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Research

2024

  • Gender transformative education in practice Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Miami, FL, United States. 2024
  • Challenges and the Way Forward: Global issues related to the measurement of socioemotional skills among marginalized communities. Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Miami, FL, United States.

2023

  • Interrogating Absence and Belonging in Educational Spaces: Intersectionality as a Research Tool and Practice American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Manifesting Gender Inclusion and Equity in Education Policy American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Leveraging ICT for student empowerment [Paper presentation] Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Washington, DC, United States
  • M&E for Equity and Marginalized Populations [Paper presentation] Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Washington, DC, United States
  • SEL is not Universal: Addressing the cross-cultural complexities. 2023, UNESCO

2022

  • Research on Evaluation and Assessment in India: Studying Issues of Equity, Representation, Validity, and Influence American Evaluation Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States
  • The effect of socio-economic status on adolescent girls’ sense of belonging, self-esteem, and grit American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA, United States
  • Structural determinants of gender inequality: Examining belonging in educational settings for marginalized girls in India Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
  • Assessing the measurement characteristics of prominent socioemotional skills among marginalized Indian girls Society for Research on Child Development Special meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

2021

  • Using participatory action research in the context of child marriage in India: Lessons learned and challenges [Paper presentation] American Educational Research Association Conference
  • COVID-19 and education: Investigating socio-cultural challenges for rural adolescent girls in India Comparative & International Education Society Conference
  • Role of human centered design in the quality of educational environments: Increasing the effectiveness of communications in a remote international context. ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN, United States
  • Child Marriage and Education: Investigating socio-cultural challenges and navigating gendered access to technology in India during COVID-19. Society for Research on Child Development conference

2020

  • Adapting socio-emotional scales among historically marginalized Indian girls using a youth participatory action research framework. CASEL SEL Exchange, Chicago, IL, United States.
  • Translating standardized psychosocial measures in the Global South: Evidence from India. [Poster presentation] Comparative & International Educational Society Conference

2019

  • Building thriving school communities of Dalit and tribal Indian girls, teachers and government ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN, United States