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CURRICULUM VITAE Aakash Arvind Chowkase Doctoral Candidate in Educational Psychology, Gifted, Creative, & Talented Studies Coordinator, Summer Residential Youth Program Department of Educational Studies Purdue University 100 N. University Street Beering Hall, Room 3159 West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 317-560-6098 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aakashchowkase.com ORCID: 0000-0001-6990-4698 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2018-Present Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology Gifted, Creative, and Talented Specialization (Expected graduation 2022) Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research Chair & Faculty advisor: Dr. Nielsen Pereira Co-advisor: Marcia Gentry, Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Recipient of the Dean’s Doctoral Research Fellowship Recipient of the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship 2015-2017 Bachelor of Education with Distinction Methods: Science, Mathematics, and Physics Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India 2013-2015 Master of Arts in Education with Distinction Specialization: Curriculum and Pedagogy Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India 2007-2011 Bachelor of Engineering with Distinction Major: Information Technology Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS 2017 Maharashtra State Teacher Eligibility Eligibility: Middle school grades 6-8, Mathematics and Science 23 out of 5000+ candidates qualified 2014 National Eligibility for Assistant Professor Eligibility: Assistant Professor of Education Less than 1% of candidates qualified ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 08/2019-Present Coordinator, Summer Residential Youth Program Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute College of Education, Purdue University, IN 08/2019-10/2019 Teaching Assistant, EDPS 540: Gifted, Creative, and Talented Children Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute College of Education, Purdue University, IN 08/2018-Present Research Assistant Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute College of Education, Purdue University, IN 08/2018-07/2019 Assistant Coordinator, Summer Residential Youth Program Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute College of Education, Purdue University, IN 07/2015-07/2018 Assistant Professor Post Graduate Diploma in Education of the Gifted: Methods & Strategies Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute of Psychology, Pune, India Courses Taught: Concept of Giftedness, Educating the Gifted, Towards Creative Leadership 09/2011-05/2013 Associate Member Technical Staff Software Quality Assurance / Engineering TIBCO Software Inc., Pune, India K-12 EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS 07/2017-07/2018 Founder and Program Head IGNITE Prajna Prabodhan Varg talent development program Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute of Psychology, Pune, India 07/2008-07/2018 Teacher Jnana Prabodhini School, Pune, India Grades: 8, 10 Courses Taught: Preparatory course in Mental Ability for National Talent Search Examination 07/2007-06/2013 Teacher Vidya Vikas Seva Pratisthan Competitive Examination Center, Pune, India Grades: 4-10 Courses Taught: Courses in Mental Ability for the state and national level talent search examinations HONORS AND AWARDS 2021-2022 Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship ($55,953) College of Education, Purdue University, IN 2020 Mensa Foundation Gifted Education Fellowship ($5,000) Mensa Education and Research Foundation, USA 2020 Second place in the doctoral in-progress research category in the Graduate Student Research Gala held at the 67th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Orlando, FL 2019 First place in the non-doctoral completed research category in the Graduate Student Research Gala held at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Albuquerque, NM 2018-2021 Dean’s Doctoral Research Fellowship ($39,126 per year) College of Education, Purdue University, IN 2013 Yuva Chetana Puraskar [Young Inspiration Award] Vidya Vikas Seva Pratishthan, Pune, India 2005 National Talent Scholar (INR 30,000 / $425) National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, India Less than 1% of candidates were awarded 2004 Maharashtra State Talent Scholar (State Rank 17) N. Wadia College, Pune, India 2004 Maharashtra State Talent Scholar (State Rank 11) N. Wadia College, Pune, India GRANTS 2019-2020 SAKSHAM - Enrichment program of life-skills for rural children in the 21st century Concept Developer and Principal Grant Writer HCL Foundation, India Amount: $40,000 – Funded 2020-2021 Nurturing concern for society in gifted adolescents: A study of empathy, compassion, and prosocial behaviors Co-Principal Investigator Clifford B. Kinley Trust, Purdue University Amount: $20,000 – Not awarded PEER-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Yang, Y., Chowkase, A. A., Seward, K., Tuzgen, A., & Karatas, T. Gifted students’ learning experiences in an online enrichment program. Manuscript in preparation. Lolkus, M., & Chowkase, A. A. Exploring advanced mathematics teachers’ instructional practices and students’ interest in and value of mathematics: A multilevel model of TIMSS-Advanced 2015 data. Manuscript in preparation. Chowkase, A. A., Datar, K. R., & Parra-Martinez, F. A. Developing self-regulated learners: Study of effectiveness of an intervention for adolescents in a talent development program. Manuscript in preparation. Yang, Y., Gentry, M. L., & Chowkase, A. A. Striving to excel in STEM: Insights from underrepresented graduate students. Manuscript in preparation. Gray A., Chowkase, A. A., Cress A., Gentry, M. L. Does locale matter in gifted identification in the U.S.? Study of access, equity, missingness and trends. Manuscript in preparation. Ghahremani, M., Pereira, N., Ozen, Z., Chowkase, A. A., & Gentry, M. L. Developing the idea- Sketching Early Engineering Design (i-SEED) Scale. Manuscript in preparation. Chowkase, A. A., Desmet, O., Datar, K. R., Deshpande, A. A, & Khasnis, S. N. Affective outcomes of a summer talent development program: What do students say? Manuscript in preparation. Chowkase, A. A. (Under Review). A bioecological systems view of school experiences of high- ability students from rural settings in India. Sternberg, R. J., & Chowkase, A. A. When we teach for positive creativity, what exactly do we teach for? Education Sciences, 11(5), 237. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050237 Sternberg, R. J., Chowkase, A. A., Desmet, O. A., Karami, S., Landy, J., & Lu, J. (2021). Beyond transformational giftedness. Education Sciences, 11(5), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050192 Gentry, M., Desmet, O. A., Karami, S., Lee, H., Green, C., Cress, S., Chowkase, A. A., & Gray, A. (2020). Gifted education’s legacy of high stakes ability testing: Using measures for identification that perpetuate inequity. Roeper Review. Chowkase, A. A., & Lee, H. (2020). Bibliographic analysis of the U.S. and Korean studies on twice-exceptional (2e) students and a case study of a 2e learner. Journal of Special & Gifted Education, 7(2). 13-38. https://doi.org/10.33125/kdps.2020.7.2.2 Chowkase, A. A. (2015). Study of the textbook development process in Maharashtra and the transaction of contents in schools. Students' Journal of Education and Development, 2, 3–25. Chowkase, A. A. (2015). Book review: Political agenda of education: A study of colonialist and nationalist ideas. New Delhi: Sage. Students' Journal of Education and Development, 2, 81–85. BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND REPORTS Chowkase, A. A. (in press). Concern for others and transformational giftedness. In R. J. Sternberg, D. Ambrose, & S. Karami, (Eds.) (in press). Transformational giftedness. Palgrave-Macmillan. Jnana Prabodhini Foundation. (2021). Pandemic, Punekars, and perceptions: Preliminary findings of a COVID-19-related Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Wisdom survey. https://www.jnanaprabodhinifoundation.org/covidsurvey-results [Co-Led the project/report with Abhishek Dedhe] Chowkase, A. A. (2021). अ땍यास देशस्थितीचा समतोल चालो [Know your society through study tours]. In N. V. Nitsure (Ed.), ज्ञान प्रबोस्िनी: एक अस्िनव शैक्षस्िक प्रयोग – खंड ४ िाग ४: संघटन [Jnana Prabodhini: A new experiment in education - Vol. 4. Issue 4: Organization] (pp. 14-22). Jnana Prabodhini. Chowkase, A. A., & Lunkad, M. A. (2020). Unlocking potential in the time of COVID-19: How a group of schools in India kept learning uninterrupted during lockdown. In K. J. Fasching-Varner, S. T. Bickmore, D. G. Hays, P. G. Schrader, D. L. Carlson, & D. Anagnostopoulos (Eds.), The corona chronicles: On leadership, processes, commitments, and hope in uncertain times (pp. 133-141). DIO Press. Chowkase, A. A., & Kanhere, I. (2020). Recommendations to the Ministry of Education on nurturing giftedness in children guiding framework. [Policy document]. Pune, India: Jnana Prabodhini. Ponkshe, V. D., Nitsure, N. V., Chowkase, A. A., & Kulkarni, P. D. (Eds.). (2020). Learning to explore: Project by project. Pune, India: Jnana Prabodhini Educational Activity Research Centre. Chowkase, A. A. (2019). Summer residential program at Purdue University: A report of students’ experiences [Report]. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. Chowkase, A. A. (2018). Summer residential program at Purdue University: A report of students’ experiences [Report]. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. Chowkase, A. A. (Ed.). (2018). Nurturing talents: Enhancing potentials of high ability students. Pune, India: Jnana Prabodhini Samshodhan Sanstha. Bapat, G. S., Chowkase, A. A., & Nitsure, N. V. (2017). Recommendations for a policy on education of high ability children and youth as an integral part of a comprehensive National Policy on