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Fall 2007
Volume 2
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an ALUMNI newsletter for the Programs in www.tc.edu/its/cie&ied
COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Department of International and Transcultural Studies • TEACHERS COLLEGE Columbia University
Teachers College to host 52nd Annual
TABLE OF CONTENTS Comparative and International Education
Society Conference, March 17 - 21, 2008
1 In March 2008, the Department of Recent annual meetings of the CIES were
International and Transcultural Studies at hosted by the University of Maryland
TC to Host 2008 CIES Conference Teachers College will proudly serve as (2007), the University of Hawai’i (2006),
host to the 52nd Annual Meetings of the and Stanford University (2005). However,
Join us for CIE/IED Alumni Day Comparative and International Education as Dr. Levin has noted, bringing the CIES
Society (CIES). Scheduled for March Annual Meetings to TC allows the field to
17 through March 21, the conference return to its origins. Teachers College has the
2 is expected to bring oldest program in comparative education in
over 1,200 educators, the country, and early TC faculty - including
CIE/IED Faculty Elected to CIES researchers, faculty, and James Russell, Paul Monroe, Isaac Kandel,
Leadership Positions students to the TC campus. and George Bereday - were among
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Frances Vavrus elected the leading founders of the discipline of
to CIES Leadership Posts The CIES conference
is being organized by Continued on Page 3
Henry Levin,
Welcome and Congratulations! Henry Levin CIES president- JOIN US FOR CIE/IED ALUMNI DAY
CIE/IED welcomes new Faculty Members elect and
Recent Alumni Career Updates William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Sunday, MARCH 16, 2008
Economics and Education at TC. The programs in Comparative and
3 Professors Mun Tsang and Fran Vavrus
are co-chairing the Conference Program
International
and
Education
International
(CIE)
Educational
Committee, and professors Gita Steiner- Development (IED) extend a warm
Alumni Profiles Khamsi, Lesley Bartlett and Monisha invitation to all alumni for a special
Alumni Profiles Alumni Day event. Scheduled for
Bajaj are on the Conference Organizing
Update your TC Alumni Information Sunday, March 16, 2008, CIE/IED Alumni
Committee. Doctoral student Andria Wisler
Day will serve as a pre-conference
(CIE) is serving as Conference Planning highlight before the start of the 52nd
4 Coordinator. Annual Meetings of the Comparative
and International Education Society
Consistent with TC’s history of promoting (CIES) on Monday, March 17, 2008.
TC at CIES 2007 in Baltimore
educational equity, the theme of the
TC faculty, students present at 2007 Organized by Professor Gita Steiner-
2008 conference is devoted to ‘Gaining
Conference in Baltimore Khamsi and doctoral student Andrew
Educational Equity Around the World.’
Sessions will place special emphasis on Shiotani (CIE), Alumni Day will
Save the Dates! provide an opportunity for alumni,
educational equity within and among
Registration Information for 2008 CIES current faculty, and students to re-
regions and countries, focusing on the impact establish connections with their
Conference and TC CIE/IED Alumni Day of factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, programs, share their insights
income, wealth, disability, and urbanization. into the fields of comparative and
There will be several receptions for international education, and reflect
participants, and invited lectures are being
arranged. Continued on Page 3
CIE/IED Faculty Elected to
TEACHERS COLLEGE Comparative and International
Columbia University Education Society Leadership
Programs in CIE & IED In March 2007, at the 51st Annual Meetings of
the Comparative and International Education
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Gita Steiner-Khamsi was elected
International Educational Development Gita Steiner-Khamsi Vice-President of CIES while CIE/IED Program
Coordinator Frances Vavrus was elected to a
For news and information about three-year term to the CIES Board of Directors.
the faculty, students, and events in Gita will succeed current CIES President-Elect
the programs in Comparative and Henry Levin once he completes his Presidential
International Education and International term in 2009. This will mark historic consecutive
Educational Development, please contact: turns by ITS faculty as CIES President.
CIE/IED Programs We extend a big congratulations to Gita and
Department of International and Fran on their election victories!
Frances Vavrus
Transcultural Studies
525 W 120th Street , Box 55
New York, New York 10027
Phone: (212) 678-3184 Welcome and Congratulations!
Fax: (212) 678-8237
iedcieinfo@tc..edu
NEW FACULTY Stromquist). In the 2007-08 academic
www.tc.edu/academic/its/cie&ied MEMBERS IN CIE/IED year, Dr. Cortina teaches courses in
Comparative Education and Education
The Comparative Across the Americas, and she advises
global and International students on their research projects.
is a newsletter for Alumni of the
Education
programs in Comparative and
programs welcome Reza Arjmand has joined the CIE/IED
International Education and International
Educational Development at Teachers Dr. Regina Cortina faculty on a two-year appointment. He is
College, Columbia University. as a new member offering courses on Islam and Education,
of the permanent the Middle East and Education,
We welcome your news, announcements CIE/IED faculty. and Computer-Aided Qualitative
and updates! Keep in touch with your Dr. Cortina comes Regina Cortina Data Analysis. Professor Arjmand is
program, classmates, and colleagues. For to TC from the University of North completing his PhD in Comparative and
information regarding future editions of Carolina at Chapel Hill, where for the International Education at Stockholm
globalUPDATE, please contact us at past three years she was associate University, Sweden, and has specific
iedcieinfo@tc.edu. professor of education, and before research interests in moral education,
that she was in The Steinhardt School Islamic education, and education of
Andrew Shiotani (Phd Student, CIE)
Editor and Designer of Education at New York University. Muslim communities in Europe, the U.S.,
A graduate of Stanford University’s and the Middle East.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL School of Education and a scholar of
AND TRANSCULTURAL STUDIES national and international repute, Dr. The Department of International and
Cortina has conducted research on Transcultural Studies also welcome as
George C. Bond
Department Chair
gender equity and education, schooling 2007-08 visiting professors Dr. A.B.K.
of the Mexican immigrant community in Kasozi, Dr. Keiichi Ogawa, and Dr.
Dianne Sadnytzky
Director of Academic Administration
New York, and education and public Andrew Okolie.
policy in Latin America. Her publications
Mark Owen
include Women and Teaching: Global ALUMNI CAREER NEWS
Department Secretary
Perspectives on the Feminization of a
357 Grace Dodge Hall Profession (co-edited with Sonsoles San Congratulations to Fida Adely, who
525 West 120th Street, Box 211
Román) and Distant Alliances: Promoting was recently hired as Hala Salaam
New York, New York 10027
(212) 678-3947 • (212) 678-8237 (fax) Education for Girls and Women in and Clovis Maksoud Assistant Professor
http://www.tc.edu/its Latin America (co-edited with Nelly P.
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T housands of students have
graduated from Teachers College
with degrees in comparative and
to to advance policy debates and
improve academic policy. But it remains
that one of the best things about the
Continued from Page 1
TC to host CIES Conference
international education and related TC experience was simply joining the
comparative education. In addition, R.
fields. In this recurring column conversations around the table: “One
Freeman Butts, Harold Noah, and Max
globalUpdate spotlights the diverse thing I loved about TC in the late 60s
Eckstein took active roles in the founding
experiences of our Alumni. and early 70s was the cafeteria, where
of the CIES, serving as CIES presidents at
the likes of Maxine Greene were always
spotlight on our alumni
different points in its history.
Beatrice Szekely. After being available...I loved meeting other students
awarded an MA in the Teaching of over lunch or dinner there, hearing about
Teachers College students, faculty, and
History, Beatrice Szekely decided to what someone was teaching and/or
alumni have always participated actively
return after a wanderjahr to pursue studying. That gave great exposure to...
and enjoyed strong representation at the
a PhD in Comparative Education and professionals at the top of their game.”
Annual Meetings of the CIES (see p. 4).
the History of Education. With George
In 2008, the Department of International
Bereday and later Harold Noah as Kara VanderKamp writes similarly and Transcultural Studies will have
her advisers, she received her degree about her TC experience. She attended
the added role of welcoming visitors
in 1976 after writing a dissertation on TC from 2003-05, obtaining a masters
to TC for productive and informative
“The Establishment of the Academy of in IED with a focus in Family and
discussions on the latest in comparative
Pedagogical Sciences of the U.S.S.R.” Community Education. Asked to reflect
and international education research.
She recalls that a course taught by on her TC experience, she writes: “One
Harold Noah and Max Eckstein of the best parts of attending TC was
If you are interested in participating
sparked her interest in comparative the student body...my professors were
or learning more about the 2008
education: it was “a field within which I excellent, and the material studied was
Annual Meetings of the Comparative
could combine my interests in education, challenging, but the breadth of experience
and International Education Society at
European history, and Russian studies.” and insight that my colleagues brought
Teachers College, go to the Conference
Conversations with Noah, and long to the table was amazing.” She continues
web site at http://www.tc.edu/its/cies,
hours at the Russian Institute and at to look to her colleagues for advice and
or send an e-mail to cies2008@tc.edu.
Butler Library (where she met her encouragement. Since graduating, Ms.
husband) were particularly memorable VanderKamp has been working with
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experiences. the Evangelical Church of Niger in West
Africa, helping to develop an education CIE / IED Alumni Day
In 1988, Dr. Szekely joined Cornell department for the church’s school
University, serving as associate building efforts. Nearing the end of her upon their experiences and the
director of Cornell Abroad for 12 accomplishments of the CIE and IED
stay in Niger, she says she continues to
programs at Teachers College.
years. Her TC experience, which think about the theoretical training she
included periods working for different acquired at TC and its application to Alumni Day will take place on
departments taught her much about practice. “I’m considering returning to the Teachers College campus.
“getting things done” in academic school in order to theoretically analyze Registration information for the event
institutions. She found that she was this practical experience...Perhaps I’ll can be found on the CIES conference
able to use her experience and her apply to a doctoral program at TC.” We site at http://www.tc.edu/its/cies.
background in quantitative methods hope to see you soon! Scheduled highlights include panel
discussions on trends in comparative
and international education research,
Keep in touch with TC! careers in international educational
development, regional focus groups,
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH TEACHERS COLLEGE and enjoy the benefits of being an TC Alum! Just and networking opportunities.
go to http://www.tc.edu/alumni and click on ‘Update your Information.’ You can also learn
Almost 1,000 students have received
about joining the TC Alumni Association and the TC International Alumni Network and obtaining
degrees in CIE and IED in the past 20
Alumni benefits - including an Alumni ID card, TC library privileges, and lifetime assistance years alone. This event is a capstone
with the Office of Career Services. Alumni are also eligible for business and entertainment effort to develop a strong CIE/IED
discounts, and much more. Alumni Network that will carry
forward into the future.
For more information about Alumni programs and benefits, contact the Office of Alumni
Relations at (212) 678-3215 or tcalumni@tc.edu. Alumni interested in learning more
about Alumni Day or contributing
Get a lifetime CU e-mail address: Sign up for E-Mail Forwarding to Alumni networking efforts are
encouraged to contact the CIE/IED
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Teachers College Students Fida Adely
Career News and Updates
Monisha Bajaj
and Faculty turn out in force Lesley Bartlett Continued from Page 2
at the 2007 CIES Conference Dana Burde of Arab Studies at Georgetown
in Baltimore Stephen Chemsak University. Dr. Adely received her
Peter Cronin PhD in Comparative and International
Teachers College sent a significant Paulo DaSilva
Education in 2007, based on her
contingent of faculty and students Walter Dawson
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher
dissertation “Gender Struggles: Nation,
to the 51st Annual Meetings of the Faith and Development in a Jordanian
Comparative and International Nancy Green
Maria Hantzopoulos High School.” At Georgetown she is
Education Society which took place in
Radhika Iyengar teaching on development in the Arab
February 2007 in Baltimore. Students
and faculty served as presenters, panel Tavis Jules world.
chairs and discussants across a wide Ji-Ha Kim
diversity of sessions, reflecting the full Henry Levin Laura Valdiviezo has been appointed
range and strength of TC’s interests Mary Mendenhall to a tenure-track position in the
and involvement in international Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva Teacher Education and Curriculum
education. Congratulations to all who Sina Mossayeb Studies program at the University of
were invited to participate! Pei-Ju Tsai
Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Valdiviezo,
Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Aleesha Taylor
who received an EdD in International
Faculty, students, and alumni across Educational Development, wrote her
TC’s departments and disciplines have Donna Tonini
Moira Wilkinson dissertation on “The construction of
a strong history of participating in the
Portia Williams interculturality: An ethnography of
CIES annual conference as presenters
and organizers. The following is a list Andria Wisler teachers’ beliefs and practices in
of TC students and faculty who were Zeena Zakharia Peruvian Quechua schools.” At UMass
among those selected to present at Dr. Valdiviezo is teaching classes
the 2007 conference. We extend our congratulations to all in ethnography and multicultural
who participated in CIES 2007! education.
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Programs in Comparative and International Education &
International Educational Development
Department of International & Transcultural Studies
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 55
New York, NY 10027
USA
Save the Dates
Comparative and International
Education Alumni Day
Sunday, 3/16/2008
52nd Annual Meetings of the
Comparative and International
Education Society at Teachers College
Monday, 3/17 - Friday, 3/21/2008
To register for the 2008 CIES Conference
and the CIE/IED Alumni Day, go to
http://www.tc.edu/its/cies. If you have
any questions, write to cies2008@tc.edu.
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