About Me
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I am an Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in the International and Comparative Education Program and part of the Human Rights, Emergencies, and Peacebuilding cluster. I am also affiliated with the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the Institute of African Studies, and the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
Previously, I worked as a policy analyst for UNESCO, as well as a consultant for other non-profit organizations including Save the Children and SRI International. I have a Ph.D. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, an M.A. in International Development from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University. ResearchMy research explores how countries rely on the education system to promote peacebuilding and transitional justice and how they use global models around human rights and citizenship. I draw on a sociological disciplinary perspective and mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate questions related to education in post-conflict contexts, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda and South Africa. I have also conducted research on resettled refugees and newcomer youth in the U.S., human rights education in New York high schools, and the right to education for urban refugees in Ecuador, Lebanon, Kenya, and other countries in the Global South.
My current research is focused on the role of education in promoting peace-building and transitional justice in Colombia. In addition, I am also conducting research with newly arrived asylum-seeker families in New York and the organizations that provide social services. You can access most of my research articles on my academia.edu page or Google Scholar. |
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Affiliations
I am a co-founder and former co-chair of the Education, Conflict, and Emergencies Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). I also served as a member on the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies Education Policy Working Group. I serve as a board member for the Review of Educational Research (RER), the International Journal of Human Rights Education, and am a former board member of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE).