Kakali Bhattacharya 

Professor

Kakali Bhattacharya

Phone

352-273-4332

Email

Address

PO Box 117048
Gainesville, FL 32611

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About

De/colonizing ontoepistemologies, critical and de/colonial educational anthropology, social foundation and cultural context of higher education, transnational education, critical and arts-based approaches to qualitative inquiry, creativity in educational research, contemplative pedagogies and epistemologies, gender, race, and ethnic studies in education, technology-integrated learning and social environments.

Affiliations

  • School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
  • University of Florida- Qualitative Research Program Research, Evaluation, Measurement

Research Interests

Culturally Responsive Teaching, Culturally Sustainable Pedagogy, Multicultural and Minority Education, Professional Development, Qualitative Research, Social Justice in Education

Education

  • Ph. D. Educational Psychology, 2005 University of GeorgiaGraduate Certificate, Women's Studies, 2002 University of GeorgiaGraduate Certificate, Qualitative Inquiry, 2005 University of Georgia
  • Master of Science in Instructional Development, 2000 Southern Illinois University of Carbondale
  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology, McMaster University, 1995 Southern Illinois University of Carbondale

Professional Appointments

  • Professor, Research Evaluation and Methodologies, University of Florida -- 2019 - present
  • Full Professor, Educational Leadership, Kansas State University -- June 2018 - 2019
  • Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, Kansas State University -- August 2013 - May 2018
  • Program Coordinator, Qualitative Research Graduate Certificate, Kansas State University -- April 2016 - 2019
  • Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies, Kansas State University -- August 2013 - 2019
  • Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership and Research, Texas A & M University -- August 2012- August 2013
  • Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Research, Texas A & M University -- August 2010- August 2013
  • Pedagogy Fellow, Faculty Renaissance Center. Texas A & M University -- December 2008 - August, 2010
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Research, Texas A & M University -- August 2008 - July 2010
  • Assistant Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research, University of Memphis -- August 2005 - August 2008

Activities and Honors

  • Winner, 2018, Mid-Career Scholar of Color Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • 2018 - Outstanding Mentor Award (co-winner with Tyrone Howard) from Division G: Social Context of Education, American Educational Research Association
  • 2018 - Top 25 Women in Higher Education, Diverse Issues of Higher Education
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Language and Literacy Education Annual Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, (Feb, 2019).
  • Invited Responder to Egon Guba Lecture at Qualitative Research SIG Business Meeting, AERA 2018, Toronto, Canada.
  • Winner, 2018 Colleague-to-Colleague Summer Institute of Distance Learning and Instructional Technology
  • Invited Distinguished Speaker, Indiana University, Bloomington, (March, 2019).
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 2nd Annual Qual-World Virtual Conference, International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, (December 2018).
  • Woman of Distinction Honor, K-State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering, September, 2018.
  • Featured Spotlight Speaker (March 2018), A Ted-Talk Style Event Celebrating Innovative Teaching and Research, Kansas State University, Teaching and Learning Center
  • Winner, 2017 Outstanding Advisor Award, Kansas State Student Government Association
  • Invited Featured Speaker for Association for the Study of Higher Education, for Woke Research Methodology Series. (April, 2018)
  • Nominated, Holen Outstanding Teaching Award, December 2017
  • Invited and inaugural Podcast speaker for Qualitative Research SIG from AERA, November 2017
  • Invited workshop facilitator for Texas A & M University College Station, Texas. Workshop title - De/colonizing Qualitative Research: Exploring the (Im)Possibilities of Culturally Situated Inquiry, (November, 2017).

Selected Grants

Open alternative textbook proposal for EDLEA 988, Introduction to Research: Key Principles

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University, Library, Dean's Office, College of Education
Project Period
  • 2016
Award Amount
  • $8000

Online development of the eighth research course graduate certificate in qualitative research. EDLEA 988: Differentiated Research

Role
  • Co-PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University - Division of Continuing Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Project Period
  • 2018
Award Amount
  • $11,629

Online development of the seventh research course graduate certificate in qualitative research. EDLEA 929: Narrative and Arts-Based Research

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University - Division of Continuing Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Project Period
  • 2018
Award Amount
  • $10,612

Online development of the seventh research course graduate certificate in qualitative research. EDLEA 929: Narrative and Arts-Based Research

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University - Division of Continuing Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Project Period
  • 2017
Award Amount
  • $10,612

Online development of the fourth and fifth research courses for graduate certificate in qualitative research

Role
  • Co-PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University - Division of Continuing Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Project Period
  • 2017
Award Amount
  • $20,456

Open alternative textbook proposal for EDLEA 948, Conducting a Literature Review

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University - Division of Continuing Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Project Period
  • 2016
Award Amount
  • $5000

Online development of the third research course for graduate certificate in qualitative research. EDLEA 938: Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Research

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Kansas State University - Division of Continuing Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Project Period
  • 2016
Award Amount
  • $14,458