Mushahid Hussain is an academic and a researcher trained in historical sociology and political economy, with a PhD in Development Sociology from Cornell University, and master’s degrees in sociology and economics from Binghamton University and Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), respectively. His research examines the relationship between past and contemporary dynamics of capitalist development and social change in Bangladesh and the Global South more broadly. Hussain’s writings have investigated themes in histories of decolonization, globalization, and international development, labor precarity and social movements, postcolonial nationalisms, social scientific knowledge production and state-making, social theory, and urban political ecology. Hussain’s courses build on his substantive research as well as methodological interests in developing a comparative, historical, and interdisciplinary lens on urban social life. He has taught introductory and advanced courses in sociology, development studies, theory, and research methods. In the classroom, Hussain encourages open dialogue, student participation, and well-informed thinking.