Taniah Mahmuda Tinni is a full-time faculty at United International University. In addition, She is pursuing a PhD at Institute of Bangladesh studies, University of Rajshahi. The title of her  research is “Convergence of women’s indigenous knowledge and institutional initiatives in flood risk reduction in Bangladesh. She did her MA in Sociology from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New-Delhi under the Bangladesh Scholarship Scheme 2017-2018. Earlier she accomplished her Bachelor and masters in Folklore from the Department of Folklore, University of Rajshahi. Her research interests are Gender and women studies, Indigenous Knowledge, Disaster Risk Reduction, Cultural Anthropology, Religion and Society etc.

Journal Articles

1. Tinni, Taniah Mahmuda & Shafinur Nahar, “Hijab Culture’: Branding of Faith in a Capitalist Society. A study on Popular Media through the Critical Marxism.” CJD Critical Studies of Inter-Asian Culture. 4 (June, 2022): 39-45.
2. Tinni, Taniah Mahmuda, “Impact of Colonialism on Bangladeshi Films: A Review.” Folklore Journal. 10 (December 2020):103-112.
3. Tinni, Taniah Mahmuda. “The Commercialization of Traditional Artistry and Its impact on Female Artisans: In Regard to “Nakshi Kantha” of Jessore District.” Ajanta, VII, no.IV (October-December, 2018): 67-73.

• Book Chapters

1. Nahar, Shafinur and Taniah Mahmuda Tinni, “Rape, Restriction and Protest A Critical Analysis of the Bangladeshi Female Student Movement” In Female Narratives of Protest Literary and Cultural Representations from South Asia, edited by Nabanita Sengupta and Samrita Sengupta Sinha (NewYork : Routledge, 2024), 211-223.
2. Tinni, Taniah Mahmuda and Swayamsiddha Singhdeo, “The Intensification of Double Burden on Female Academia in Bangladesh in the Age of Covid-19,” In The Pandemic Covid-19: Life, Society and Culture, edited by Sudeb Sarkar &Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman. (New Delhi: Authors Press, 2020), 12-19
3. Tinni, Taniah Mahmuda, Dishari Roy and Poonam. Science and Society: Construction of womb and female body,”Women’s voice a search for feminist conscious, edited by Nassem Akhter hossain and Parvin Jolly (Dhaka: Sangbed, 2020), 192-202.

• She has been awarded a fellowship from the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, Rajshahi University to pursue PhD in Convergence of Women’s Indigenous Knowledge and Institutional Initiatives in Flood Risk Reduction in Bangladesh.
• She was awarded an ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relationship) Scholarship in 2017 to pursue her MA in Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

   

• Lecturer, Sociology and Sustainable Development, Premier University, Chittagong
   February 19, 2020 to September 30, 2023
• Advocacy Officer, NGO forum for Public Health
   September 1, 2019 to February 15, 2020