Dr. Maya Kalyanpur
Reading, Special Education, and Instructional Technology
Office: HH 409
Office Telephone: 410-704-3122
E-Mail: mkalyanpur@towson.edu

 
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    Courses Taught
EDUC 734 Mainstreaming Students with Disabilities
EDUC 737  Teacher as Researcher
SPED 428  Working with Families of Children with Disabilities
SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education


    Vitae
        EDUCATION
 
Ph.D.  1994  Syracuse University (NY) Major:  Special Education
M.A.  1980  Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)  Major:  Indian History
B.A.   1978  Delhi University (India) Major:  English Literature

        PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

1994-present  Towson State University Assistant Professor, Department of Reading, Special Education and Instructional Technology
1992-1994  University of Maryland at College Park   Faculty Research Associate
1986-1992  Syracuse University (NY) Course Instructor and Teaching Assistant
1980-1985  Center for Special Education (India) Director and Classroom Teacher

 
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL, SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Books:
Kalyanpur, M. & Harry, B.  (1999).  Culture in Special Education:  Building a Posture of Reciprocity in Parent-Professional Relationships.  Baltimore:  Paul Bookes.
Harry, B., Kalyanpur, M. & Day, M.  (1999).  The Posture of Cultural Reciprocity:  A Practical Approach to Collaborative Relationships with Families from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds.  Baltimore:  Paul Brookes
Adger, C. T., Kalyanpur, M., Peterson, D., & Bridger, T.  (1995)  Engaging Students:  Thinking, Talking and Cooperating.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Corwin Press.
Selected Articles:
Kalyanpur, M. (in press).  Transferring the concept of parent empowerment in special education from developed to developing countries:  Implications and alternatives. Published proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Local Concepts and Beliefs of Disability in Different Cultures, Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, Germany.
Kalyanpur, M., Harry, B., & Skrtic, T., (in press) Equity and advocacy expectations of culturally diverse families’ participation in special education.  International Journal of Disability.
Harry, B., & Kalyanpur, M. (in press).  Involvement in schools by families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with children in special education.  In C.R. Reynolds & E. Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.)  Encyclopedia of Special Education, 2nd ed.  New York:  John Wiley
Kallyanpur, M.  (1999).  Special education epistemology as a product of western culture:  Implicaitons for non-western families of children with disabilities.  International Journal of Rehabilitation Research.  22,  111-118.
Kalyanpur, M.  (1999).  Difference or deviance? The interaction between cultural interpretations of classroom behavior and the labeling of young children.  Early Childhood Conference, Towson University, Towson, MD, March 1999.
McCarthy, L., Kalyanpur, M., Harry, B., Rao, S.S., & Blue-Banning, M. (1998).  The role of qualitative research in issues on cultural and linguistic diversity.  Symposium on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners, Washington, DC, November 1998.
Makyanpur, M.  (1998).  The meaning of culture of immigrant families of children with disabilities.  International symposium on Local Concepts and Beliefs of Disability in Different Cultures, Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, Germany, May 1998.
Professional Service:
Member, Dissertation Committee, for 3 students in Ph.D. programs at UMCP and UMBC.
Guest reviewer for Mental Retardation, Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction, and International Journal of Disability, Development and Education.
Board Member (Membership), Eastern Educational Research Association, 1998-present.
Professional and Academic Association Membership:
Early Childhood Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 1997-present
Division  for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Council for Exceptional Children, 1998-present
Funded Projects:
Faculty Development Grant, 1998-1999.
Post-doctoral fellowship, Beach Center for Families and Disability, 1997-1998.
Distinguished Performance Award for Independent Research, Syracuse University,1989.