Research
Our faculty and students are engaged in groundbreaking research around the world. They conduct studies that draw on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches as they examine educational practices, programs, and policies through international and comparative perspectives.
Faculty Highlights
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Becoming Rwandan: Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen
New book publication by Dr. S. Garnett Russell
Congratulations to Dr. Garnett Russell for the recent release of her book titled, 鈥鈥. Garnett Russell is an assistant professor of International and Comparative Education and the Director of the George Clement Bond Center for African Education.
糖心视频 the book:
"In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the government鈥檚 efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace."
Read more and get your copy .
Listen to Dr. S. Garnett Russell speak about her book on Wednesday, December 4th (5:30-7:30 pm, 306 Russell Hall).
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Building Evidence on Education in Emergencies with Dr. Mary Mendenhall
"Some thirty-five percent of out-of-school children live in conflict-affected areas. These emergency situations include both human conflicts, such as, war and natural disasters, such as earthquakes. These children are in desperate need of help. Yet before anyone can act, information is critical. Information and data on education in emergencies is, however, inadequate in most cases."
Check out the FreshEd Podcast with Will Brehm .
Read about the NORRAG Special Issue .
Read the Blog about the NORRAG Special Issue co-authored with Arianna Pacifico .
Citation: Mendenhall, Mary, interview with Will Brehm, FreshEd, 158, podcast audio, June 10, 2019.
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Recent Publications by Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Dr. Gita Steiner-Khamsi is the senior advisor of a five-country comparative study on 鈥淧olicy Knowledge and Lesson-Drawing in Nordic School Reform in an Era of International Comparison,鈥 which involves a social network analysis of school reforms in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. -

Phyak Advances Decolonial and Translanguaging Scholarship with Recent Publications
By: International and Comparative Education
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Understanding Teacher, Student and Community Well-being in Crisis and Displacement Contexts
By: Danielle Falk & Daniel Shephard
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Global Inequality: The Structure of International Assessments
Research by Oren Pizmony-Levy & Stephanie Templeton
By: Oren Pizmony-Levy & Stephanie Templeton
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Language Policy, Indigenous Knowledge and Language Justice: Dr. Prem Phyak鈥檚 Summer Research and Collaboration in Nepal
By: International and Comparative Education Program
Dr. Prem Phyak鈥檚 summer work in Nepal and at Columbia University advanced language policy, Indigenous education, and linguistic justice through research, teaching, and community collaboration. He co-led programs on linguistic rights and land-based education, partnered with Kirat Yakthung Chumlung to integrate Indigenous languages into classrooms, and supported the development of a new Yakthung Language Education program. His projects bridged policy and practice, showing how education rooted in local languages and knowledge fosters equity, identity, and community resilience. -

Local and global (f)actors in environmental and sustainability education policies: the case of New York City public schools
Check out this recent publication by doctoral student Carine Verschueren
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Ubumwe: Exploring Arts for Education and Psychosocial Support with Refugee Children and Youth in Uganda
Summer Project Series 2023
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Education Policy Research By, For, and With Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Mexico, and the United States
Summer Project Series 2023
Student Spotlight
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ICEP鈥檚 Arnela Colic awarded prestigious NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
By: International and Comparative Education
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Tiffany Tryon Receives Two Awards to Support Dissertation Research
By: International and Comparative Education
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One Young World: Young Leaders Against Sexual Violence Initiative
By: Kamolnan Chearavanont
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Paula Mantilla-Blanco Awarded Peace Scholar Fellowship from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
Her dissertation research will focus on the educational role of state-sponsored memory sites, such as museums and memorials, in creating and disseminating memories of violence and expectations about peace in Colombia.
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Kingdon's multiple streams approach in new political contexts: Consolidation, configuration, and new findings
Check out this recent publication co-authored by doctoral student Daniel Shephard
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Celebrating New Doctoral Research in International and Comparative Education
By: International and Comparative Education Program
This page highlights recent doctoral research from the International and Comparative Education program. These dissertations explore pressing global challenges including gender equality, environmental rights, displacement, citizenship, and climate-related educational disruption. Together, these projects demonstrate how education intersects with social change, policy development, and lived experience across diverse global contexts.





