Hassan, Md Tanveer
Bio
Md Tanveer Hassan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Working at the intersection of medical anthropology and public health, his research focuses on drug use, harm reduction, Black masculinity, gentrification, hypermarginalization, and implementation science. His dissertation examines how Black men who use drugs forge and sustain presence, embody masculinity, and cultivate a sense of belonging in the highly gentrified and hypersurveilled Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Tanveer brings a decade of experience conducting ethnographic and mixed-methods research. He serves as a Project Manager at UMD's Center for Substance Use, Addiction & Health Research (CESAR), where he currently contributes to several harm reduction research projects in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, including HRVM, PUSH, and ARTEMIS.
Degrees
M.A. Anthropology, Georgia State University.
B.S.S. Anthropology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Areas of Interest
- Drug Use, Harm Reduction, Black Masculinity, Surveillance, Hypermarginality, Gentrification, Implementation Science, Ethnography
