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Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Rohit Mehta

Assistant Professor

Curriculum and Instruction | 559.278.0227 | Office: ED235

mehta@csufresno.edu

Education

2017: Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, Michigan State University

2010:  Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida

2008:  Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering, the University of Technology of Madhya Pradesh

Courses Taught

  • Adolescent Learning and Development
  • Advanced Educational Psychology
  • Toying with Technology
  • Creativity in Teaching and Learning
  • Technology and Leadership
  • Design Thinking
  • Reflections on Learning
  • Writing in Academia
  • Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Dr. Rohit Mehta (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Secondary Curriculum with Instructional Technology in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at Fresno State University. Dr. Mehta teaches in the Single Subject Credential program, Curriculum and Instruction, and Educational Leadership.  His research interests are positioned on the intersections of pedagogy, literacies, creativity, technology, and coloniality. As an educator, Dr. Mehta wants to help teachers foster creativity through teaching and learning practices that are liberatory of multiple ways of being, knowing, and doing. His collaborations have been published in academic journals like Thinking Skills and Creativity, Tech Trends, Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE), Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education (JDLTE), and Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE). 

  • Creativity in Teaching and Learning
  • Technology in Education
  • Neoliberalism in Education
  • Critical Literacies
  • Teaching with Technology
  • Humanizing Pedagogy
  • Anti-colonial theory
  • Decolonial praxis
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
Selected publications:

  • Mehta, R., Henriksen, D. & Mishra, P. (2020) “Let children play!”: Connecting evolutionary psychology and creativity with Peter Gray. TechTrends, 64(5), 684–689.

  • Shelton, C., Aguilera, E., Gleason, B., & Mehta, R. (2020). Resisting dehumanizing assessments: Enacting critical humanizing pedagogies in online teacher education. Teaching, technology, and teacher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stories from the field, 125-128.

  • Mehta, R. and Aguilera, E. (2020). A critical approach to humanizing pedagogies in online teaching and learning. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 37(3), 109-120. 
  • Henriksen, D., Mehta, R. & Rosenberg, J. (2019). Supporting a Creatively Focused Technology Fluent mindset among educators: Survey results from a five-year inquiry into teachers’ confidence in using technology. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 27(1), 63-95.
  • Mehta, R., Henriksen, D. & Rosenberg, J. M. (2019). It’s not about the tools. Educational Leadership, 76(5), 64-69.
  • Mehta, R. & Guzman, L. D. (2018). Fake or visual trickery? Quantitative visual rhetoric for social media and media literacy. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 10(2), 104-122.
  • Henriksen, D., Richardson, C., & Mehta, R. (2017). Design thinking: A creative approach to educational problems of practice. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 26, 140-153. 
  • Mishra, P. & Mehta, R. (2017).  What we educators get wrong about 21st-century learning: Results of a survey. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 33(1), 6-19.

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