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Dr. Nafees Alam is an award-winning professor specializing in nonprofit program evaluation and macro practice. Before academia, he worked in Wall Street’s financial sector for over seven years. Dr. Alam’s research agenda is self-determination in sport social work with a secondary focus on viewpoint diversity, open inquiry, and constructive disagreement in higher education. He has several publications and has presented at conferences worldwide, including two keynotes. He aims to disseminate ideas through many public platforms as a contributor to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Heterodox Academy, Inside Sources, Psychology Today, Real Clear Education, Open Therapy Institute, ProSocial Workers, and the Institute for Liberal Values. He is passionate about global education through technology, teaching and designing online courses taught globally, along with his YouTube channel and Podcast geared toward an international academic audience.
Outside academia, Dr. Alam is a fitness model, actor, and super heavyweight boxer registered with USA Boxing. He was also a collegiate boxing and youth football coach registered with USA Football, aligning with his experience playing tight end as a semi-professional football player. He was elected to the Special Olympics Board of Directors and designed courses related to finance, technology, fitness/nutrition, self-esteem, and healthy friendships for local homeless shelters, winning the Community Partner Award. He prioritizes humanitarian and philanthropic investments as the founder of several international scholarships, including the Doctor Nafees Alam Scholarship.
Here are the links we discussed today (my article on Nightlife Human Behavior is attached; it can also be found here: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10911359.2024.2446824):
Open Therapy Institute: opentherapyinstitute.org/alam-bio
ProSocial Workers: prosocialworkers.com/about-us
Institute for Liberal Values: ilvalues.org/about/#directors
Heterodox Social Work: heterodoxacademy.org/hxcommunities
Journal of Teaching in Social Work special issue on Beyond Ideological Mandates: Critical Reflections on Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Social Work Education: tandfonline.com/toc/wtsw20/45/2?nav=tocList
Journal of Teaching in Social Work call for paper for special issue on academic freedom and critical thinking in social work: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/academic-freedom-critical-thinking-social-work/?_gl=1*1tsuxwq*_gcl_au*MTE2MTcwNjk0MC4xNzQ4MDI5MjE5*_ga*MTMxOTYyMzQ1Ny4xNzQ4MDI5MjE5*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*czE3NDgwMjkyMTckbzEkZzEkdDE3NDgwMjkyOTgkajQyJGwwJGgwJGRDeTkwckJlXzh2MHVoTzZ0YjJmRDFCMGUyZFpTY0hRdUVn&_ga=2.174572514.1704069074.1748029219-1319623457.1748029219
Alliance of Social Workers in Sports: aswis.org
Sport Social Work Journal: sswj.org/editorial-board
My Instagram: instagram.com/dr.brofessorphd
My Twitter: https://x.com/nafeesalamphd
My YouTube channel: youtube.com/@DrNafeesAlam
My IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm4470861
My DC Journal Articles: dcjournal.com/author/nafees-alam
My Psychology Today Articles: psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/nafees-alam-phd
My Real Clear Education Articles: realcleareducation.com/authors/nafees_alam
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If you would like to contact me, my website is: theradicalcenterconsulting.com and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott
And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!):
paypal.me/jleslieelliott
buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter
patreon.com/theradicalcenter
Dr. Nafees Alam is an award-winning professor specializing in nonprofit program evaluation and macro practice. Before academia, he worked in Wall Street’s financial sector for over seven years. Dr. Alam’s research agenda is self-determination in sport social work with a secondary focus on viewpoint diversity, open inquiry, and constructive disagreement in higher education. He has several publications and has presented at conferences worldwide, including two keynotes. He aims to disseminate ideas through many public platforms as a contributor to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Heterodox Academy, Inside Sources, Psychology Today, Real Clear Education, Open Therapy Institute, ProSocial Workers, and the Institute for Liberal Values. He is passionate about global education through technology, teaching and designing online courses taught globally, along with his YouTube channel and Podcast geared toward an international academic audience.
Outside academia, Dr. Alam is a fitness model, actor, and super heavyweight boxer registered with USA Boxing. He was also a collegiate boxing and youth football coach registered with USA Football, aligning with his experience playing tight end as a semi-professional football player. He was elected to the Special Olympics Board of Directors and designed courses related to finance, technology, fitness/nutrition, self-esteem, and healthy friendships for local homeless shelters, winning the Community Partner Award. He prioritizes humanitarian and philanthropic investments as the founder of several international scholarships, including the Doctor Nafees Alam Scholarship.
Here are the links we discussed today (my article on Nightlife Human Behavior is attached; it can also be found here: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10911359.2024.2446824):
Open Therapy Institute: opentherapyinstitute.org/alam-bio
ProSocial Workers: prosocialworkers.com/about-us
Institute for Liberal Values: ilvalues.org/about/#directors
Heterodox Social Work: heterodoxacademy.org/hxcommunities
Journal of Teaching in Social Work special issue on Beyond Ideological Mandates: Critical Reflections on Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Social Work Education: tandfonline.com/toc/wtsw20/45/2?nav=tocList
Journal of Teaching in Social Work call for paper for special issue on academic freedom and critical thinking in social work: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/academic-freedom-critical-thinking-social-work/?_gl=1*1tsuxwq*_gcl_au*MTE2MTcwNjk0MC4xNzQ4MDI5MjE5*_ga*MTMxOTYyMzQ1Ny4xNzQ4MDI5MjE5*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*czE3NDgwMjkyMTckbzEkZzEkdDE3NDgwMjkyOTgkajQyJGwwJGgwJGRDeTkwckJlXzh2MHVoTzZ0YjJmRDFCMGUyZFpTY0hRdUVn&_ga=2.174572514.1704069074.1748029219-1319623457.1748029219
Alliance of Social Workers in Sports: aswis.org
Sport Social Work Journal: sswj.org/editorial-board
My Instagram: instagram.com/dr.brofessorphd
My Twitter: https://x.com/nafeesalamphd
My YouTube channel: youtube.com/@DrNafeesAlam
My IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm4470861
My DC Journal Articles: dcjournal.com/author/nafees-alam
My Psychology Today Articles: psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/nafees-alam-phd
My Real Clear Education Articles: realcleareducation.com/authors/nafees_alam
_____________________________________________________________________
If you would like to contact me, my website is: theradicalcenterconsulting.com and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott
And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!):
paypal.me/jleslieelliott
buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter
patreon.com/theradicalcenter
