Md Abrar Fahad Khan
Title
Ph.D. Student in Marketing & Graduate Research Assistant
Phone
(313) 335 6559
Office
Room 450, Mike Ilitch School of Business
Md Abrar Fahad Khan
Academic Programs
- Marketing
Education
Ph.D. in Marketing
Wayne State University (Expected Graduation: 2027)
Master of Business Administration (Major: Marketing)
Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018)
Bachelor of Business Administration (Major: Marketing)
North South University, Bangladesh (2016)
Research and teaching interests
- Brand Management
- Consumer Behavior
Biography
Md Abrar Fahad Khan is a Ph.D. student in Marketing at the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University, where he is also serving as a Graduate Research Assistant. He was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he earned his undergraduate degree in business from North South University in 2016 and his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration at the University of Dhaka in 2018, both with a major in Marketing.
Abrar's professional journey began with an internship at the US energy corporation Chevron in Bangladesh, followed by positions as a Management Trainee Officer and a Business Analyst for DataFort Ltd., a Bangladeshi franchise of the American enterprise information management services company Iron Mountain. After more than two years in the corporate sector, Abrar shifted his focus to academia and joined Southeast University in Bangladesh as a Lecturer in Marketing, teaching courses in Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management, Brand Management, and Marketing Research at both the BBA and MBA levels for over two and a half years.
In the Fall of 2022, Abrar moved to the US to pursue his Ph.D. in Marketing at Wayne State University, where his research interests include brand management and consumer behavior. Upon completion of his degree, he plans to continue working in academia and imparting his knowledge to the next generation of marketing students while continuing his research.
When not studying or working, Abrar enjoys traveling to scenic places, reading crime fiction and detective mysteries, watching comic book movie adaptations, and playing video games. He currently resides in Detroit, Michigan.
Presentations
Amin, I., Khan, A., and Saha, S. “Success Parameters of Facebook Based Boutique Shops in Dhaka City.” 8th Asian Management Research and Case Conference on Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Management: Issues and Strategies in Asia. United Arab Emirates University, Dubai, UAE. 2019.
Awards
Cum Laude, 2016
North South University, Bangladesh
