Smita Guha, Ph.D.

Professor
PhD, Elementary Education, SUNY at BuffaloEd.M., Elementary Education, SUNY at BuffaloMA, English, University of Calcutta BA, English, University of Calcutta
Dr. Smita Guha received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is a Full Professor in the School of Education at St. John’s University. Her research is on math, science and technology in childhood and early childhood education. She has written three books titled, Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders: How Parents and Educators Can Influence and Guide the Learning Process; Healthy Children: How Parents and Teachers Can Help To Prevent Obesity and Teacher as Researcher. Additionally, she has been published in peer reviewed scholarly Journals as Young Children, Childhood Education, Science and Children, Teaching Children Mathematics, Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Information Technology in Childhood Education, Journal of Educational Computing Research, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, International Journal of Early Years Education and TechTrends. She has presented at numerous national, international, state and local conferences including AERA, NAEYC and ACEI. She has 10 years' experience working directly with young children and 20 years of experience in teacher education. She has been involved with professional development for teachers in public schools in New York. She also was involved in Travel Abroad Program taking a group of teachers to Italy and France to enrich their learning experiences.

Teaching Interests

STEM focus teacher education

Research Interests

Based on theory and practice, my research agenda focuses on math, and science in childhood and early childhood education focusing on Teacher Education

Courses Taught

EDU
799
INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION
EDU
1027
PLAN/INSTRUCT/ASSESS STUDNT-CH
EDU
1028
PLAN/INSTRUCT/ASSESS STUDNT-AD
EDU
1055
ART OF WRITING FOR EDUCATORS
EDU
7107
METHODS OF TEACHING MIDDLE GR
EDU
7122
PROGS IN EARLY CHILD EDUCATION
EDU
7123
CREATIVE ARTS IN EARLY CHLD ED
EDU
7128
INTEGRATED CURRICULUM
EDU
7129
MATH & SCI IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDU
7195
TEACHING & LEARNING: CHILDHOOD
EDU
7295
TEACHING & LEARNING ADOLESCENT
EDU
8002
COMMUNITY IMMERSION III