Monisha Bajaj

Job title: 
Professor of International and Multicultural Education
Bio/CV: 

Dr. Monisha Bajaj is Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. She is the editor and author of eight books and numerous articles on issues of peace, human rights, migration, and education, and is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Human Rights Education. Dr. Bajaj has developed curriculum and teacher training materials—particularly related to human rights, racial justice, ethnic studies, and sustainability—for non-profit and national advocacy organizations as well as inter-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF and UNESCO. In 2015, she received the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award (2015) from Division B of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Dr. Bajaj has contributed guest blogs for educational sites such as Learning for Justice and Edutopia, and her TedX talk can be found on Youtube.

Research interests: 
  • Education & International Development; International & Comparative Education
  • Human Rights Education
  • Peace Education
  • Educational Innovation in the Global South
  • Gender and Schooling
  • Global Education
  • Immigrants and Refugees