Shamsul Arefin
Graduate Student
Education
Expected 2025 Master of Arts, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
2017 Master of Social Sciences: Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015 Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research & Teaching Interests
Decoloniality, identity politics, racism, political economy, social movements, public health, Ethnography, political sociology, research methodology, sociological theories.
Awards/Fellowship/Grants
2025 SOAR Fund Award, Scholarly Communication Department at the UMA Libraries, (an award of $525.30 for open access publication support)
2025 Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA (150 USD)
2024 Co-winner of the Fall 2024 Manuel Matos Public Sociology Award, Department of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
2024 Comp support fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA (4500 USD)
2023 Summer Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA (2100 USD)
2022 Mujib 100 Research Grants for Women Protocol, Donor: icddr,b (41,125 USD)
2022 UGC Research Grant (Code: 3257103), Approved by: BSMRSTU (1900 USD)
2022 UGC Research Grant (Code: 3257103), Approved by: BSMRSTU, (1500 USD)
2021 UGC Research Grant (Code: 3631108), Awarded by: BSMRSTU, (700 USD).
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2025 Rashid, T., Arefin, S., Bhattacharjee, M. et al. Comparative study of stigma and discrimination among vaccinated and non-vaccinated COVID-19 survivors in Bangladesh. BMC Infect Dis 25, 338, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10734-8 (Impact factor: 3.40, Q1) (Corresponding author)
2023 Arefin, S. Right to the city in the age of neoliberal development: A case study of two slum communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Society Register, 7(2), 49-70.
2022 Arefin, S., Rashid, T., Bhattacharjee, M., Habib, M. D., Islam, M. A., & Rahaman, M. A.. “The whole sky has broken down on me. I might die alone”: A qualitative study on the lived experiences of COVID-19 positive frontline workers in Bangladesh. Frontiers in sociology, 7, 1054921.
2021 Arefin, S., & Rashid, T. THE URBAN POOR IN DHAKA: PERSPECTIVES ON THE RIGHT TO THE CITY. Journal of Urban & Regional Analysis, 13(1).
2018 Rashid, M. A., Amin, M. N., Arefin, S., & Rahaman, M. A. ICTs and Time Use Behavior of the Students: A Study of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh. American Journal of Educational Research, 6(8), 1164-1171.
2018 Arefin, S. The real estate and capital accumulation: An inquiry into Harvey’s model in Dhaka. Peoples’ Preface, 2(2), 153-165.
Manuscripts in preparation
Arefin, Shamsul. Understanding Students Resistance in Higher Educational Institutions in Bangladesh: Beyond the Neoliberal Market and Colonial Higher Education (probable comprehensive paper)
Arefin, Shamsul, Rashid, T. Silenced Voices: Reexamining the 1971 Rape Victims in Bangladesh and the Unfulfilled Promises of Integration from a Global South Feminist Perspective (in-progress)
Tayef, Nusrat, Rashid, Tamanna, Arefin, Shamsul. Blaming the rape victims in Bangladesh:
A socio-cultural analysis
Arefin, Shamsul. Beyond the Neoliberal Market and Colonial Higher Education: Understanding Student Movement in Bangladesh (probable comprehensive paper)
Rashid, T., Arefin, Shamsul; Bhattacharjee, M., Islam, M. A. Stigma and Discrimination Against COVID-19 Positive Patients in Bangladesh: A Comparative Qualitative Study of Non-Vaccinated and Vaccinated Patients (Under review, BMC Public Health)