Md. Mamaun -ur- Rashid

Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, PSTU

Professor of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development at Patuakhali Science and Technology University — researching extension service quality, e-agriculture, gender, education quality and climate change adaptation.

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About

Dr. Md. Mamun-Ur-Rashid is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU), Dumki, Patuakhali-8602, Bangladesh. Education: MS from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh (2004); PhD in Rural Development and Management from China Agricultural University (2014), carried out with a China Scholarship Council award, with a dissertation on the quality of agricultural extension services in Bangladesh; and postdoctoral research at Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands (2022), on agricultural policy and climate change. Career: Lecturer at Dinajpur Veterinary College (2005-2006), then Lecturer at PSTU (2006-2008), Assistant Professor (2008-2014), Associate Professor (2014-2018) and Professor since 2018. Research focus: agricultural extension and service quality, rural communication and e-agriculture, gender roles in agriculture, fisheries and livestock, rural youth, education and higher-education quality, and climate change adaptation. Methods: survey design and sampling, descriptive statistics, linear and logistic regression, multivariate analysis, hypothesis testing, non-parametric statistics, survival analysis and SERVQUAL/SERVPERF service-quality assessment, combined with qualitative tools such as in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Contact: murashid@pstu.ac.bd | +8801712143236

Achievements & Highlights

At a glance: 58 publications • 1,037 citations • 49,110 reads on ResearchGate • h-index 15 • 20 years of teaching and research

🎓 SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS

• 2022 — Postdoctoral researcher, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands — agricultural policy and climate change
• 2014 — China Scholarship Council (CSC) Award, for PhD study at China Agricultural University

🌏 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

• Global ChatGPT study (PLOS One, 2025) — co-author of the largest global survey of higher-education students' perceptions of ChatGPT, covering 23,218 students in 109 countries
• Achievement emotions in e-learning (Learning and Instruction, 2022) — multi-country study of 17,019 students across 13 countries
• E-learning satisfaction during COVID-19 (PLOS One, 2021) — ten-country comparative study
• Climate-smart agriculture research with international partners, published in Agricultural Systems and the Journal of Agriculture and Food Research

🏛️ ACADEMIC PROGRESSION

• Professor, Patuakhali Science and Technology University (2018 – present)
• Associate Professor, PSTU (2014-2018)
• Assistant Professor, PSTU (2008-2014)
• Lecturer, PSTU (2006-2008) and Dinajpur Veterinary College (2005-2006)

📊 SIGNATURE CONTRIBUTIONS

• Service-quality assessment of agricultural extension in Bangladesh using SERVQUAL/SERVPERF models, covering public and private providers
• Education quality research on primary science teaching, government secondary schools and higher education in Bangladesh
• Gender and coastal livelihoods, including women's participation in dry-fish processing and homestead agriculture
• ICT and community radio as agricultural information channels for coastal farmers

Research & Publications

58+ Publications 1037+ Citations H-index 15

Research interests: agricultural extension and service quality, rural communication and e-agriculture, gender and development, rural youth, education quality, and climate change adaptation. Metrics from his ResearchGate profile (verified 5 August 2026): 58 publications, 1,037 citations and 49,110 reads; his PSTU profile reports an h-index of 15. Published in journals including PLOS One, Learning and Instruction, Agricultural Systems, Heliyon, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Development in Practice, Journal of Agricultural Extension, Problems of Education in the 21st Century, Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, International Journal of Agriculture and Biology and the Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University. Recurring themes across this work are the service quality of public and private agricultural extension providers, ICT and community-radio use by coastal farmers, climate-smart agriculture adoption and COVID-19 impacts on smallholder strategies, women's participation in agriculture and dry-fish processing, micronutrient adequacy in coastal farm households, and service quality in schools and higher education. He is also a co-author on large international collaborations, including a global PLOS One study of higher-education students' perceptions of ChatGPT (23,218 students across 109 countries) and a multi-country study of achievement emotions in e-learning published in Learning and Instruction (17,019 students across 13 countries). Profiles: ResearchGate (profile/Md-Mamun-Ur-Rashid-3) and the PSTU profile at pstu.ac.bd/user-profile/132.

Academic Roles & Expertise

Positions • 2018 - present: Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, PSTU • 2014-2018: Associate Professor, PSTU • 2008-2014: Assistant Professor, PSTU • 2006-2008: Lecturer, PSTU • 2005-2006: Lecturer, Dinajpur Veterinary College Qualifications • Post-doc in Agricultural Policy and Climate Change, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands (2022) • PhD in Rural Development and Management, China Agricultural University (2014) - China Scholarship Council award • MS, Bangladesh Agricultural University (2004) Methods and expertise • Survey design and sampling; descriptive statistics; linear and logistic regression; multivariate data analysis; hypothesis testing; non-parametric statistics; survival analysis • SERVQUAL / SERVPERF service-quality assessment and customer-satisfaction analysis • Mixed-methods research combining structured interviews, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews Supervision and teaching • Supervises postgraduate research on extension service quality, e-agriculture, gender in agriculture and fisheries, and climate change adaptation

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