Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Sydney 

M.A. Linguistics, University of Oregon 

M.Phil. Applied Linguistics & ELT, University of Dhaka 

M.A. English Language, University of Dhaka

Dr. Zahid Akter is an educator and researcher with over eight years of teaching English and Linguistics across Australia, Bangladesh, China, and the USA. He has published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed journals.  He presented his work at linguistic and applied linguistic conferences in countries such as India, China, Australia, Malaysia, Germany, and the USA. Dr. Akter has been awarded several prestigious grants and fellowships including the Asian Scholarship Foundation Fellowship, the Linguistic Society of America Fellowship, the Global Oregon Graduate Award, Language Legacies Grant, and Firebird Foundation Fellowship. Recently, he published a book titled A Grammar of Pangkhua with De Gruyter Mouton.  

Morpho-Syntax, Language Typology, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Tibeto-Burman Linguistics.  

2024 Akter, Zahid. A Grammar of Pangkhua. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 

2024 Akter, Mohammed Z. Argument indexation on verbs in Pangkhua and South Central (Kuki-Chin) Tibeto-Burman. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 47(2).  

2024 Akter, Mohammed Z. An Overview of Pangkhua: A South Central Tibeto-Burman (Kuki-Chin) language of Bangladesh. Himalayan Linguistics. 

Under Review Akter, Mohammed Z. Negation in Pangkhua and South Central (Kuki-Chin) Tibeto-Burman: Typology and Diachrony. Language and Linguistics. 

2010 Akter, Zahid. The endangerment of small, indigenous languages: Lessons from 

Malaysia. East West University Journal of Humanities. 1.2:67-85. 

2008 Can we save the indigenous minority languages? The case of the Remun language of Sarawak, Malaysia. The Asian Scholar (5):1-34. 

2008 Akter, Zahid. Teaching spoken English effectively: A study in an EFL context. Praxis Journal. 1.3: 65-75. 

2007 Akter, Zahid. Teaching pronunciation: Does it matter? Modern English Teacher.  

16.3:34-38.

ENG 3101 Introduction to Linguistics,

ENG 3029 Research in Language and Literature,

ENG 4122 World Englishes,

ENG 4817 Senior Writing Seminar