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Tahmina Ahmed

PhD, MAcc, MBA, BBAAssistant Professor, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration, UNF Faculty

Tahmina Ahmed, PhD, is a scholar in accounting whose research explores financial disclosure, capital markets, and the intersection of social media, ESG, and non-profit finance. She holds a PhD in Administration (Accounting) from the Schulich School of Business, York University.

Tahmina has taught accounting and finance courses at multiple institutions, including Niagara University (Ontario), York University, and the University of Dhaka, where she has delivered courses ranging from Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis to Financial and Managerial Accounting and Strategic Accounting Analysis and Planning.

Her research has been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Public Relations Review, and Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, with several other manuscripts under revision for leading journals such as Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance and the Journal of Information Systems.

Tahmina is a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship, the EY Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and the Prime Minister’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence.

Courses taught

Digital Mindset, Business Information Systems and Emerging Technologies, Business Statistics

Areas of academic interest

Digital financial information, capital markets, climate risk, and non-profit finance

Areas of specialization

Accounting

Awards

Fulbright Fellowship (2016)
EY Award for Excellence in Scholarship, MAcc, The Ohio State University (2017)
Prime Minister’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence (2011)

Publications

Ahmed, T. and Saxton, G. D. (2025). The price of controversy: CEO Twitter activity and stock market performance. Public Relations Review, 51(4), 102606.
Ahmed, T., Hasan, M. M., Niyirora, J., and Saxton, G. D. (2025). The cost of noise: Noise pollution and nonprofit expenses. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 37(1), 86–108.
Ahmed, T., Hasan, M., Huan, X., & Saxton, G. D. (2025). Climate risk and donations to nonprofit organizations. Journal of Business Ethics, published online 10 October 2025. (Accepted 22 September 2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-06158-8

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