Daniela Romero-Amaya is a Lecturer in the International and Comparative Education program. Her scholarly work relates to history and citizenship education in conflict-affected contexts, with emphasis on the interplay between education and transitional justice measures. Her research engages with youth perspectives and decision-making concerning the legacies of systematic violence and their daily navigation of social life. She is currently undertaking a visual methods study exploring students’ understandings about "victims” and “victimhood” in Colombia. This study analyzes how the politics of victimhood expand the horizon of the judicial system to also encompass a pedagogical dimension regarding the armed conflict and its transformation. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Social Studies Education, a MA in International and Comparative Education, and a BA in History.
Daniela Romero-Amaya is a Lecturer in the International and Comparative Education program. Her scholarly work relates to history and citizenship education in conflict-affected contexts, with emphasis on the interplay between education and transitional justice measures. Her research engages with youth perspectives and decision-making concerning the legacies of systematic violence and their daily navigation of social life. She is currently undertaking a visual methods study exploring students’ understandings about "victims” and “victimhood” in Colombia. This study analyzes how the politics of victimhood expand the horizon of the judicial system to also encompass a pedagogical dimension regarding the armed conflict and its transformation. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Social Studies Education, a MA in International and Comparative Education, and a BA in History.
Mary Mendenhall is an Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education and Director of the George Clement Bond Center for African Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her Ed.D. in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research is situated in the fields of education in emergencies, forced migration and refugee studies, and teacher policy. Her work draws on longitudinal, participatory, and qualitative approaches to critically understand and learn from and with individuals experiencing displacement. She has conducted research on these topics in Angola, Chad, Kenya, Malaysia, South Sudan, Uganda, and the U.S. Dr. Mendenhall’s recent publications have appeared in Comparative Education Review; Globalisation, Societies, and Education; and the Journal of Refugee Studies. Her co-edited book, Education and Resilience in Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, won the CIES Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award.
Mary Mendenhall is an Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education and Director of the George Clement Bond Center for African Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her Ed.D. in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research is situated in the fields of education in emergencies, forced migration and refugee studies, and teacher policy. Her work draws on longitudinal, participatory, and qualitative approaches to critically understand and learn from and with individuals experiencing displacement. She has conducted research on these topics in Angola, Chad, Kenya, Malaysia, South Sudan, Uganda, and the U.S. Dr. Mendenhall’s recent publications have appeared in Comparative Education Review; Globalisation, Societies, and Education; and the Journal of Refugee Studies. Her co-edited book, Education and Resilience in Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, won the CIES Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award.
S. Garnett Russell is an Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education, and the Director of the International and Comparative Education Program (ICEd) at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her PhD in International and Comparative Education from Stanford University. Her research focuses on areas linked to education and conflict, peacebuilding, transitional justice, human rights, and forced migration. She has conducted research on these topics in Rwanda, Colombia, South Africa, Ecuador, and the U.S. Dr. Russell’s recent publications have appeared in Comparative Education Review, the American Educational Research Journal, and the American Journal of Education. In addition, her book on education and peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda, Becoming Rwandan, is published by Rutgers University Press.
S. Garnett Russell is an Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education, and the Director of the International and Comparative Education Program (ICEd) at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her PhD in International and Comparative Education from Stanford University. Her research focuses on areas linked to education and conflict, peacebuilding, transitional justice, human rights, and forced migration. She has conducted research on these topics in Rwanda, Colombia, South Africa, Ecuador, and the U.S. Dr. Russell’s recent publications have appeared in Comparative Education Review, the American Educational Research Journal, and the American Journal of Education. In addition, her book on education and peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda, Becoming Rwandan, is published by Rutgers University Press.