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Since September 2005, I have been a faculty member in the Department
of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College,
Columbia University. I teach in the Programs in International and
Comparative Education and advise students in the concentrations of
peace education, international humanitarian issues in education, and
African education. My interests are in the areas of comparative and
international education, peace and human rights education, the
politics of education, social inequalities, critical pedagogy, and
curriculum development in the U.S. and abroad. I have focused on
research and programmatic work in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia,
Latin America & the Caribbean, and the United States. My most
recent research project explored the possibilities and limits of
youth agency among high school students in Zambia in the context of
the broader crisis of HIV/AIDS and economic decline in that nation.
I have been actively involved in the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) for the past several years. I've served as Chair of the Peace Education Special Interest Group (2007-2009) and was part of the 2008 conference organizing committee.
I received my Ed.D. at Teachers College, Columbia University in
International Educational Development, my M.A. in Latin American
Studies and B.A. in Sociology at Stanford University. I have
previously worked in the field of human rights and developed a
teacher training manual on human rights education for UNESCO while
studying as a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic. I have
also consulted on curriculum development issues, particularly
related to the incorporation of peace education and global
education, for non-profit educational service providers in New York
City and inter-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF. My professional work focuses on
examining possibilities for formal and non-formal education to
influence social change.
Monisha Bajaj, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
Dept. of International & Transcultural Studies
Teachers College, Columbia University
On Research Leave January through December 2009
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