In this second episode of Season 1 of CICE: The Podcast, Richaa Hoysala and Nadia Ford, master’s students in the International and Comparative Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University, look at how we can begin to answer questions regarding polarization and biases. They talk to Vikramaditya (Vik) Joshi to learn more about educational programs addressing these biases and ask what we, as educators, researchers, and practitioners, can do in our communities as well as in our professions.
Hosts, co-producers: Richaa Hoysala and Nadia Ford
Media outreach and design: Nicole Ricci
Original music for CICE: The Podcast: Michael Bellamy
A special thanks to the entire CICE: The Podcast team who made this season possible.
CICE: The Podcast is part of Current Issues in Comparative Education, an open-access journal in the field of comparative education. CICE is the oldest open student-led journal in the field. All views expressed in this episode are those of the speakers and do not reflect the views of Teachers College or Columbia University.
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Hosts
Richaa Hoysala is a teacher and instructional coach. She is a first year Master student in the International Education Development Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She was a Teach For India fellow and has worked as a program designer and education consultant with several NGOs and social enterprises in India.
Nadia Ford is an advocate for sexual and reproductive health rights. She is a 2022 M.A. graduate in International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She currently works for the Institute of International Education alongside a role as a grant writer for I Am A Girl.
Our Guest
Vikramaditya (Vik) Joshi is a second-year doctoral student in the Philosophy and Education program. Before coming to Teachers College, Vik graduated from Bard College with a B.A. in Philosophy and Literature. He then graduated from the University of East Anglia with an M.A. in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction. He served as an academic advisor for the Bard Prison Initiative, a college-in-prison program. He held fellowships at the Center for Justice at Columbia University and was part of the inaugural cohort of Fellows at the Gathering for Justice. He led the development of a curriculum on anti-Muslim bias, supported by EdVenture Partners, the McCain Institute, and the Department of Homeland Security, securing funding and the Invent2Prevent scholarship. He is working on a manuscript (biography) of a Professor at Bard who was a spy in the French Resistance. Currently, he serves as the Director of Research and Partnerships at Reimagine Resilience, an innovative professional development program designed for educators and educational staff to nurture resilience as an integral capacity in their practices and for their students.