Surita Jhangiani

 

Associate Professor of Teaching
Interim Associate Dean, Equity

surita.jhangiani@ubc.ca

604–822–0310

Office: Scarfe Library Block Room 299

Dr. Surita Jhangiani is the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education. As holder of this chair, she aims to leverage open pedagogical principles to advance critical multicultural education. Surita is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Faculty of Education, an advocate of OER, and the recipient of two Open Educational Resource Champion awards from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Jhangiani’s is currently involved in projects related to open pedagogy, alternative grading, and belonging as it relates to learning and teaching.

Areas of Teaching and Scholarly Interests:

Open Education, Open Pedagogy, Alternative Grading, Critical Digital Pedagogies, Post-Colonialism, EDID, Mental Health

Selected Publication
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Edited Books

Quinn, J., Burtis, M., & Jhangiani, S. (Eds.). (2022). Toward a critical instructional design. Hybrid Pedagogy.

Quinn, J., Burtis, M., & Jhangiani, S. (Eds.). (2022). Designing for care. Hybrid Pedagogy.

Chapters

Jhangiani, R. S. & Jhangiani, S. (in press). Open educational practices. In Súilleabháin, G. Ó., Lanclos, D., & Farrelly, T. (Eds.), An Introduction to Digital Learning. Elgar Publishing

Vadeboncoeur, J., Padilla-Petry, P., Panina-Beard, N., & Jhangiani, S. (2022, May 18). Changing perspectives on adolescence(s). In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.107

Journal Articles

Jhangiani, R. S., & Jhangiani, S. (2017). Investigating the perceptions, use, and impact of open textbooks: A survey of post-secondary students in British Columbia. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i4.3012

Jhangiani, S. J. & Vadeboncoeur, J. A. (2010). Health care “as usual”: The insertion of positive psychology in Canadian mental health discourse. Mind, Culture, and Activity: An International Journal, 17(2), 1-16.

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