The second VDR Research Networking Event, held on April 20, 2023, provided faculty with the opportunity to share their work and learn more about the work of their colleagues in the area of international research. Each speaker presented a two-minute flash talk. The faculty represented several departments across the College: Arts and Humanities; Biobehavioral Sciences; Counseling and Clinical Psychology; Curriculum and Teaching; Education Policy and Social Analysis; Mathematics, Science, and Technology; International and Transcultural Studies, and Organization and Leadership. Please view the exciting flash talks and download the event program provided below.
The second TC Research Networking Event, held on April 20, 2023, provided faculty with the opportunity to share their work and learn more about the work of their colleagues in the area of international research. President Tom Bailey and Director of Global Engagement Amine Mechaal joined the presenters from several departments (Organization and Leadership, International and Transcultural Studies, Education Policy and Social Analysis, Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Biobehavioral Sciences, Curriculum and Teaching and Arts and Humanities), who gave a series of 2-minute flash talks about their respective research. Colleagues had the opportunity to network and discuss their work at the wine and cheese reception. For more information about this event including the list of faculty presenters and flash talks, please view and/or download the event program provided below.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH @TC NETWORKING EVENT
Sponsored by the Offices of the Provost, Office of the Vice Dean for Research, and Office of Global Engagement
Thursday, April 20, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Everett Lounge, 118 Zankel Hall
WELCOME
Carol Scheffner Hammer, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Research
Thomas Bailey, Ph.D., President of Teachers College
INTRODUCTION TO THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT & NEW COLLABORATIONS
Amine Mechaal, M.A., Director of the Office of Global Engagement
OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT COLLABORATORS
The European University for Well-Being
Beatrix Busse, Ph.D., EUniWell Chief Development Officer and Vice-Rector for Teaching and Studies, University of Cologne
University of Klagenfurt Meets Teachers College: International Projects, Teaching and Student/Staff Exchange
Jasmin Donlic, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of General Educational Science and Diversity, Department of Educational Science and Research, University of Klagenfurt, and Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College
FLASH TALKS
Consortium for Policy Research in Education
Douglas Ready, Ph.D., Professor of Education and Public Policy, Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis, and Director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education
International Organizations as Knowledge Brokers
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Ph.D., Professor of International and Comparative Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies
International Partnerships in the Global South
Paulo Blikstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Director of the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab and Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
Randomized Controlled Trials for Perinatal Depression in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lena Verdeli, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, Clinical Psychology, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, and Founder and Director of the Global Mental Health Lab
Collaborators: Bryan Cheng, Ph.D., Director of Research at the Global Mental Health Lab; Claire Greene, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Building Capacity through International Collaborations
Cate Crowley, Ph.D., Professor of Practice, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, and Founder and Director of the Leaders Project
Collaborators: Carol Scheffner Hammer, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, and Vice Dean for Research; Erika Levy, Ph.D., Professor in Communication and Science Disorders, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
When Your Bootstraps are not Enough: How Demand and Supply Interact to Generate Learning in Settings of Extreme Poverty
Alex Eble, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics and Education, Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Educational Investments in Low-Income Households: The Role of Parental Occupational Identity and Substitutability
Aparna Anand, Ph.D., Lecturer, Economics and Education, Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Preparing Elementary School Student-Teachers To Teach Geometry With Geogebra: Comparing Outcomes for Russian and American Participants
Irina Lyublinskaya, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Education, Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
The Transformative Learning Project in Iraq (joint presentation)
Victoria Marsick, Ed.D., Professor of Adult and Organizational Learning and Program Director of Adult Learning, Department of Organization and Leadership, and Co-Director of the J.M. Huber Institute for Learning in Organization, and
Pierre Faller, Ed.D., Lecturer, Adult Learning and Leadership, Department of Organization and Leadership
Teachers and Teaching Amidst Forced Migration & Displacement
Mary Mendenhall, Ed.D., Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Collaborators: Jihae Cha, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of International Education at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, and the following Ph.D. candidates in TC's Department of International and Transcultural Studies: Danielle Falk, Daniel Shephard, Arianna Pacifico, Chris Henderson, Yesim Hanci, Samaya Mansour, Whitney Hough, and Kemi Richardson
Education, Conflict, & Migration
Garnett Russell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Collaborator: Paula Mantilla-Blanco, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate for International and Comparative Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Bodies, Aesthetics, and Education in Latin America: Archives, Callings, Constraints, and New Directions
Daniel Friedrich, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Curriculum, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Educating Artists
Richard Jochum, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art and Education, Department of Arts and Humanities
Becoming Al-Sarab
Matthew Henley, Ph.D., Arnhold Associate Professor of Dance Education, Department of Arts and Humanities
Africanizing the Civic Sphere: Local Engagement as Global Citizenship
Sandra Schmidt, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Studies Education and Director of the Program in Social Studies Education, Department of Arts and Humanities
The Algerian Integrated Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) Program
Erik Voss, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Department of Arts and Humanities
Collaborator: Jim Purpura, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Department of Arts and Humanities, and Director of the Scenario-Based Language Assessment Lab
Global Educational Movements: Origins and Consequences
Oren Pizmony-Levy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, and Director of the Center for Sustainable Futures
What Will Change in Schools After COVID? Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation in Education in Finland, New Zealand, and South Africa
Thomas Hatch, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, and Director of the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching
Improving Early Childhood Education
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Ed.D., Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy and Co-Director of the National Center for Children and Families
CLOSING REMARKS
Carol Scheffner Hammer, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Research
WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The organizers of this networking event would like to thank Harriet Jackson, Raquel Queiruga, and Tanya Sharma in the Office of the Vice Dean for Research; Barbara Sabitzer and Lauren Huser in the Office of Global Engagement, Videographer Erick Raphael (Brimstone Productions), and Gary Wartels, Columbus Wines.
For more information about research supports at Teachers College, please contact:
Carol Scheffner Hammer, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, FASHA
Vice Dean for Research
E-mail: cjh2207@tc.columbia.edu
Flash Talks
Explore the flash talks of the second TC Research Networking Event: International Research Projects, April 20, 2023.