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| Name: |
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Jayanthi Mistry |
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Associate Professor
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Child Development Department
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| Degrees: |
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Ph.D. Purdue University |
| Expertise: |
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Cultural perspectives on child development; Navigating multiple cultural worlds and Identities, with a focus on ethnic minority, immigrant, and under-represented communities in the United States; Interpretive methods in the study of children and families; Facilitating change in educational practice through teacher-research & collaboration
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| E-mail: |
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jayanthi.mistry@tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://ase.tufts.edu/epcd
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Mistry, J. (2006). Socio-Cultural Theory. In R. New & M. Cochran (Eds).
Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Publishing.
Mistry, J., I. Deshmukh, & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2006). Culture and Infancy. In A. Slater & M. Lewis (Eds.), Introduction to Infant Development, 2nd edition, New York: Oxford University Press.
Mistry, J. & Diez, V. (2004). Culture and childhood. In H. Goelman & S.
Marshall (Eds.) Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images: Perspectives on the Child Across Time, Space and Disciplines. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Mistry, J., Chaudhuri, J., & Diez, V. (2003). Ethnotheories of
parenting: Integrating culture and child development. In R.M. Lerner, F. Jacobs, & D. Wertlieb (Eds.) Handbook of Applied Developmental
Science: Promoting positive child and family development. CA: Sage Publications.
Mistry, J. & Saraswathi, T.S. (2003). The cultural context of child development. In Lerner, R.L., Easterbrooks, A., & Mistry, J. (Vol.
Eds.) Developmental Psychology. Volume 6 of I. Siegel (Series Ed.) Handbook of Psychology. Vol. 6. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mistry, J. (2001). Narratives in cultural socialization. Human Development, Vol. 44(6), 337-339.
Mistry, J. Rogoff, B. (2001). What is the meaning of meaningful purpose in children’s remembering? Istomina Revisited. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 8(1), 28-41.
Goncu, A., Mistry, J. & Mosier, C. (2000). Cultural variations in the play of toddlers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24(3), 321-329.
Mistry, J. (1997). Cultural context in the development of remembering.
In N.Cowan (Ed.) The development of memory. London, U.K.: University of London College Press.
Rogoff, B., Mistry, J., Goncu, A. , & Mosier, C. (1993). Guided participation in cultural activity by toddlers and caregivers.
Monogaphs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 58(8), Serial #236.
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