Curriculum vitae Ratna Ghosh, C.M., O.Q., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. James McGill Professor, and William C. Macdonald Professor of Education, McGill University 3700 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1Y2 Nationality: Canadian Languages: English, French, Bengali, Hindi Address: Home Address: Work 291, rue de la Commune, West, McGill University Apt. 45 3700, rue McTavish Montréal (QC) Canada Montréal (QC)) Canada H2Y 3E2 H3A 1Y2 Tel.: (514) 282-0408 Tel.: (514) 398-5398 Facsimile: (514) 398- 4529 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Personal website: www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/ghosh June 2015 Academic Background Ph.D. Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calgary M.A. Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calgary B.A. Honours in English with Distinction, University of Calcutta Music Diploma Pianoforte and Theory Trinity College of Music, London, England Honours, Awards and Recognition January 2015 Hind Rattan Award (English translation Jewel of India) presented in New Delhi on the 44th Republic Day Celebrations. November 2011 Elected Fellow The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) – for the advancement of science in developing countries, Social Sciences Division, in Trieste, Italy. June, 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal (Queen Elizabeth II), Canada March 2009-13 President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) of the United States: Elected for a four year term (Vice President-2009-10; President-Elect -2010-11 President-2011-12, Past-President-2012-13. 2009 Appointed by the Minister of Immigration, Canada, to Indo-Canadian Advisory Committee for the Community Historical Recognition Program September 2009 One page feature article in The Power List India Abroad. June 2008 Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award given by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (Toronto, June 14)) June 2007 Picture on the First Day cover commemorating a special stamp on Canadian Citizenship in the national exhibition of the British Columbia Philatelic Society, Vancouver, B.C. April 2006 Named 40 Outstanding Alumni (1966-2005) U of Calgary (along with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Three-time Olympian Curtis Myden, and Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk) 2005, June 22 Officer, Order of Quebec (O.Q.) http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=1874 Page 2 2005, April Elected Visiting Fellow, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, U.K. 2004- 2018 James McGill Professor, McGill University (to 2011). Renewed. 2003 President’s Internationalization Achievement Award, University of Calgary (November 25, 2003) 2003 Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, October 13, 2003, “Canada’s Best”, Profile as Best Differentiator in Education (attached at the end of this CV). 2002 Council Member Royal Society of Canada and Chair, Committee for the Advancement of Women in Scholarship 2002 Leadership in Internationalization of Education Award from Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE) 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II), Canada 2000 Member, Order of Canada (C.M.) http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=5808&t=12&ln=Ghosh 1999 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences) (F.R.S.C.) 1999 Order of the University of Calgary 1999 Full Member, European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities 1999 Honorary Member Golden Key National Honour Society 1996 Woman of Distinction Award, Education & Training, YWCA 1994 Endowed Chair, William C. Macdonald Professor of Education, McGill University (for life) 1993 Dame of Merit, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta 1988-90 President, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. 1986 British Council Specialist Visitorship 1985 Visiting Scholar (Life), St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, U.K. 1982-1983 Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Senior Long-Term Fellowship (sabbatical) 1974-1976 Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship 1974 Killam Predoctoral Scholar, University of Calgary 1973-1974 Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship 1972-1973 Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship Page 3 Academic and Scholarly Positions September 2014: Research Partner, PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence) a National Network Centre of Excellence, Canada September 2014: Senior Affiliate, The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS): http://library.tsas.ca/affiliate/ghosh-ratna/ Sabbatical Leave January-June 2014: February-April: Fellow, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne Sabbatical Leave January – June 2013: Visiting positions: January, 2013: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India February-April, 2013: East West Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. May, 2013: Institute recherches et d’etudes sur le monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-MMSH) Aix-en-Provence, France. 2004-11; renewed 2011-18 James McGill Professor, McGill University Sabbatical leave:Visiting Positions 2004-6 Institute recherches et d’etudes sur le monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-MMSH) Aix-en-Provence, France. University of Turin, Italy. Elected Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University, St. Edmund’s College, U.K. 1994 (Lifetime) William C. Macdonald Chair in Education, McGill University 1988 Full Professor, Faculty of Education, McGill University 1981-1988 Associate Professor, Department of Administration & Policy Studies in Education/ Department of Culture and Values in Education, McGill University 1977-1981 Assistant Professor, Administration and Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, McGill University 1976-1977 Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, University of Calgary Leadership Positions 2011-2012 President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Page 4 United States. 2010-2011 President-Elect, 2009-2010 Vice-President, 2003-2008 Chair of the Standing Committee for the Advancement of Women in Scholarship, Royal Society of Canada (Member of the Council). 1998-2003 Dean, Faculty of Education, McGill University 1995-1997 Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Culture & Values, McGill University 1995 Acting Director, McGill International 1988-1990 President, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1986-1988 Treasurer, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1984-1986 Secretary, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1981-1982 / Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Education, McGill 1983-1986 University 1982-1983 Resident Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi, India (sabbatical year) 1979 Academic Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute’s Summer Program for Canadian Teachers, India. Fields of Research and Study Education: • Comparative and International Education • Multicultural education; race relations; human rights and education, identity • Teacher education in cross-cultural perspective (K-12 teachers) • Women and education in comparative perspective • Sociology of racial, ethnic and religious minorities, and socio-economically deprived groups in comparative perspective • Globalization and multiculturalism Sociology of Education in Developing Areas: • Education and development • International development and co-operation (bilateral, non-governmental) • Impact of globalization and economic liberalization policies on education Women in Development: • Women in science, engineering and technology • Impact of globalization and economic liberalization policies on women Page 5 • Women, Education and employment: micro-enterprises/ agriculture Research and Practical Experience In Canada, the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Africa Editorial Boards Indian Journal of Women’s Studies, Advisory Editorial Board, 2014 Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Development (APJER), Taiwan, 2012- Journal of Educational Administration and Planning (JEPA) International Editorial Advisory Board, 2011- Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs ISSN 1470-2266 Blackwell Publishing London, 2010- Postcolonial Issues in Education, 2009- Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean (UWI Kingston, Jamaica) 2008- Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2006- Teachers College Record, Columbia University, 2001- McGill Journal of Education, 1998-2003 Caribbean Educational Research Journal (UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados), 2000- Journal of Postcolonial Education (James Nicholas Publishers), 1999- 2005 Canadian Journal of Education, 1995-2000 Journal of Women’s Studies, Women’s Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta, 1995- Canadian and International Education, 1979-1993 Publications Books Ghosh, R. (2014) Third Edition with Mariusz Galcznyski) Redefining Multicultural Education: Inclusion and the Right to be Different. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars’ Press. (1996 First Edition Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Co., 2nd ed 2004 Nelson Thomas Learning) Ghosh, R. & Abdi, A. (2013, 2nd ed. ) Education and the Politics of Difference: Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.(1st edition 2004 Foreword by Henry Giroux; 2nd Edition Foreword Carlos Alberto Torres) pp. 204 Ghosh, R. & Ray, D. (Eds.) (1995, 3rd ed.; 1991, 2nd ed.; 1987, 1st ed.) Social Change and Education in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Harcourt Brace & Co. Page 6 Ghosh, R. & Kanungo, R. (Eds.) (1991) South Asian Canadians: Issues in the Politics of Culture. New Delhi: SICI. Ghosh, R. & Zachariah, M. (Eds.) (1987) Education and the Process of Change. New Delhi/Newbury Park/London: Sage Publications. Ghosh, R. & Cartwright, G.(Eds.) (1984) Educational Technology and Innovations. New Delhi: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Kurian, G., & Ghosh, R. (Eds.) (1981) Women in the Family