Mohit Mehta
Curriculum & Instruction
M.A. in Spanish, Texas State University, 2018B.A. in Arch. Studies, Rice University, 2003
Email: mohit.mehta@utexas.edu
Office: BUR , BEL
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Mohit's dissertation considers ways Asian American adolescents in a community based arts, literacy and critical ethnic studies program cultivate racial literacy practices through critical multimodality and digital counter-narratives.
In addition to teaching elementary bilingual education in Central Texas for 7 years, Mohit has taught in India, Guatemala, Nicaragua and co-coordinated a summer ESL academy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 2016-2020.
Courses taught including Intro to Asian American Studies (AAS 301), Intro to Asian American History (AAS 312), Intro to Race, Indigeneity & Migration (RIM 301), Foundations of Bilingual Education (EDC 340F), Bilingual Language Arts Methods (EDC 370E) and Acquisition of Language and Literacy (ALD 329).
In addition to teaching elementary bilingual education in Central Texas for 7 years, Mohit has taught in India, Guatemala, Nicaragua and co-coordinated a summer ESL academy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 2016-2020.
Courses taught including Intro to Asian American Studies (AAS 301), Intro to Asian American History (AAS 312), Intro to Race, Indigeneity & Migration (RIM 301), Foundations of Bilingual Education (EDC 340F), Bilingual Language Arts Methods (EDC 370E) and Acquisition of Language and Literacy (ALD 329).
Asian American Studies; ethnic studies; bi/multilingual education; critical multimodal literacies; racial literacy
Maria E Franquiz (Supervisor)
Examines ethnographic language and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms, specifically focusing on how Latinx critical race theory explains the relationship between heritage language and culture and the evolving identities of future teachers.
Examines ethnographic language and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms, specifically focusing on how Latinx critical race theory explains the relationship between heritage language and culture and the evolving identities of future teachers.
Grace MyHyun Kim (Committee Member)
Studies literacy, language, and multicultural education, especially involving new media and globalization.
Studies literacy, language, and multicultural education, especially involving new media and globalization.
Paty Abril-Gonzalez (Committee Member)
Studies long-term relationships with Latinx bilingual students and teachers using arts-based biliteracy approaches to affirm and amplify silenced perspectives, build connections, and develop bilingualism and biculturalism.
Studies long-term relationships with Latinx bilingual students and teachers using arts-based biliteracy approaches to affirm and amplify silenced perspectives, build connections, and develop bilingualism and biculturalism.
Cathery Yeh (Committee Member)
Dr.Yeh's research examines the intersections of race, language, and disability to provide a more nuanced analysis of the constructions of ability in mathematics classrooms and mathematics education systems. Her scholarship centers on partnerships with schools and communities to expand educational leadership to create equitable learning environments, with particular attention to students, families, and communities who have been historically marginalized in education.
Dr.Yeh's research examines the intersections of race, language, and disability to provide a more nuanced analysis of the constructions of ability in mathematics classrooms and mathematics education systems. Her scholarship centers on partnerships with schools and communities to expand educational leadership to create equitable learning environments, with particular attention to students, families, and communities who have been historically marginalized in education.
Tracey T Flores (Committee Member)
Dr. Flores' research focuses on Latina mothers and daughters language and literacy practices, the teaching of young writers in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, and family and community literacies.
Dr. Flores' research focuses on Latina mothers and daughters language and literacy practices, the teaching of young writers in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, and family and community literacies.
Publications, Asian/Asian American Faculty and Staff Association(2023 - 2024)
Chen, E.., Curammeng, E.., Laurel, M.., Li, K.Y.S.., Mehta, M.P.., Pagtakhan, A.., Sacramento, J.. & Tintiangco-Cubales, A.. (2023). K-12 Asian American Studies as Praxis. Journal of Asian American Studies, 26(2), 277–283.
Mehta, M. (2022). Using Digital Archives to Teach Early South Asian American Histories,. Social Studies for the Young Learner, 34(3), 19–24.. (View)
Mehta, M.P.. & Pandy, L.G.. (2022). Stories of our Elders: Creating an Online Space to Safeguard our Stories in Response to Anti-Asian Xenophobia. Language Arts, forthcoming. (View)
Batt, J.. & Mehta, M.. (2022). Still Can't Say Namaste?!: Making Asians and Asian Americans Visible in the School-Based Mindfulness Movement. Mindful Social Studies: Cultivating Social and Emotional Development for 21st Century Citizenship (9781666907995ed.): Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield. (View)
Mehta, M. & Beskrowni, A. (2022). Book Review for "The Tops of the Trees" (Kao Kalia Yang, 2021). Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JOLLE). (View)
A collaboration between Asian Texans for Justice (AJT) and the Asian American Resource Center to teach Asian American histories through creative multimodal texts.
Contributed a bilingual lesson in English-Spanish on the formation of Punjabi-Mexican families across the U.S. Southwest in the early 20th century.
Invisibility is Not a Natural State for Anyone!": Lessons Learned from the Fight for Asian American Curricular Inclusion
Spencer Vision Grant; Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez & Dr. Sohyun An, Co-Principal Investigators
Round Rock High School Asian American Studies Pilot
A four-part intergenerational storytelling series with the Asian American Resource Center (Austin, TX), community partners and nationally acclaimed Asian American authors.
Travel Award, AERA SIG: Research into the Education of Asian Pacific Americans (REAPA) (2022 - 2022)
Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2022 - 2023)
R.A.I.S.E Award, Asian and Asian American Faculty Association (AAFSA)-UT Austin (2021 - 2021)
Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education, University of Texas at Austin College of Education (2019 - 2023)
Invisibility is not a Natural State for Anyone!: The Fight for Asian American Curricular Inclusion. AERA Chicago 2023, Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, Sohyun An, Sarah Park Dahlen, Jung Kim, Esther Kim, Mohit P Mehta, Chicago, IL (2023)
Latinx Students Building Awareness About Latinx/a Mothering & M(other)work through Oral Histories . AERA, Chicago 2023, Mónica Pineda, Mohit P. Mehta, Chicago, IL (2023)
Community Responsive Praxis & Asian American Studies in Texas, Ethnic Studies Educators Academy, Virtual (2023)
The Tensions of Representation: A Critical Content Analysis of Recently Published Desi Young Adult Novels, Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, Mohit Mehta, American Education Research Association, San Diego (2022)
Beyond Migrants and Weavers: A Critical Look at Central American Children's Literature, Mohit P. Mehta, Mónica Pineda, National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), Anaheim, CA (2022)
Critical Global Literacies for Central America, Mohit P. Mehta, Mónica Pineda, Critical Global Literacies Summer Institute, Austin, Texas (virtual) (2022)
Oral History/Testimonio Praxis in a Bilingual Education Teacher Preparation, Mohit Mehta, Monica Pineda, National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE), New York, NY (2022)
Silences, Hesitations and Refusals: Intergenerational Memory Work in an Introductory Course in Asian American History, Mohit Mehta, American Education Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California. (2022)
Storytelling as Collective Action, Erin Krafft, Mohit Mehta. 11th International Conference on Education and Justice, Virtual (2021)
Adding Complexity and Critical Understanding to the Diversity of Asian Americans through Literature, Archives & Children's Photography., Mohit Mehta, Tran Nguyen Templeton, Noreen Naseem Rodríguez. UT Hemispheres Critical Literacies for Global Citizens., Austin, Texas (virtual) (2021)
The Power of Community: Building Solidarity A Lado de Families and Communities, NCTE 2021 Virtual Convention, (2021)
What Kind of Asian Are You?: Countering the Model Minority Myth through Spoken Word and Text, Saba Khan Vlach, Mohit Mehta. National Council of Teacher of English (NCTE)., Denver, Colorado (Virtual) (2020)
¿Aprender español?: Contributions of Bilingual Education Research to the Teaching and Construct of Academic Spanish with Bilingual Teacher Candidates., Desirée Pallais-Downing, Mónica Pineda, Mohit Mehta & Irán Tovar. Literacy Research Association., Virtual (2020)
Geographies of Self: Transnational Latinx Teacher Candidates Explore Multimodal Stories., Patricia Abril González. Mohit Mehta. Literacy Research Association. Virtual Conference., Virtual (2020)
Multimodality and Translanguaging: Transforming Latinx Bilingual Pre-Service Teacher Development and Ideologies., Patricia Abril González. Mohit Mehta. Literacy Research Association (LRA)., Tampa, Florida (2019)
A four-part intergenerational storytelling series with the Asian American Resource Center (Austin, TX), community partners and nationally acclaimed Asian American authors.
