Centers & Research

Center on Chinese Education

The Center on Chinese Education, Teachers College Columbia University (CoCE) is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of education in China and to educational exchange between the United States and China. It seeks to achieve this mission through three categories of activities: research and development, education and training, as well as outreach and exchange. These activities will draw upon the historically special relationship between Chinese education and Teachers College, the interests and expertise of the faculty at Teachers College, as well as expertise and resources outside of Teachers College. Major funding for the Center's activities is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

Contact: Mun C. Tsang
E-mail: mct27@columbia.edu

Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies

The Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies (CMLL) focuses on the challenges occasioned by the multiplicity of languages and literacies in the 21st century. CMLL conducts and disseminates research on how different languages and literacies can be used as resources to advance human development, education, and intercultural understanding. CMLL also promotes dialogue across societies and groups through lectures, conferences, and the Internet. In addition, it supports educators in using research to inform practice. CMLL's work is elaborated in the context of a world characterized by greater flows of people, information, goods and services within and across national boundaries. CMLL is distinctive because of its emphasis on international and transcultural societies, with New York City as an expression of such a society, and its attention to educational systems, including schools, families, religious institutions, community centers, the workplace, and the media.

Center for Sustainable Futures

The Center for Sustainable Futures (CSF) at Teachers College envisions a regenerative world in which we achieve a balance between planet, people, and prosperity. Our mission is to promote learning, awareness, attitudes, and skills to work individually and collectively toward long-term sustainability of complex living systems. CSF supports and conducts original research, engages in research-practice partnerships, mentors and trains graduate students, and uses data to inform evidence-based policy, practice, and communication.
Contact: Oren Pizmony-Levy
Email: TCSustainability@tc.columbia.edu

Elbenwood Center for the Study of the Family as Educator

The Elbenwood Center for the Study of the Family as Educator pursues various lines of systematic research and inquiry that bring the behavioral sciences to bear in illuminating the educational functions of the family and the relationships between the family and other educative institutions: schools, health and social service agencies, religious institutions, museums, libraries, the media. The Center's activities include research, conferences, symposia, seminars, and workshops. Current and recent topics considered at the Elbenwood Center include: social networks and educative styles of teenagers, the mediation of television by the family and television in cross-cultural perspective, family contexts of literacy, families and museums, family memories, multigenerational education, grandparents as educators, immigration, migration and family education. Faculty and students who participate in the Center come from various departments at Teachers College and elsewhere in Columbia University. The Center also maintains liaisons with other institutions through its projects and visiting scholars. Opportunities for pre-doctoral and postdoctoral research are available. An initial statement of the research agenda of the Elbenwood Center is set forth in the following volumes: The Family as Educator. Hope Jensen Leichter, (Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press, 1974. Families and Communities as Educators. Hope Jensen Leichter, (Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press, 1979.

Contact: Hope Jensen Leichter
E-mail: leichter@exchange.tc.columbia.edu

George Clement Bond Center for African Education

The George Clement Bond Center for African Education promotes research and teaching about education, broadly defined, in Africa and the African Diaspora. Its central aim is to create a community of students, faculty, and staff with common interests and commitments to the fields of Education and African Studies. Interdisciplinary study and discussion across Teachers College and Columbia University are promoted through research projects, conferences, lecture series, and courses. The Center integrates the study of African education in different programs at the College. It also promotes linkages with African universities by hosting visiting scholars, policy makers, practitioners, and activists who will present their research and experience from different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives.

Contact: Susan Garnett Russell
Email: cae@tc.columbia.edu

Global Observatory of LGBTQ+ Education and Advocacy

The Global Observatory of LGBTQ+ Education and Advocacy (GO-LEAD) curates information on school climate indicators, and educational initiatives (both formal and non-formal). The envisioned role of the Observatory is to act as a catalyst and a one-stop-shop for the learning and sharing of information and knowledge to promote policies, strategies, and practices that have been proven to effectively meet the needs of LGBTQ+ youth. The Observatory is an online, open access platform for stakeholders including decision-makers, knowledge- brokers, specialists and general-public.

Contact: Oren Pizmony-Levy
Email: Pizmony-Levy@tc.columbia.edu

Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group Public Matters

The Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group at Teachers College, Columbia University, strives to create dialogue between areas of research that address Latinx and Latin American issues. Mainly composed of faculty from various backgrounds and programs throughout the College, the group also incorporates administrative staff and student associations interested in helping the Latinx and Latin American research communities thrive.
The Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group works closely with the education programs of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University. Faculty are often invited to speak and lead academic discussions on education through the Institute´s Americas Dialogue on Education Policy initiative. Students are invited to edit or author papers on Latin America, or contribute to ILAS´s K-12 Outreach Program´s activities. In this way, the Faculty Working Group fosters exchange and solidarity within the Latinx and Latin American research communities at Columbia University.
Contact: Regina Cortina
Email: latinx@tc.columbia.edu

Public Matters: How Americans View Education, Psychology and Health

What does the public think about contemporary issues in education, health, and psychology? How does the public view reform efforts and policies in these areas? Despite the important role public opinion plays in a democracy, there exist only limited efforts to document public opinion about human development. The Public Matters: How Americans View Education, Psychology and Health contributes to policy debates by introducing a new source of reliable and valid public opinion data. Funded by the Teachers College Provost’s Investment Fund, The Public Matters draws on the extant infrastructure and survey research expertise at the College. It brings together faculty from across the College to collaborate on public opinion projects related to their specific areas of interest.
Contact: Oren Pizmony-Levy
Email: Pizmony-Levy@tc.columbia.edu

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