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Ghyasuddin Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sociology
Colson Hall, Room 203-A Office:804-524-5206 Fax: 804-524-6883 Email:gahmed@vsu.edu
Office Hours
Fall 2009 Class Schedule
Education: B.A. with Honors in Social Work M.A. in Social Work M.A. from University of Chicago Ph.D., Sociology from University of Georgia and.
Recent Publications Referred Journal Publications:
Understanding Constraints to Adolescent Condom Procurement: the Case of Urban Botswana Contemporary Patterns of Adolescent Sexuality in Urban Botswana 4. SAIS Review, Boston Impact of Conflict on Demographic Factors and their Importance in Negotiated Settlement in Southern Africa Characteristics of Condom Use and Associated Problems: Experience in Bangladesh Sex Differential in Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Botswana & Bangladesh, 1986/7. Current Work in Progress Book: The Other Face of Islam: Provisions of Peace, Terrorism, Tolerance and Women’s Rights. It is being compiled from various works done by Ahmed on Islam, including a book on Women’s Rights and Family Values and Women and a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association held in New York, 2007 entitled, Beyond the Baker-Hamilton Recipe for Honorable and Peaceful End of Iraq and Afghan Wars, held in New York. VSU Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Prevalence of Obesity and What they are Doing to Overcome this Serious Health Problem? This is an unfunded research done to provide hands on experiences to students of Introduction to Sociology courses (two sections) during Spring 2008. Data entry completed processing and analyses Completed and Plan to Present the Report at the Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society in 2010. A Section of the Paper presented in the 2008 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association is being Separated and Revised at the Request of a Journal of the Sociology of Work – it is being entitled “Ethnography of Life Time Journey Through the World of Corrupt, Ethical and Unethical Work Practices in Three Continents as Native, Guest and Immigrant Worker”. Current Research & Professional Interests: Global Use and Abuse of Power under True / False Pretext – national security, economic aspirations and needs; problems in the practice of diversity – economic systems, ethnicity, gender, race, religion etc.; problems in global socio-economic and political systems; AIDS, Teenage Sexuality and Pregnancy; Single Parent Family; and Obesity. Scientific Paper Reviewed for Population Council Journal - Nov 2007: At the request of the Editor of prestigious journal ‘Studies in Family Planning’ I reviewed the paper entitled; “Pregnancy related School Dropout and Prior School Performance in South Africa”. I was selected to review this paper because of my pioneering research work on a similar topic that was published in the UK’s top journal ‘Population Studies’ – it is being heavily used by scholars around the world and its references can be found in hundreds of published works [just type full name of the author to view numerous citation of this paper] in the Web. Professional Meetings Attended and Paper Presented: · American Sociological Association (ASA) 2007 & 08) · Southern Sociological Society (SSS) (2008 & 2004) · Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) (2009, 2007, 2006 &2005) · National Association of African American Studies (NAAAS) (2008, 2004 & 2003) · Population Association of America Meeting 2009 held in Detroit, MI 2009 · Virginia Social Science Association (VSSA 2009 & 2004)
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