive Justice, UB School of Social Work 2016

Conducting research in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities. UB Global 2016
Health Club Speaker Series as part of National Public Health Week
IPV=f (Structural Violence)? Global Health Dialogue, UB Community for Global 2016
Health Equity
Microfinance in Bangladesh: The good and the bad. UB Critical Conversations. 2015
University at Buffalo, NY
Microfinance in Bangladesh, Asian Studies Symposium, University at Buffalo, NY 2015
Microfinance and Empowerment in Bangladesh, Grand Rounds, Buffalo Center 2015
for Social Research, University at Buffalo, NY
India Changes Course, Great Decisions Series, International Institute of Buffalo 2015
Microfinance: The current debate, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2015
online.
Building a meaningful research agenda. With: Yunju Nam. Doctoral Program, 2015
School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, NY
Microfinance in Bangladesh: Stories from the Field, Feminist Research Alliance 2014
Workshop, The Gender Institute, University at Buffalo
Microfinance: A critical perspective, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2014
online.
Gender issues in Bangladesh, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). 2014
International Research: Data Collection in Bangladesh, Doctoral Student 2012
Association Student Presentation, Rutgers University, NJ.
New perspectives on microfinance, women, and poverty alleviation, Women's 2011
Studies Brown Bag Seminar, Colgate University, NY.
Domestic violence and resiliency of South Asian women, Saathi of Rochester 2011
Annual Banquet, Rochester, NY.

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Other Dissemination:
Research reports
Findley, P., Murshid, N.S., & Merkel, S. (2013). Autism Spectrum Disorders – Facts,
Interventions, and Resources. Huamin Center Brochure for Caseworkers in China.
Simmel. C., Ocasio, K., Redcay, A., Forenza, B., Murshid, N.S., & Kim, S. (2012). Reflections
on case practice in New Jersey’s Division of Youth and Family Services. Report prepared
for New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families. Rutgers University School of Social
Work.
Simmel, C., Shpiegel, S., & Murshid, N.S. (2011). Survey of the Project MYSELF and SHIP
programs at Transitions for Youth: Reflections from program participants and Support
Coaches (2010-2011). Report prepared for New Jersey’s Department of Children and
Families.
Public scholarship & advocacy
Murshid, N.S. & Palermo, T. (2020). The Global Child: The path we want to take. Retrieved
from: http://www.buffalo.edu/globalhealthequity/Resources/articles-and-
reflections.host.html/content/shared/www/globalhealthequity/articles-and-reflections/the-
global-child--the-path-we-want-to-
take.detail.html?fbclid=IwAR127vpQV6P7hKql0Jrg2WVH8rtRQl7ONIOAvCzcfhwk6dGf
HRwcnHeuUhQ
Murshid, S. (2008). The perspectives and experiences of women of color in the domestic
violence movement: The South Asian story. The VOICE – The Journal of the Battered
Women’s Movement, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1-4.
News/newsletter/op-ed articles (selected)
US Elections: Representation matters but it is not enough (2020). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Magical Thinking in the time of Covid (2020). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Election Day Hoopla. (2019). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Teen protest movement demanding safe roads: Their allies, adversaries, and others. (2018). The
Daily Star Magazine, Bangladesh.
The violent men around us. (2018). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
No country for Beauty. (2018). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
If not now, then when? (2018). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
2017: The year we found purpose. (2018). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Of lists, naming, and shaming. (2017). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Reproductive coercion or business as usual? (2017). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Only yes means yes. (2017). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Independence from tokenism. (2017). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.

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Profiling narcissists in love. (2016). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.

Speaking in tongues: Language and personality. (2016). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
Coal-fired power plants and related stories. (2016). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
A few dos and don’ts in the movement against sexual assault. (2015). The Daily Star,
Bangladesh.
Speaking the “unspeakables.” (2015). The Daily Star, Bangladesh.
The killings at Bangladesh's Bihari Camp – Murder mystery or murder with impunity? (2014).
Frontier Weekly, India.
Open letter to Narendra Modi. (2014). Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh.
Podcasts
InSocialWork Podcast Interview with Richard Smith, Wayne State University (2018)
InSocialWork Podcast Interview with Richard Smith, Wayne State University (2014)

Articles on social media/blogs (selected)

The bomb hurler and why he is burning Bangladesh. (2014). AlalODulal.org
Where have the negotiating tables gone? (2014). AlalODulal.org with Awrup Sanyal
Pilkhana verdicts: A case for restorative justice. (2014). AlalODulal.org
Let's talk about rape (in Bangladesh). (2013). AlalODulal.org
Beauty, Contest, and Context. (2013). AlalODulal.org
Will we continue to be silent? (2013). AlalODulal.org

Teaching

Courses Taught
SW510: Scientific Methods in Social Work
SW514: Evaluations in Social Work
SW 503: Diversity and Oppression
SW 500: Social Welfare Policy and History
Supervision
Richa Das, MSW Student (Independent Study, Research) Fall 2021
Krizstina Baltimore (PhD Dissertation Committee Member) 2020–Present
Elizabeth Coleman, MSW Student (Graduate Assistantship, Practice) 2020–2021
Megan Bailey, PhD Student (Graduate Assistantship, Practice) 2020–2021

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Honor Odigie, PhD Student (Graduate Assistantship, Research) Spring 2021

Andrew Irish, PhD Student (Graduate Assistantship, Research) 2019–2020
Temitope Oke, PhD Student (Research Internship) Spring 2019

Service
University:
Member, UB SSW Dean Search Committee Spring 2021
Co-Chairperson, Board, University at Buffalo Community Health 2021–present
Equity Research Institute
Board Member, University at Buffalo Community Health Equity Research 2020–2021
Institute
Panelist and Advisor, UB FinTech Design Challenge, UB LaunchPad 2020
Executive Committee, Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo 2019–present
Jury Panel Member, Global Innovation Challenge, Community for Global 2018
Health Equity, University at Buffalo
UB Delegate, American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) 2017–2020
Faculty Advisor and Jury Panel Member, Global Innovation 2017
Faculty Advisor and Jury Panel Member, Global Innovation Challenge, 2016
Community for Global Health Equity
Facilitator of Discussion on Namesake, UB Intercultural & Diversity Center 2016
Grant Reviewer, Seed Funding Proposals, Community for Global Health 2016
Equity
Presented “Conducting research in Bangladesh: Challenges and 2016
Opportunities” at UB Global Health Club Speaker Series as part of
National Public Health Week
Presented “IPV=f(Structural Violence) at Global Health Dialogue, 2016
Community for Global Health Equity
University at Buffalo
Affiliate Faculty, Community for Global Health Equity 2015–present
University at Buffalo
Panelist, UB Critical Conversations 2015
University at Buffalo, NY
Presenter, Asian Studies Program Symposium 2015–present
University at Buffalo
Presenter, Gender Institute Feminist Research Alliance Workshop 2014–present

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Asian Studies Program Advisory Council Member 2014–2018

University at Buffalo
Doctoral Program Executive Committee, School of Social Work 2010– 2011
Rutgers University
Doctoral Student Association, School of Social Work 2009–2013
Rutgers University
Mentor to incoming doctoral students, School of Social Work 2009–2012
Rutgers University
Faculty Adviser to student-run organization, Art Society 2007–2008
BRAC University
School of Social Work:
Member, Racial Justice Coordinating Committee 2020–present
Unit Diversity Officer 2020-2021
Curator, Global to Local Racial Justice Series 2020-2021
Grand Rounds Talk: Exposure of violence among adolescents in Bangladesh 2019
Lecture: Being Trauma Informed in the Global South 2019
Lecture for PhD Students: Neoliberalism 2018
Doctoral Prosem on Writing 2018
Adhoc Committee: CAST (Child advocacy courses for undergraduates) 2017–2018
Global Interest Group, UBSSW Annual Symposium Committee 2017–2020
Global Interest Group, Community Conversations Committee 2017–2020
MSW Curriculum Committee, School of Social Work 2015–2020
Facilitator, Inter-Profession Education Seminar 2017
Participated in PhD PechaKucha 2017
Expert Speaker, Roundtable on Reproductive Justice, UB School of Social 2016
Work
Interest Group: Social Entrepreneur/Social Enterprise Nonprofits 2015
Presented “Microfinance and Empowerment in Bangladesh” at BCSR Grand 2015
Rounds
Discussion: “Building a meaningful research agenda” at Doctoral ProSem, 2015
School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, NY (with Yunju Nam)
Recruitment Committee, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo 2014–2015
Profession:
Editorial Board Member

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Spotlight on Global Health Research 2019–Present

Grant Reviewer
UB Asian Studies Program 2019
Seed Funding Proposals, Community for Global Health Equity 2017
Seed Funding Proposals, Community for Global Health Equity 2016
Peer Reviewer (in alphabetical order)
American Journal of Public Health
Community Psychology in Global Perspective
Development in Practice
Feminist Economics
Gender in Management: An International Journal
International Social Work
Journal of Bangladesh Studies
Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Journal of Family Violence
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Plos One
Preventive Medicine
Violence Against Women
Violence and Victims
Member
Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) 2012–present
International Studies Association (ISA) 2014–2015
American Council for Consumer Interests (ACCI) 2014–2015

Community:

Board Member 2021–present

Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Rahama – Domestic Violence Agency for Muslim Women

Speaker, Decolonizing Global Health, Organized by Tia Palermo and Gauri 2021
Desai, Community for Global Health Equity

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2019
Speaker, From AI to Nano-Technology, Discussion at Prothom Alo
Newspaper, Bangladesh

Panel Discussion, Women’s Experiences in the Global South Under 2019

Neoliberalism, CGHE, University at Buffalo

Speaker, Kashmir Symposium, CGHE, University at Buffalo 2019

Member, Bangladesh Development Institute, USA 2019

Faculty Organizer & Discussant, The Storm: A Discussion with Arif Anwar, 2019
Visiting Author at Asian Studies Program & Burning Books, Buffalo

Member, Gender Justice Taskforce, WNY Peace Center 2019

Columnist, The Daily Star (national English language newspaper), 2015–present

Bangladesh

Contributor, Prothom Alo Online (national Bengali language newspaper), 2017–present

Bangladesh
Board Member, Shabab Murshid Development Foundation (SMDF), 2005–present
Bangladesh
Faculty Organizer, UBSSW Annual Symposium: Poverty 2019
Faculty Organizer: UBSSW Community Conversation on Migrant Families 2018
Guest on #SWMacro Twitter chat on Financial Inclusion 2018
Faculty Organizer, UBSSW Annual Symposium: Water and Environmental 2018
Justice
Faculty Organizer: UBSSW Community Conversation on the Cost of 2018
Activism
Workshop on Trauma Informed Care, Jeeon, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2017
Editor Board Member, AlalODulal Editorial Collective 2012–2016

Media Mentions:
UB Spectrum. “‘I’m worried about being the next victim:’ Asian students 2021
fearful of hate crimes.” Written by Vindhya Burugupalli.
Gizmodo. Women face ‘pervasive; violence in the face of the environmental 2020
crisis, report finds. Written by Yessenia Funes.

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Global Health Equity Research in Translation. “We are poor because I don't 2020
work hard enough": Neoliberal Self-Evaluation of Bangladeshi
Microfinance Participants. Written by Lisa Vahapoğlu.
BBC Bangla. What is the future of Trumpism? Discussion with Paromita 2020
Heem.
UB Spectrum. UB professors discuss ‘New Perspectives on Women’s 2019
Health.’ Retrieved from:
https://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2019/11/ub-professors-discuss-new-
perspectives-on-womens-health
WNY Peace Center Radio. Live Discussion with Vicki Ross.
Yale Macmillan Center Bangladesh in the next 30 years: Challenges and 2019
prospects. Retrieved from: https://macmillan.yale.edu/news/bangladesh-
next-30-years-challenges-and-prospects
UB News Center African refugee women have healthier pregnancies than 2019
U.S. women. The likely reason? An unhealthy U.S. culture by Marcene
Robinson. Retrieved from:
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2019/03/021.html
The Daily Star “Defending my bandhobi” by Arafat Kazi. Retrieved from 2019
https://www.thedailystar.net/star-youth/news/defending-my-bandhobi-
1714483
UB Now Investigating the Bangladeshi e-waste industry by Peter Murphy. 2018
Retrieved from: http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2018/12/aich-e-
waste.html
Social Work Synergy Financial Capability Building: Mobile Money as an 2018
Intervention Going to Scale Feb 22 2018 #MacroSW Chat by Pat Shelly.
Retrieved from: https://socialworksynergy.org/2018/02/19/were-pleased-
to-have-our-ubssw-faculty-member-dr-nadine-shaanta-murshid-as-the-
guest-expert-on-this-chat-hope-you-all-can-join-us/ and
https://macrosw.com/2018/02/19/financial-capability-building-mobile-
money-as-an-intervention-going-to-scale-feb-22-2018-macrosw-chat/
Buffalo News Three area colleges to offer free events for Public Health 2016
Week by Scott Scanlon. Retrieved from:
http://refresh.buffalonews.com/2016/04/01/three-area-colleges-offer-free-
public-events-public-health-week/
Epoch Times Children of Genocide Survivors Can Inherit Trauma in Their 2015
DNA by Amelia Pang. Retrieved from:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1910376-children-of-genocide-
survivors-can-inherit-trauma-in-their-dna/
UB Reporter Critical Conversation’ to focus on child and maternal health by 2015
Sue Wuetcher. Retrieved from:
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/campus.host.html/content/shared/univ

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ersity/news/ubreporterarticles/stories/2015/10/critical_conversation.detail
.html#sthash.xD5p3Hc3.dpuf
Al Jazeera Critics denounce Bangladeshi death sentence by Zeeshan Khan. 2013
Retrieved from:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/20139191236579758
3.html
Creative-Capital.org Longing for a Total by Naeem Mohaiemen. Retrieved 2012
from: http://creative-capital.org/wp-
content/uploads/legacy/2012/04/Mohaiemen_ChroniclesOfDissent_2012.
pdf

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