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Anjali Adukia
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Faculty @UChicago @HarrisPolicy | Director @MiiELab | Education, children, joy | she/they | #checkyourself | Grateful | threads: anjaliadukia, aadukia.bsky
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Sep 5, 2023
    Representation is said to matter, but I didn't see myself in the world around me growing up. Whom did I see? With whom was I supposed to identify? What about my children? And what about in children's books? What do children see? How to measure it? (a thread 🧵👇🏾) 1/n
    Two kids reading a book together
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Aug 30, 2020
    Super excited and grateful to be working with my fantastic partner @alexeble on this joint project generously supported by @IESResearch! We are so lucky to have such an incredible team, including @TeodoraSzasz @emileigharrison @UChicago_RCC @HarrisPolicy @TeachersCollege! 📚🙌🏾
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    Harris Policy
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    Aug 29, 2020
    Assistant Professor @aadukia has received a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to study how messages about gender and race in textbooks can influence children’s beliefs in their abilities and their educational decisions. Learn more: har.rs/32hbKEz
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Oct 6, 2023
    Thank you for this incredible honor, @sreesociety! This is a tribute to the amazing work of partners in Chicago, India, @MiiELab, and elsewhere! I'm humbled and feel lucky to be in the company with incredible scholars @rob_shand and @Zuchao_Shen💙
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    SREE
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    Oct 5, 2023
    Congratulations to SREE's 2023 Early Career Award Recipients! This award recognizes early career scholars whose work has advanced rigorous research relevant to educational practice. Robert Shand @aadukia @Zuchao_Shen
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Sep 16, 2021
    Applying for a PhD and want to conduct research that can help advance educational equity? Apply for the IES Pre-Doctoral Training Program @UChicago for AY 2022-23! Students receive generous stipend support and additional funds for travel/research! Info: voices.uchicago.edu/coed/about-ies…
    IES Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Education Sciences at the University of Chicago The Committee on Education at the University of Chicago offers a fellowship opportunity for incoming doctoral students in the social sciences with an interest in education research, funded by a federal grant from the Institute of Education Sciences. Students applying to a PhD program in a social science discipline, in public policy, or in the Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice are invited to apply for this fellowship. We seek ambitious candidates who wish to acquire the research skills and applied training that will enable them to contribute to narrowing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic opportunity and achievement gaps in education.
    This program allows fellows to join an interdisciplinary cohort of students who follow a common program of courses, workshops, and a 2-year research apprenticeship while they are earning a PhD in their respective discipline. Accepted fellows receive a five-year package of support that includes a full tuition waiver and a generous stipend of at least $34,000 annually, as well as access to additional funds to support travel and education-related research. Learn more about this program at: https://voices.uchicago.edu/coed/about-ies-2/ Interested students may contact Lisa Rosen (rosen@uchicago.edu), Associate Director of the Committee on Education at the University of Chicago, to ask questions and seek guidance on the application process.
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Sep 9, 2021
    Research often involves working in independent, isolated situations. Community is always valuable, but may be particularly so for those who are part of a group that is not in the majority. Thus, at @aefpweb, we are creating AEFP Communities! AEFP membership not required.
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Sep 5, 2023
    Replying to @aadukia
    To understand what children have been exposed to, we @MiiELab (@alexeble @emileigharrison @TeodoraSzasz Runesha & I @aadukia) examined representation of skin color, race, gender, age in influential children’s books from the last century, in @QJEHarvard 2/n x.com/QJEHarvard/sta…
    What We Teach about Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books Books shape how children learn about society and norms, in part through representation of different characters. We use computational tools to characterize representation in children’s books widely read in homes, classrooms, and libraries over the last century, and describe economic forces that may contribute to these patterns. We introduce new artificial intelligence methods for systematically converting images into data. We apply these tools, alongside text analysis methods, to measure skin color, race, gender, and age in the content of these books, documenting what has changed and what has endured over time. We find underrepresentation of Black and Latinx people in the most influential books, relative to their population shares, though representation of Black individuals increases over time. Females are also increasingly present but appear less often in text than in images, suggesting greater
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    QJE
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    Sep 5, 2023
    Recently accepted by #QJE, “What We Teach about Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books,” by Adukia (@aadukia), Eble (@alexeble), Harrison (@emileigharrison), Runesha (@MiiELab), and Szasz (@TeodoraSzasz): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Apr 12, 2021
    SO excited to share some work on inclusion and inequality in representation in the images and text of children's books, joint with an incredible team, including my amazing coauthors on this paper @alexeble @emileigharrison @TeodoraSzasz, Hakizumwami Birali Runesha!✨
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    Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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    Apr 12, 2021
    NEW: Research employing path-breaking AI tools measures the representation of race, gender and age in US children’s books over the last century. Explore the findings with a new interactive and brief. From @alexeble, @TeodoraSzasz & @HarrisPolicy's @AAdukia, @EmileigHarrison:
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Apr 2, 2023
    My 7yo told me that they  had made brownies and wanted me to taste them. They were wrapped in foil, and when I unwrapped the foil, this is what I found. Perfection. #AprilFools
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Feb 8, 2022
    What are education-related books that opened your minds, that deepened your thinking? #EdTwitter
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Nov 12, 2020
    Applying for a PhD and want to conduct research that can help advance educational equity? Apply for the IES Pre-Doctoral Training Program @UChicago for AY 2021-22! Students receive generous stipend support and additional funds for travel/research! Info: voices.uchicago.edu/coed/about-ies…
    We are delighted to announce that the Committee on Education at the University of Chicago has received a new grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to fund PhD applicants in the social sciences with an interest in education. The IES Predoctoral Fellowship program will bring two new cohorts of students to UChicago to receive a PhD in a social science discipline or from SSA or the Harris School and conduct research that can help advance educational equity at scale. Students will receive generous stipend support and additional funds for travel and research. Applications are being accepted now for the academic year 2021-22. Students can email Lisa Rosen directly (rosen@uchicago.edu) with questions about the applications process.
    We are delighted to announce that the Committee on Education at the University of Chicago has received a new grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to fund PhD applicants in the social sciences with an interest in education. The IES Predoctoral Fellowship program will bring two new cohorts of students to UChicago to receive a PhD in a social science discipline or from SSA or the Harris School and conduct research that can help advance educational equity at scale. Students will receive generous stipend support and additional funds for travel and research. Applications are being accepted now for the academic year 2021-22. Students can email Lisa Rosen directly (rosen@uchicago.edu) with questions about the applications process.
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    Anjali Adukia
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    May 21, 2022
    I’m honored to be joining @CGDev as a Non-Resident Fellow! I am excited to learn from and with the people in their amazing community.  Thanks for the warm welcome, @susannahhares and others!
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    Susannah Hares
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    May 20, 2022
    I’m delighted that the brilliant @aadukia has joined @CGDev as a Non Resident Fellow. I’m looking forward to learning from her and collaborating with her. Welcome to the CGD family! cgdev.org/expert/anjali-…
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Nov 8, 2021
    Thank you to the amazing community at @nyusteinhardt @NYUAppliedPsych for such an engaging visit. I'm inspired by and in deep admiration for the community you have built and sustained. It was a pleasure to see old friends and meet new ones! @aganimian @HiroYoshikawaNY @bailabomba
    Alejandro Ganimian (asst. professor at NYU Steinhardt), Anjali Adukia (asst. professor at UChicago Harris School), three graduate students at NYU Steinhardt smiling for a picture in the lobby of the NYU Steinhardt building. All are wearing masks.
    Anjali Adukia (assistant professor at UChicago Harris School) and Hiro Yoshikawa (professor at NYU Steinhardt) smiling for the camera in New York City near NYU.
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Mar 3, 2021
    Thanks to @IESResearch for providing a space to reflect on people & opportunities that opened doors and helped make me whom I am today. Thanks also for their generous support of the work on representation with the amazing @alexeble, @DoraSzasz, @emileigharrison, @ChristCallista☀️
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    IES Research
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    Feb 16, 2021
    This week's blog features an interview with #IESFunded researcher @aadukia, who looks at how representation and messages about gender and race in elementary school books may influence student education outcomes over time. go.usa.gov/xs4zy
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    Anjali Adukia
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    Sep 26, 2019
    Yes, caterers and restaurants please please take note. Everyone needs protein in their diets. A salad is not sufficient. A plate of pasta can be tasty, but please include at least some substantial protein on the menu (again, though it is tasty, cheese does not qualify).