Trumbull Tea
With Mohammad Niamat Elahee Ph.D.
Fulbright: Exploring New Horizons
Thursday, November 16 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Trumbull Head of College House
100 High Street, or Door Opposite Entry I from Courtyard
Mohammad Niamat Elahee Ph.D., is a professor of International Business at Quinnipiac University, CT. He earned his Ph.D. with a double major in Marketing and International Business from the University of Texas Pan-American, USA and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of New Brunswick-Fredericton, Canada. He also taught at The University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico; Rennes Business School, France; Kedge Business School in Marseilles and in Bordeaux, France; Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China, and at the Sa’dat Academy for Management Sciences in Egypt. Most recently, he was a US Fulbright Professor at Al Zaytoonah University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. His research interest includes cross-cultural negotiations, foreign investment, consumer animosity and ethnocentrism, and globalization. He has also published a text-book on globalization and edited a book on the nuclear deal between Iran and the West. A widely published author, Dr. Elahee also serves as a reviewer of grant applications for the US Department of Education. He has also been involved with a number of non-profit organizations such as Hamden Rotary Club, Columbus House, Albert Schweitzer Institute, etc.
Dr. Elahee was cited in various newspapers and magazines such as Newsweek, Washington Post, Huffington Post, ABC News, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, San Diego Union, San Francisco Chronicle, Market Insiders, Investor Place, Stamford Advocate, Laredo Morning Times, San Antonio Express, WGN Radio of Chicago, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, etc. He has also appeared in ABC (CT), NBC (CT), CBS (CT), Fox News (CT) channels, NPR Radio (CT), BBC Radio, UK (Bangla Service), Ireland Radio, Connecticut Today (Radio) and contributed Op-ed articles to newspapers such as Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, Torrington Post (USA), Daily Star (Bangladesh), Holiday (Bangladesh). Also appeared in TV interviews in Turkey, Mexico, and Bangladesh.
Prior to joining academia, Dr. Elahee worked at Deloitte & Touche, Canadian Int’l. Development Agency (Dhaka Office). His consulting experience includes working for the UNICEF, Canadian Int’l. Development Agency, different universities and an investment firm, among others.