Aki Ohseki, Ed.D

(626) 583-4632, email

Office Location 45 Eureka Office C124

Office Hours: Tuesdays, 9 – 1; 3 – 4

Aki Ohseki is originally from New York and earned her doctorate in Early Childhood Education from Columbia University.  Most of her 11 years of teaching in early childhood classrooms was spent in a progressive public school in the Lower East Side of New York City.  Aki joined the core faculty in the Teacher Education Program in the summer of 2004.

Education:

Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University, Education

M.A. New York University, Early Childhood/Elementary Education

B.A. State University of New York at Albany, Psychology

Teaching Interests:

• Early Childhood Methods
• Early Childhood Curriculum
• Social Development of Young Children
• Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings

Scholarship:

Presented A Look at Peer Friendship in the Context of Change as part of a symposium, Promoting Continuity in Early Care and Education for Young Children and Families. Spring 2001, AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Presented Lunchtime Talk: Creating an Unofficial Curriculum, which focused on how young children in an urban progressive public school construct a curriculum through engaging in spontaneous conversation at lunchtime. Spring 2004 AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA