Vandna Bindra

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Bio

Dr. Bindra is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences and a graduate of the doctoral program at NC State in Curriculum and Instruction, specializing in Educational Psychology. She is originally from Virginia and a former high school English teacher, though always an English teacher and writer at heart.

Programs

• Educational Psychology

Courses Taught

• EDP 304: Educational Psychology
• EDP 504: Advanced Educational Psychology
• EDP 575: Multicultural Lifespan Development
• EDP 476: Psychology of Adolescent Development
• EDP 370: Applied Child Development
• ECI 709: Race and Ethnicity in Educational Psychology
• ED 731: Advanced Qualitative Research and Data Analysis in
  Education
• ED 750: Mixed Methods Research in Education
• ED 508: Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community
• ED 572: Teacher Leadership

Services and Engagements

• Faculty advisor for the Department of Teacher Education and
• Learning Sciences Graduate Student Association

Publications

• DeCuir-Gunby, J. T., & Bindra, V.G. (2021). How does teacher bias
  influence students?: An introduction to the special issue on
  teachers’ implicit attitudes, instructional practices, and student
  outcomes. Learning and Instruction. doi: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101523
• Bindra, V. G., & DeCuir-Gunby, J. T. (2020). Race in cyberspace:
  College students’ moral identity and engagement with race-related issues on social media. The Urban Review, 52(3), 541-561.
  doi: 10.1007/s11256-020-00560-4
• Henderson, D. X., DeCuir-Gunby, J. T., & Gill, V. (2016). “It really takes a village”: A socio-ecological model of resilience for prevention among economically disadvantaged ethnic minority youth. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(5), 469-485. doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0446-3

Area(s) of Expertise

Dr. Bindra's research interests include moral identity development, race in education, critical race theory, and social media use among college students.