Jessica Pandya

Jessica Zacher Pandya is Professor of Teacher Education and Liberal Studies at California State University, Long Beach. She serves as the Chair of the Academic Senate (2019-21). A former kindergarten teacher in the California Bay Area who received her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, her early research focused on children's literacy and identity work in diverse urban classrooms. Her latest book is Exploring Critical Digital Literacy Practices: Everyday Video in a Dual Language Context (Routledge, 2018). Pandya, a former teacher, has published in journals such as Research in the Teaching of English, Written Communication, Teachers College Record, Language Arts, and The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. Her latest projects include co-editing a 50+ author transnational Handbook of Critical Literacies (Routledge, 2021) and conducting research into teachers’ and parents’ use of apps and platforms in and out of the classroom.

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Find out more about Dr. Pandya https://www.csulb.edu/liberal-studies/page/jessica-zacher-pandya

To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, May 4). A conversation with Jessica Pandya. (Season 1, No. 25) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/1313-B340-7327-D2EA-8562-J