Students

Previous Graduate Education:  Ed.M. Technology, Innovation and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Research Interests: Remote Acculturation; Digital Media; Cultural Identities; Global Digital Exchange; Cosmopolitanism; Globalization; Critical Theory

Geographical Interests: West Africa (Cameroon)

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:

Aish, N., (2020, March). Extended Reality for Teaching Global Education As a Means of Promoting Global Equality. In 2020 International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) (pp. 5292-5302). IATED.

Aish, N., Asare, P., & Miskioğlu, E. E. (2018, March). People like me: Providing relatable and realistic role models for underrepresented minorities in STEM to increase their motivation and likelihood of success. In 2018 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC) (pp. 83-89). IEEE.

Aish, N., Asare, P., & Miskioğlu, E. E. (2017, October). People like me increasing likelihood of success for underrepresented minorities in STEM by providing realistic and relatable role models. In 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.

Awards/Grants:

Best Paper Award at IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference 2018

Previous Graduate Education: MSc in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh

Research Interests: Autism, Disability, Communication, Expertise, Care Work

Geographical Interests: France, Europe

Awards/Grants:
Teachers College Doctoral Fellowship, 2021-2024

Robert Lemelson Fellowship, 2023

Teachers College Dean’s Grant for Student Research

Comitas Research Grant, Summer 2022 & 2023

Previous Graduate Education:  Ed.M. International Educational Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Research Interests: Multi-cultural Identities, Multilingualism, Global Citizenship Education, Culturally Sensitive Instruction, Technology in Education, Universal Design for Learning 

Geographical Interests: The Middle East, North Africa

Selected Publications: 

Ahmed, Sara O. (2019) “Between Local and Global Citizenship in Egypt”. The Struggle for Citizenship Education in Egypt – (Re)Imagining Subjects and Citizens. Routledge.

Previous Graduate Education: Master’s in International Education, George Mason University (Undergraduate BA from William and Mary in Anthropology and Hispanic Studies)

Research Interests: Afro-Brazilian history and culture, culturally responsive education, bilingual and multilingual education, race/identity/intersectionality in secondary schools, the African Diaspora and its impact on and relationship with the Western Hemisphere

Geographical Interests: North, Central, and South America, West Africa, the Caribbean

Awards/Grants:
Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Research Fellow, 2019-2020

Previous Graduate Education: M.A. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, M.Ed. Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil, B.A. Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil.

Research Interests: Race/Ethnicity; African Diasporas and ancestrality; Race politics, immigration, and culture; Afro-Brazilian culture/arts/expressions and transnationalism; Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian immigrants in the United States; Youth, political participation, and schooling; Antiracist critical pedagogy and educational policy; and, Decoloniality, apprenticeship, and education processes. 

Geographical Interests: Brazil and the United States

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:

Dias, F. V. 2019. A pedagogia crítica nos Estados Unidos: possibilidades para pensar a prática educativa crítica e popular (Critical pedagogy in the United States: possibilities for considering critical and popular educational practice). In Peres, Selma Martines and Alves, Maria Zenaide (eds.). Educação Popular e Letramentos. 1. ed. Jundiaí, SP: Paco, p. 19-42. Print (book) and E-book. 

Speaker in the International Research Seminar on ‘Situated Learning - Revisited’: Conflictual Practices in the Everyday Life of Children and Young adults on the margins, 2017. Aarhus University, Danish School of Education. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Speaker in the EMIRGE – Empowering Massachusetts Innovation and Research in Graduate Education Conference 2016: “Innovation, Impact, and Inclusion”, 2016. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – MA, United States.

Dias, F. V., & Dayrell, J. T. (2012). “Sem Querer Você Mostra Seu Preconceito!”: As Sutilezas das Relações Raciais e suas Repercussões no Cotidiano Escolar de Jovens Estudantes do Ensino Médio. In C. L. Eiterer, & R. C. Campos, Sujeitos sociais, processos educativos e enfrentamento da exclusão (pp. 57-76). Belo Horizonte: Mazza Edições.

Dias, F. V., & Dayrell, J. T. (2011). A indisciplina na ótica dos jovens: algumas reflexões sobre as relações sociais no cotidiano escolar. In V. L. Capellini, & M. C. Perez, Formação Docente e universalização do ensino: proposições para o desenvolvimento humano (pp. 417-424). São Paulo: Cultura Acadêmica Editora.

Dias, F. V., Carmo, H. C., Oliveira, H., Cruz, N., Gonzaga, Y., & Silva, J. (2011). Sujeitos de mudanças e mudanças de sujeitos: as especificidades do público da Educação de Jovens e Adultos. In L. Soares, Educação de jovens e adultos: O que revelam as pesquisas (pp. 49-82). Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora.

Dias, F. V., Dayrell, J. T. (first author), Carmo, H. C., & Nonato, B. F. (2009). Juventude e Escola. In M. P. Sposito, O Estado da Arte sobre juventude na pós-graduação brasileira: Educação, Ciências Sociais e Serviço Social (1999-2006) (pp. 57-126). Belo Horizonte: Argumentum Editora.

Awards/Grants:

Previous Graduate Education: M.A. in translation, University of Jordan, 2010; M.A. in Arab Studies and Development, Georgetown university, 2016 and M.A. in education and anthropology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020.

Research Interests: My overarching research agenda involves the following topics: family and education, literacy practices and transnational movements with a focus on immigrant women’s trajectories, and the social and political inclusion of Arabs and Muslims in New York City. I also interested in teacher education programs in the Middle East, teachers as practitioner researchers and youth participatory action research.

Geographical Interests:  Middle East, Arab communities in the U.S.

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:

Publications:

• Adely, Fida, Hadad, Angela and Al- Khoshman, Afaf A., and Al-Husban, Abdel Hakim. (2019). “Getting In and Getting Through: Navigating Higher Education in Jordan “. Comparative Education Review, https://doi.org/10.1086/701127
• Al-Khoshman, Afaf. (2019) Jordanian Female Teacher Activism in the Most Recent Teachers Strike. 7iber platform. https://www.7iber.com/society/jordanian-female-teacher-activism-in-the-most-recent-teachers-strike/

• Khoshman, Afaf. (2018) How Teachers Can Use Anthropology in Classrooms. Al-Fanar Media. https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2018/08/how-teachers-can-use-anthropology-in-classrooms/ 

• Khoshman, Afaf. (2018) Privacy Protection as a Core Human Rights Issue for Women in Jordan. Sayaran- WE4L Knowledge and Learning Platform. https://womeninleadership.hivos.org/sayaran/privacy-protection-as- a-core-human-rights-issue-for-women-in-jordan/

Work in progress: Khamis-Dakwar, Reem. Al-Khoshman, Afaf,  Iman Salam, Ryan Priefer, Angela Murphy, 2020. Perceptions and lived experiences of Arab-American minority parent participants in LENA Start and the incorporation of language input feedback devices 

Presentations:

• Towards a Framework for Anthropology-based Teacher Education Programs in the Arab World. The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. London, King’s College, June 27^th, 2018.
• “Do we have a crisis?” Jordanian mothers grapple with the question of ethics and role of education”. The Third Conference on Anthropology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. October 27^th, 2018.
• Envisioning Anthropology-Based Teacher Education in the Arab World: Possibilities and Limitations”. Teachers as Agents of Change: Pedagogy, Practice and Educational Reform Workshop. Georgetown University, Washington D.C. June 11^th, 2019.
• Agency and Gender in Global Educational Contexts. Social and Gendered Change in A Jordanian Town. The American Anthropological Annual Meeting, Vancouver November 23^rd, 2019.
• Socialization and Societal Change-Families Negotiating Changing Education Environment-Al-Rawda Jordan. Middle East Studies Association 53rd Annual Meeting, November 14-17th, New Orleans, 2019.

Awards/Grants:

• Teacher’s College at Columbia University TESOL program scholarship (2007).
• Kuwait America Foundation’s Scholarship for Georgetown University graduate students (2014-2016).
• Columbia University, Teachers College international student and general scholarships (2017, 2018 and 2019)
• Zeina Jardaneh and Middle East Institute at Columbia University Summer fellowship (Summer 2018)
• Ruth Lubic Scholarship for Students in education and anthropology (Fall 2018)

Previous Graduate Education: M.S.Ed. in Special Education, Hunter College

Research Interests: Memory, heritage, and cultural patrimony; Race, ethnicity, immigration, and nationality; settler colonialism; political anthropology; Gender, bodies, and space in sports; Anthropology of sports.

Geographical Interests: Latin America, Brazil

Awards/Grants:
Teachers College Doctoral Fellowship, 2020-2023

Comitas Research Grant, Summer 2021

Fulbright, 2018

Previous Graduate Education: M.A. French Studies, New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science

Research Interests: Disability studies, universal design, embodied cognition (enaction), aesthetics and education, contemplative inquiry in education, ethics of technology and form

Geographical Interests: France

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:

Noland, M (2023). "An Esthetic Theory of the Subversive Sublime of Ital Cuisine." Food, Culture & Society, 26(1), 24-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2021.1962626

Awards/Grants:

Teachers College Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2022

Ruth and William Lubic Endowed Scholarship for Applied Anthropology, 2019-2021

Weatherhead East Asian Institute Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Summer Grant, 2019

Previous Graduate Education: M.S.Ed in Adult Education, Indiana University

Research Interests: Community organizing, adult learning for/in political action, urbanization and urban planning, urban mobility, infrastructure, community development, access to education, Latin American immigration to the United States, Latinidades, transnationalism, cultural citizenship

Geographical Interests: United States, Latin America

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:

Callejas, Linda, Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein, Aaron Su, and Elena Peeples. (Forthcoming.) “Publics, Anthropologies, and Public Anthropologies.” American Anthropologist.

Peeples, Elena J. 2023. “Absence and Ambiguity in Urban Governance.” [Paper Presentation]. American Ethnological Society, Council for Educational Anthropology, and the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology, Joint Spring Meeting. Princeton, NJ. March 24, 2023.

Peeples, Elena J. 2023. “Stories of ‘Economic Freedom’ Among Latin American Immigrants.” [Paper Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. March 20, 2023.

Peeples, Elena J. 2023. “Lessons for Higher Education from Community-Based Education.” [Paper Presentation]. American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education National Conference. Las Vegas, NJ. March 2, 2023.

Peeples, Elena J. 2022. “Contested Jurisdictions: Breakdown as State Power in Trenton, NJ.” [Paper Presentation]. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. November 12, 2022.

Peeples, Elena J. 2021. “People, Policy, and Praxis: Freirean Pedagogy and Local-Level Policy Implementation.” Current Issues in Comparative Education 23, no. 2: 80-94. https://doi.org/10.7916/r4q8-qg91

Awards/Grants:
Nomination, Teachers College Shirley Chisholm Trailblazer Award for Student Excellence, 2023

Teachers College Dean’s Grant for Student Research, 2023

Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 2022, 2023

Teachers College Doctoral Fellowship, Fall 2021-Spring 2022

Anthropology Research Fund in Honor of Lambros Comitas, 2021, 2022

Contributing Editors Program, American Anthropologist, Spring 2021-Present

Previous Graduate Education: Master of Arts in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Education

Research Interests: Educational Anthropology, Political Anthropology, Race and Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Media Anthropology, Critical Pedagogy, Early Childhood Education; critical media literacy, raciolinguistics, racial literacy, multimodal and participatory research methodologies.

Geographical Interests: United States

Selected Publications: 

Vázquez-Xu, Sarah. 2020. “From the Epicenter, At the Apex: A dispatch about birth and COVID-19 from New York City.” City & Society 32 (2): CISO.12330.

Selected Presentations:

Vázquez-Xu, S. Presenter. The About Birth and Corona Project. Screening Scholarship Media Festival. Collective for Advancing Multimodal Research Arts. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. May 2021.

Vázquez-Xu, S. Presenter. The About Birth and Corona Project. Visual Research for Social Change Conference. Visual Research Center for Education, Art & Social Change. Teachers College, Columbia University. New York City, NY. April 2021. 

Vázquez-Xu, S. Presenter. Conducting Virtual Ethnography During a Pandemic. Podfest. Media and Social Change Lab. Teachers College, Columbia University. New York City, NY. April 2021.

Vázquez-Xu, S. Presenter. Virtual Ethnography During a Pandemic. Raising Our Voices. American Anthropological Association. Virtual. November 2020.

Vázquez-Xu, S. Presenter. Virtual Ethnography in Response to COVID-19 Fieldwork Concerns. Anth Symposium. Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. New York City, NY. July 2020. 

Awards/Grants:

TC Doctoral Research Collective for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Invited Scholar, Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, 2021.

Teachers College Doctoral Fellowship, 2019-2021.

Anthropology Research Fund in Honor of Lambros Comitas, 2020.

Previous Graduate Education: M.A. in Anthropology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University (2023); B.A. in Anthropology, International Affairs, George Washington University (2021)

Research Interests: Early Childhood, Infants and Toddlers, Peer Interaction, Communication, Immigration

Geographical Interests: Japan, United States

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:

Miura, M. (Nov 2022). Jumping into new cultures: how ECEC teachers engage multicultural students in Japan and the US. Presented at the annual conference of the American Anthropological Association, Seattle, WA.

Awards/Grants:

Japan Student Services Organization, Study Overseas Fellowship, 2023-2026

Rita Gold Center Graduate Assistant Scholarship, 2021-2024

Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Summer Research Grant, 2022

The Anthropology Research Fund in Honor of Lambros Comitas, 2022