Md. Rezaul Karim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and also served as a Teaching Support Assistant at Western Illinois University, Illinois, USA. He holds a Master of Social Science in Sociology from Western Illinois University (GPA 4/4.00, 2024) and a Master of Social Science in Social Work from the University of Dhaka (2012), where he also completed his Bachelor of Social Science in Social Work (2011). His research interests include Inequality, Marginal People, Social Policy, Social Capital,  Culture, Mental Health and Community Development.

Throughout his academic career, Karim has contributed to various research publications. His work,  Thirty-five years later: Long-term effects of maternal health on the number of births at Matlab, Bangladesh(2024), Rural women as entrepreneurs: An analysis of their challenges in having access to market,Journal of People's History and Culture(2024), Challenges of Elderly Empowerment in Bangladesh: Role of Social Work, was published in the Bangladesh Journal Council for Social Work Education (BCSWE) in 2018. Additionally, he co-authored Quality of University Teaching in Question: A Study on Jagannath University, published in the Journal of Northeast Region, Global Publishing House India. He also contributed to the book Education for Peace: Issues, Challenges, and New Directions with a chapter titled Peace Education in University: Educating Students towards Becoming Peace Agents, published by Lulu Publication, NC27607, United States.

Karim has actively participated in several national and international conferences and webinars. He served as a resource person at the Seven Days Workshop on Data Analytics and Business Dimensions at Northeastern Hill University, India, in 2018. He also presented at the International Conference on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Tolerance at Mizoram University, India (2018), and the International Conference on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Society in a Changing Climate at Kathmandu University, Nepal (2019) and  Midwest Sociological Society Conference, April 4-7, 2024, Des Moines, Iowa City, USA. Additionally, he has contributed to various webinars, including discussions on democracy in Asia, online education during COVID-19, and gender and development issues.

As a member of prestigious professional organizations such as the American Sociological Association (ASA), Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), and Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA), Karim remains actively engaged in academic and professional circles. His dedication to research and academia has been recognized with the Dr. Won M. Hurh Memorial Thesis Award from the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Western Illinois University, USA.