Associate Professor and Program Director
Department of Mass Communications/Journalism
Texas A & M University-Texarkana

Biography

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Department of Mass Communications at Texas A & M University-Texarkana (TAMUT) since July 1, 2002. 

He comes to TAMUT from working as a journalism professor, print journalist and an international training consultant abroad.  Dr. Bhuiyan began his career as a faculty with Bangladesh Agricultural University in 1986 and served the university until 1991.  He worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore for three years (1996-1999).  During that period, Dr. Bhuiyan was a Visiting Professor at the University of South Australia, the Griffith University in Australia, and at the National University of Ireland.  Dr. Bhuiyan joined Alcorn State University in Mississippi as an Associate Professor of Communications in Fall 1999 and worked there until June 30, 2002. He joined Texas A & M University-Texarkana as Associate Professor and Program Director of Mass Communications/Journalism Department on July 1, 2002. 

Dr. Bhuiyan earned his Ph.D. degree in Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 1996 as a World Bank Scholar.  He received his B.Sc. (Hon.) in Ag. Economics and Rural Sociology and M.Sc. in Ag. Communication from Bangladesh Agricultural University.  He further studied at Cornell University, Iowa State University, University of Dubuque, Iowa, and at the University of Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines.

He has received professional training in journalism and communication from Harvard University, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Inc., Poynter Institute, American Press Institute, American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Pew Research Center.

He worked for the United Nations, the Netherlands Government, and the government of Malaysia as a training consultant.  He worked with the newspapers as a reporter/stringer/ guest columnist and associate editor for about 15 years in USA, Singapore, Japan and Bangladesh.  Dr. Bhuiyan was an associate editor of Madison Times, guest columnist for Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times in Wisconsin, USA, The Business Times in Singapore and the Asahi Evening News in Tokyo. He was a news reporter for the Daily Ittefaq, The New Nation, Radio and Television in Bangladesh.

Dr. Bhuiyan was awarded a fellowship from the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) Institute for Journalism Excellence in the summer 2001. Under this fellowship, he worked for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, a Night Ridder newspaper in Georgia, and he interviewed former President Jimmy Carter in July 20, 2001, which created national and international headlines. 

He acted as a peer reviewer for various professional journals in Asia, Australia and in United States.  Dr. Bhuiyan is actively involved in Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He has authored over 46 research papers and wrote a chapter of a book on "Media in Asia."  Dr. Bhuiyan is writing a book with Professor Everett M. Rogers on information technology and media.