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 a linguist and researcher with more than a decade of teaching experience in English and Linguistics across Australia, Bangladesh, China, and the United States. His fieldwork has taken him to Bangladesh and Malaysia, where he has documented and analyzed endangered minority languages. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and authored two books, including his recent monograph A Grammar of Pangkhua (De Gruyter Mouton, 2024). Dr. Akter has presented his research at major linguistic and applied linguistics conferences in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. He has been the recipient of numerous competitive fellowships and research grants, including the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society, the Asian Scholarship Foundation Fellowship, the Linguistic Society of America Fellowship, the Global Oregon Graduate Award, the Firebird Foundation Fellowship, and the Language Legacies Grant. In addition to his research and teaching, he actively contributes to the profession as a reviewer, curriculum committee chair, and member of several international conference abstract review boards.

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