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Professional Background

Lecturer

Educational Background

Doctor of Education (EdD), International Educational Development / Curriculum & Teaching (May 2008),Teachers College, Columbia University, New York

Professional Diploma (PD) School Psychology (May 2003),MSEd Psychology of Bilingual Students (May 2003),Graduate School of Education, Fordham University, New York

Scholarly Interests

My research interests include immigrants and education, trans/nationalism, citizenship, issues of educational equity and access, and religion in education. My specific geographic/area interests are Pakistan/South Asia, the Muslim World, and the greater New York City area

Selected Publications

Ghaffar-Kucher, A. (Forthcoming). Citizenship and belonging in an age of insecurity: Pakistani immigrant youth in New York City. In Fraces Vavrus & Lesley Bartlett (Eds.) New Approaches to Comparative Education: Vertical Case Studies from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. New York: Palgrave.

Ghaffar-Kucher, A. (In press). Book Review: Linguistic Minorities and Modernity: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography by Monica Heller. Journal of Language Policy.

Ghaffar-Kucher, A. (2006). Editorial Introduction: (Re)Framing the Education of Immigrants. (2006, December). Current Issues in Comparative Education, 9(1). Available at: http://www.tc.edu/cice/Current/9.1/91_edintro.html

Ghaffar-Kucher, A. (2005). The Effects of Repatriation on Education in Afghan Refugee Camps in Pakistan. In Dana Burde (Ed.) Education in Emergencies and Post-Conflict Situations: Problems, Responses and Possibilities, Vol.2. Available at: http://www.ineesite.org/core_references/TCJournal_Vol205.pdf

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher

Lecturer

Phone: 212-678-3794
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Web site: http://web.mac.com/Ameena

Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-4pm drop in; 4-6pm by appt (contact Smiley@tc.edu)

Office Location: 376 Grace Dodge