Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan

Sociology
Doctoral Student
Teaching Fellow
Fields: Political Sociology, Extremism and Radicalization, Quantitative Research Methods

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SyedMahfujulHaqueMarjan@my.unt.edu

Syed Marjan
Education
Ph.D., Sociology (in progress, expected Summer 2026), University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
Dissertation: “Profiles in Extremism: Comparative Demographics of Lone‑Actor, Splinter‑Cell, and Organized Terrorists in the United States”
Committee: Kevin McCaffree, Gabe Ignatow, and Ronald Kwon
 
M.S., Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 2024.
Thesis: “Rising Palestinian Sentiments against Israel before the October 7th Attack: A Decade of Escalation (2014-2023)”
Committee: Kevin McCaffree, Matthew Painter, and Ronald Kwon
 
M.A., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 2021.
Thesis: “Urban Homicide in Global South: A Study on Homicide Changes of Capital Dhaka of Bangladesh”Committee: Seungmug (Zech) Lee, John Rodriguez, and Seokjin Jeong
 
Awards & Honors
  • Heather Popescu Excellence Award for Teaching Assistants, Department of Sociology, University of North Texas (2024)
  • Graduate Student Travel Award, Department of Sociology, University of North Texas (2022, 2023, 2024,2025)
  • Tuition Benefit Program Recipient, Department of Sociology, University of North Texas (2022–2026)
  • Chair’s Scholarship for Graduate Study, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at Arlington (2020)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship (Admission Offered, declined), New Mexico State University (2019)
  • Robert Elliot May Graduate Resident Tuition Fellowship (Admission Offered, declined), University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2019)
Book Chapters
  • Marjan, S. M. H., & Mostofa, S. M. (2023). State fragility and dynamism of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh: Recruitment strategies, women and prison radicalization, and future trajectories. In S. M. Mostofa (Ed.), Dynamics of violent extremism in South Asia: Nexus between state fragility and extremism (pp. 81-102). Palgrave Macmillan.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7405-2_4
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2024). Addressing cyber deviance in hybrid political systems: Insights from Bangladesh. In R. S. Graham, S. G. Humer, C. S. Lee, & V. Nagy (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of online deviance (pp. 721–736). Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277675
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
  • Marjan, S. M. H., & Blanchard, T. (2025). Collaboration type, intelligence sources, and the dynamics of terrorist detection: A study of jihadi terrorism in the U.S. post 9/11. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2025.2581159
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2019). Competition between Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh: A study on killing methods. Journal of Arts Faculty, Jahangirnagar University.
  • Salam, S. A., & Marjan, S. M. H. (2015). Understanding the pattern of cell phone use: A study on Dhaka University students. Social Science Review: The Dhaka University Studies, Part D, 33(2).
  • Salam, S. A., & Marjan, S. M. H. (2012). Union information centers in rural Bangladesh: A study on users’ perception. The Dhaka University Studies, 69(2).
 Book Review
Forthcoming / Accepted for Publication
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2025). “Philosophy of Mind and AI: Dualism, Functionalism, and Beyond.” In Handbook on the Sociology of Artificial Intelligence (Emerald Publishing). Final version submitted.
Under Review
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2025). Populist-nationalist Terrorism in India: A Fifth Wave or Evolution of the Forth? Manuscript under review, (The Indonesian Journal of Criminology).
Invited Submission
  • Marjan, S. M. H., (2025). “The Anatomy of Revolution: Political Violence and Democratic Transformation in Bangladesh's 2024 Uprising.” Book proposal, invited for formal submission for final review following positive desk review by the Series Editor, Rethinking Political Violence (Springer Nature).
Conference Presentations and Session Chairing
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2024). "After the British Raj: The Continuum of Terrorism in Postcolonial South Asia." Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2023). "When Preventing Cyber Deviance as a Tool of Hybrid Regime: Perspective Bangladesh." Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2023). "State Fragility and Dynamism of Islamist Extremism in Bangladesh." Paper presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX.
  • Session Chair: "International Studies Session," 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX, 2023.
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2022). "Urban Homicide in the Third World: A Study on Dhaka City, Bangladesh." Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Marjan, S. M. H. (2016). "Al Qaeda versus Islamic State (IS): Perspective Bangladesh." Paper presented at the 18th World Congress of Criminology, Haryana, India.
Grants and Funded Research Projects
  • Principal Investigator, "Public Nuisance and Hijras (Third Gender) Activities in Dhaka City," Police Staff College Bangladesh, $10,000 (2017)
  • Co-Investigator, "Public Trust on Bangladesh Police Performance," Bangladesh Police, $10,400 (2017)
  • Team Member, "Crime Trends in Dhaka City," Dhaka Metropolitan Police, $9,500 (2015)
  • Co-Investigator, "Union Information Centers in Rural Bangladesh," Ministry of Planning, $9,500 (2015)