Dr. Rifat Akhter
Associate Professor of Sociology & Director of Gender Studies Program
Irby Hall 306B
(501) 450-5640
Educational Background
Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
M.S. University of London
M.S. Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.S. Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Specialty Fields
Social Demography
Gender Studies
Globalization
Research Interests
Globalization
Gender
Development
Stratification and Social Inequality
Domestic Violence
Demography
Current Focus
How the global economy can marginalize and sustain unequal
power relations between men and women, especially relative
to environments supportive of domestic violence.
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