Caf Dowlah, Ph.D.

Professional Background

Sept. 08-Present

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences
Queensborough College-City University of New York

Jan/2003-08/2008

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences
Queensborough College-CUNY

• Teach undergraduate economics courses, and involved in various departmental and university-wide academic and extra-curricular activities.

Sept/01-Sept/02

Visiting Scholar, Southern Asian Institute
Columbia University, New York

• Worked on a research project on the impact of the GATT/WTO trade regimes on developing countries, especially focusing on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). A book, based on the research, entitled Backwaters of Global Prosperity, was published by Praeger Publishers in 2004.

Oct. 2000 - Aug. 2001

Visiting Professor and Japan Foundation Fellow
Department of Economics, Otaru University of Commerce. Hokkaido.

• Taught Development Economics and International Economics. Worked on the implications of the GATT/WTO trade regimes/policies on the economic development and poverty issues of the least developed countries (LDCs).

Oct. 1997 - Sept. 2000

Policy Adviser. United Nations World Food Program (WFP), Dhaka

• Worked for the Country Director of WFP to strengthen analytical capacity of the institution. Advised policies and strategies for food-assisted development programs, edited WFP publications, and negotiated with the government, and other national and international organizations. Also, worked for research projects of the South Asian Regional Office of WFP, New Delhi.

Policy Specialist/Consultant Economist. The World Bank. Dhaka Office.

• Worked on policy and reform strategies for privatization, and agricultural and rural development. Authored a major privatization report in 1997.  Managed the Agricultural Sector Investment Project (ASIP), negotiated policy matters with the government, and other national and international organizations.

Aug. 1991- Dec. 1996

Assistant Professor, Economics and Government, State University of New York- Canton College, New York

• Taught Macro/Micro Economics, Economics of Social Issues, American Government and Politics, and Contemporary Global Economic Issues. Also, served as a member of the University Faculty Committee and as Adviser to the Phi Theta Kappa, an undergraduate fraternity.

PART-TIME TEACHING

• University of Southern California, 1989-92
  For the Department of Economics, taught undergraduate Micro and Macro Economics, Personal Finance, and Comparative Economic Systems.
• For the School of Public Administration, taught graduate level Managerial Economics, Public Finance, Graduate Seminars on Development Administration and Economics (under the International Training of Trainers Program), and Quantitative Methods for Social Research.
• California State University at Los Angeles, 1990-91
  For the Department of Business Administration, taught upper-division Micro and Macro Economics (Intermediate) and International Political Economy.
• California State University at Fullerton, 1990-91
  For the Department of Economics and Statistics, taught Micro-Macro Economics at upper-division undergraduate level (Intermediate Micro Economics).
• Independent University—Bangladesh, 1993-94
  For the School of Business Administration, taught International Business and Managerial Economics at graduate level.
  
• Dhaka University-Bangladesh, 1993-95
  For the Department of Public Administration, taught Bangladesh Economy and Comparative Administrative Systems (graduate and undergraduate levels).