PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS (Within Last Year)

Pandya, R. (2026, April). [Presenter, Panelist]. Ancient Wisdom & Its Cultural Relevance: Reimagining Deep Learning Through A Spiritual Paradigm. AERA Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Pandya, R., Emdin, C. (2026, April). [Presenter, Panelist]. Decolonizing STEM Learning Spaces: Contemplative Traditions as the Bedrock of Creativity & Healing. AERA Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Pandya, R., Mishra, P. (2026, April). [Presenter, Panelist]. Awareness and the Limits of Abstraction: A Kantian Meditation on Pedagogy, AI, & Perception. AERA Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Pandya, R. (2026, Feb). [Paper Presenter, Panelist]. Yoga Philosophy & Teacher Education: A Paradigm for Global Wellbeing. International Conference on Bridging Wellbeing & Teacher Education. United Nations, New York, NY.

Pandya, R. (2026, Jan). [Invited Keynote]. Looking Within As Engineering: The Intersections of Scientific Inquiry & Wellbeing. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India.

Pandya, R. (2025, June). [Organizer, Panelist]. Hip Hop Ed Conference, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY.

Pandya, R., Emdin, C. (2025, April). [Paper Presenter, Panelist]. Decolonizing Makerspaces: Including Aesthetics in Urban Teacher Education. AERA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Pandya, R., Emdin, C. (2025, April). [Paper Presenter, Panelist]. Challenging STEM Pedagogy: Sneaker Design As Healing. AERA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Pandya, R. (2025, April). [Invited Lecture]. Contemplative Creativity In Makerspaces. Brooklyn FIRST STEAM Center (District 13), New York, NY.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (Within Last Year)

Pandya, R. Ancient Wisdom & Its Cultural Relevance: Reimagining Deep Learning in Science Classrooms Through the Lens of Yoga and Vedanta. Journal of Contemplative & Holistic Education. (Spring 2026). 

Pandya, R. Emdin, C. Challenging STEM Learning Spaces: The Paradigm of Contemplative Traditions as the Bedrock of Creativity & Healing. Journal of Contemplative & Holistic Education. (Spring 2026).

Kress, T., Lake, R., Session, N., et al. Love Letters to bell hooks: Narratives Celebrating a Transgressive Educator. Routledge Publishing. (Chapter published, August, 2025).

Simpson, S., Brooks, K., Nukpezah, J., Pandya, R. Parity benchmark for measuring bias in LLMs. AI Ethics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-024-00613-4

Pandya, R. (2024, January). Exploring the Impact of Indian Contemplative Philosophy on Learning Scientific Inquiry in a Physics Classroom. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.