Shahariar Khan Nobel
snobel1@umd.eduShahariar Khan Nobel is a second-year Ph.D. student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism focusing on journalism and political communication. He is interested in how people evaluate political information and determine what is credible, trustworthy and authoritative in contemporary digital information environments, and what these dynamics mean for the democratic public sphere.
Prior to beginning his doctoral studies at the University of Maryland, Nobel earned an M.S. from Oklahoma State University. Nobel was born and raised in Bangladesh and completed his undergraduate studies and first master’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism at Comilla University. He worked as a reporter at bdnews24.com and as a newsroom editor at Jamuna Television in Bangladesh. He began his journalism career during his undergraduate studies, working as a student reporter for national dailies and leading his department’s news service as an editor.
Nobel is an active member of academic and professional communities in journalism and communication. He has presented his research at the annual and midwinter conferences of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and has published peer-reviewed research in journals including the International Journal of Advertising and Computers in Human Behavior.
Areas of Interest
- Political communication
- Media trust and credibility
- Artificial intelligence in journalism and political communication
- Misinformation and corrective communication
- Journalistic credibility and authority
Education
- B.S.S., Comilla University (Bangladesh)
- M.S.S., Comilla University (Bangladesh)
- M.S., Oklahoma State University