A cross-cultural edulogue by Amita Gupta

Amita Gupta

Dr. Amita Gupta is Professor Emerita of early education and a former Department Chair at The City College of New York – CUNY with extensive cross-cultural experience in teacher education, school administration and classroom teaching. As an early childhood specialist Dr. Gupta has worked in the field of ECE for 35 years teaching in India and NYC PreK and K classrooms, teaching graduate courses in early childhood education at CUNY, and supervising teachers in early childhood classrooms in NYC public and private schools. Dr. Gupta’s research interests focus on international and comparative education; postcolonial theory; and the impact of globalization on teacher preparation and parenting beliefs. Dr. Gupta has been an invited keynote/plenary speaker at international conferences in Slovakia, Denmark, UK, China, Singapore, India, Qatar and Indonesia among others. As a Fulbright Senior Researcher she has also collaborated with educators at universities in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Dr. Gupta is a consultant for culturally responsive professional development in schools and other institutions. Dr. Gupta has published extensively including the following books: Investment in Early Childhood Education in a Globalized World: Practices and Parental Philosophies in China, India and the United States. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. (Co-authored with G.Tan & G. Wilgus). Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices: Voices and Images from Five Countries in Asia (Routledge, 2014). Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices and Policies in India: Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda, 2nd ed (Palgrave, 2013). Going to School in South Asia (Greenwood, 2007). Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India: Balancing Vygotsky and the Veda, 1st ed (Palgrave, 2006).

Amita Gupta: Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Thursday July 17, 2014 (3-5pm): National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) - New Delhi

Book Talk - Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices: Voices and Images from Five Countries in Asia

Thursday September 18, 2014 (5-7pm): Columbia University Teachers College, New York

Book Talk - Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices: Voices and Images from Five Countries in Asia

Friday October 17, 2014 (6-8pm): Asian American-Asian Research Institute of CUNY (AAARI): New York

Book Talk - Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices: Voices and Images from Five Countries in Asia

November 4-6, 2014: World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Qatar Foundation, Doha

Speaker: Participant in debate on Early Childhood Education

November 18, 2014: Center for Worker Education (CWE - CUNY), New York

Book Talk - Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices: Voices and Images from Five Countries in Asia

November 22, 2014: The India Center, Baruch College, New York

Speaker at The India Festival