Fariha Faruk
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Bio
Fariha Faruk is a current M.S. student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Sociology. She completed another master’s in Disaster Management and Resilience from Bangladesh University of Professionals in 2023 and her bachelor's in Disaster and Human Security Management from the same university in 2022. Her research interests focus on people’s perceptions, environmental sociology, climate change, public health, social psychology, gender equality, waste management, and disaster management. Her works have been published in the International Journal of Public Health and SciMedicine Journal. She also participated in, and presented at, an international conference and several disaster management exercises. From high school, Fariha got training on basic disaster management from the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and actively volunteered for the United Nations Youth and Student Association of Bangladesh during her undergraduate days.
With a continuous focus on the environment and society, her involvement in the Sociology department of Oklahoma State University will take her forward to more opportunities to work on human behavior, activities and consequences in environmental sociology.
Education
- MSS in Disaster Management and Resilience, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Bangladesh, 2023
- BSS in Disaster and Human Security Management, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Bangladesh, 2022
Research Interests
- Environmental Sociology
- Socio-psychological Vulnerability
- Human Behavior
- Climate Change
- Disaster Management
- Sustainable Development
- Gender Studies
- Public Health
- Media and Communication
- Community-Based Studies
- Migration