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27
Hybrid Brown Bag Discussion: Navigating International and Global Education as a Graduate Student
Date:
Monday, 27 Sep 2021
Time:
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location:
In Person: 252 Erickson Hall. Virtually via Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/95637929914 (Passcode: 614043)
Department:
Asian Studies Center
Event Details:

Description: In this session, graduate students from across the College will share their experience and advice when it comes to planning for and engaging in globally-oriented work during their graduate studies. Panelists will introduce their relevant work, sharing the benefits and challenges of engaging in such work, as well as exploring the various resources across departments, the College, the University, and beyond that enabled their global pursuits. The audience is encouraged to come with questions and engage in open discussion.
Rachel Lockart is a PhD candidate in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education. Her work draws on and contributes to the fields of comparative and international education, decolonial theories, and critical policy analysis, and her dissertation focuses on teacher education and employment policies in Senegal. Educated primarily in the U.S., she has also studied, taught, or conducted research in Mali, Cameroon, and Senegal.
Jainisha Chavda is a 5th year PhD Candidate in Educational Policy. Prior to MSU, she worked with non-profit and government organizations in India on different development projects. She was also a lecturer of international studies at Pandit Deendayal Energy University. She is currently pursuing her dissertation on Datafication and Educational Governance in India.
Yujin Oh is a 4th year Ph.D. candidate in K-12 Educational Administration at MSU. She had worked as a public elementary school teacher, serving grades 1 to 6, for over ten years in Seoul, South Korea. Her research interests include school leadership for teacher learning, the policy implementation process, and comparative perspectives on school change.