- Khadijat Rashid, Ph.D. - Gallaudet University

Department
Business

Program
Economics and Finance

Office Location
Ely Center 201

Office Hours
MW: 1–3 pm

Phone Numbers
Video Phone: 202-651-5679
Voice Phone: 202-651-5312
FAX: 202-651-5516

Email Address
Khadijat.rashid@gallaudet.edu

Secondary Email
business@gallaudet.edu

Khadijat Rashid, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair, Business

Ph.D., American University, International Relations and International Economic Policy, 2004
MBA, University of Maryland, Marketing and International Business, 1994
BS, Gallaudet University, Accounting and Computer Information Systems, 1990

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Rashid, has been a member of the Gallaudet faculty since 1994 and currently serves as Chair of the Department of Business. She has developed and taught a broad spectrum of courses including political economy for social work majors, international development and economic policy issues, development economics, and macroeconomics. In addition to her classroom initiatives, Dr. Rashid is a member of the Gallaudet Faculty Senate and represents the Faculty on the Academic Affairs Management Team.

Dr. Rashid served on the board of the World Deaf Leadership Program when it was first created, guiding development projects for the deaf communities in South Africa and Thailand. She has also worked with and trained people from several deaf communities in Africa, as part of Gallaudet initiated leadership training programs. Dr. Rashid has also worked with the National Deaf Business Institute and taught several years for NDBI and Merrill Lynch's summer program for Deaf Business. She was the first coordinator of the Gallaudet Leadership Institute's Deaf Women's Leadership Program, along with Wendy Wiatrowski the current coordinator, and implemented the program and curriculum that form the core of the DWLP today.

SPECIALIZATIONS

Women in Developing countries; Development economics; political economy of developing countries (Sultanistic governments); financial planning