Ranita Cheruvu

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Martinez, C., Martinez, C. (2023). Decentering whiteness in teacher education: Supporting BIPOC early childhood preservice teachers through culturally relevant and sustaining practices. Reimagining Diversity, Equity, and Justice in Early Childhood Education.
• Cheruvu, R., Brown, C., Nxumalo, F. (2019). Disrupting standardized early education through culturally sustaining pedagogies with young children. Disrupting and Countering Deficits in Early Childhood Education. 103-118. New, NY, Routledge.
• Cheruvu, R., Strasser, J., Bresson, L. (2017). Supporting children’s understanding about diversity. Big Questions for Young Minds: Extending Children’s Thinking. NAEYC.
• Souto-Manning, M., Cheruvu, R., Couse, L., Recchia, S. (2015). Multiculturally sustaining pedagogy in early childhood teacher education. Handbook of Early Childhood Teacher Education.
• Goodwin, A., Genishi, C., Cheruvu, R. (2012). Responding to multiple diversities in early childhood education: How far have we come?. Diversities in Early Childhood Education: Rethinking and Doing. 3-10. Routledge.

Journal Article

• Templeton, T.N., Cheruvu, R. (2020). Childhood innocence for settler children: Disrupting colonialism and innocence in early childhood curriculum. New Educator. The School of Education of The City College of New York and The Association of Teacher Educators.
• Souto-Manning, M., Cheruvu, R. (2016). Challenging and appropriating discourses of power: Listening to and learning from teachers of color. Equity & Excellence in Education. 49 (1) 9-26.
• Cheruvu, R., Souto-Manning, M., Lencl, T., Chin-Calubaquib, M. (2015). Race, isolation, and exclusion: What early childhood teacher educators need to know about the experiences of pre-service teachers of color. The Urban Review. 47 (2) 237-265.
• Cheruvu, R. (2014). Teacher researchers as teacher educators: Practicing what we teach. Childhood Education. 9 (3) 225-228.

Other

• Axelrod, Y., Black, F., Cheruvu, R., Murphy, A.M., Perez, M.S., Rabadi-Rao, A., Rollins, E., Saavedra, C.M. (2018). Representation of people of color in critical early childhood spaces: Issues and possibilities.. Teachers College Record. https://www.tcrecord.org/Opinion.asp

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Yuan, T. (Co-Principal), Cheruvu, R. (Co-Principal), "Asian American Student Success Program Grant," sponsored by University of Massachusetts, Other, $3000 Funded. (2016 - 2018).
• Yuan, T. (Co-Principal), Cheruvu, R. (Co-Principal), "Asian American Student Success Program Grant," sponsored by University of Massachusetts, Other, Funded. (2016 - 2018).