Jyotsna Pattnaik

I was a teacher and teacher educator in India and was a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) awarded by the University Grant Commission, India. I served as an Assistant/Associate professor of early childhood education at Central Missouri State University between 1996-2000. Currently, I serve as the director for the Master’s in Early Childhood Education program at California State University, Long Beach.

I am involved in collaborative projects with Head Start programs in Long Beach. I am serving in the “Advisory board” of Children Today (Long Beach), an organization that works with children and families experiencing homelessness.  I am also serving in the Early Childhood subcommittee of the Long Beach Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Task Force. I am a member of the academic advisory board for the Yadunandan Center for India Studies. I served as chair/co-chair of the South Asia committee between 2001-2008 at CSULB. I am involved in teacher training activities in India. I am a board member of the Los Angeles chapter of Pratham. Pratham is an international NGO that focus on education of children from underprivileged communities in India and implements programs such as Read India, Balwadis (preschool programs) and Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). 

Editorships:
Books:

2008. Encyclopedia of children's issues worldwide: Asia/Oceania volume. Greenwood.

2005. Childhood in South Asia: A critical look at issues, policies and programs. Information Age.

Journals:
2005. Education of the aboriginal and indigenous child: Global perspectives and practices. Journal: Childhood Education.

2010. Father/male involvement in care and education of children: Global perspectives and practices. Journal: Childhood Education.

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals:

2005. Issues of Language maintenance and education of aboriginal children in India: An interview with Ajit K. Mohanty, internationally acclaimed Indian linguist. Childhood Education, 81(6), 360-364.

2005. Protecting educational rights of the aboriginal and indigenous child: Global challenges and efforts: An introduction. Childhood Education, 81(6), 314-318.

2005. On behalf of their animal friends: Involving children in animal advocacy. Childhood Education, 88(3), 95-100.

Jalongo, M. R., Fennimore, M., Pattnaik, J., Mutuku., B. S., & Brewster, J. (2004). Blended perspectives: A global vision for high quality early childhood education. Early Childhood Education Journal, 32(3), 143-155.

2003. Multicultural literacy starts at home: Supporting parental involvement in multicultural education. Childhood Education, 80(1), 18-24.

2003. Learning about the other: Building a case for intercultural understanding among minority children. Childhood Education, 79(4), 204-211.

Book Chapters:

2007: An alternative to debate over retention v/s social promotion in Indian elementary schools: Lessons from abroad. Proceedings of the conference, Role of higher education institutes in universalization of elementary education (pp.1-8). Matunga, India: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai.

2006: Role of alternative assessment measures in facilitating student learning and raising educational quality in pre/primary education. Proceedings of the conference, 4th International Workshop for Teachers on Quality Education for All, Hyderabad, India. Alpaks Kids World: Hyderabad, India.

2006. Revealing and reevaluating self in relation to the culturally other. Multicultural teacher education and the ABC's model. In P. Schmidt & Finkbeiner, C. (Eds.), The ABC's of cultural understanding and communication: National and international adaptations. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

2005. Repositioning South Asia's children in the competing discourses on childhood. In J. Pattnaik (Ed.), Childhood in South Asia: A critical look at issues, policies, and programs. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

2004. A critical examination of India's Three Language Formula in primary education. In O. Saracho, & B. Spodek (Eds.) Contemporary perspectives on language education and language policy in early childhood education. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

2004. Global pets: Bonding with and caring for animals across cultures and countries. In M. R. Jalongo (Ed.), The world's children and their companion animals: Developmental and educational implications of the child/pet bond. Olney, MD: ACEI

Vold, E. B., & Pattnaik, J. (2002). Educators working in culturally diverse schools: Linking colleges of education and partnership schools. In J. R. Dangel, & E. M.Guyton (Eds.), Research on preparing teachers who can meet the needs of all students: Teacher Education Year Book (Vol. X1)(pp. 121-127). Dubuque: IA: Kendall-Hunt.

I am a member of the academic advisory board for the Yadunandan Center for India Studies. I served as chair/co-chair of the South Asia committee between 2001-2008 at CSULB. I served as the chair of the Technology Committee of the Department of Teacher Education between 2004-2006. Currently, I am the chair of the Curriculum Committee of the Dept. of Teacher Education.

- Father/male Involvement in Young Children's (ages 0-8) Lives: An International  Analysis. Springer

- Educational Non-Participation of Indigenous Girls in India:  An Ethnographic Study with Teachers and Parents  

 - Education and Empowerment of the Girl Child in South Asia: Intersections of Culture, Religion, Economics, Policies, and Politics.