Faculty Profile
Shushan Vardanyan
Areas of Expertise
- EDUCATION
- EDUCATION, MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
- EDUCATION, STUDENT TEACHING
Brief Bio
Dr. Shushan Vardanyan is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education (ECE) who obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2019. Her primary areas of interest revolve around the development of children's play, the impact of culture on children's development, Forest Schools education, and the application of Piagetian perspectives in the education of young children. Dr. Vardanyan's fascination with culture stems from both her professional and personal experiences working with diverse cultural backgrounds. She has accumulated 12 years of working with young children in Dubai, and in America where she taught pre-k, 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade classrooms. Additionally, her formative years in Armenia, a former Soviet country, where she attended kindergarten, sparked her interest in nature education. Her multicultural outlook in education significantly influences her teaching of undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Mississippi.
Degrees
BA |
Linguistics |
Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (2002) |
MA |
Education |
Murdoch University (2013) |
PhD |
Early Childhood |
University of Alabama at Birmingham (2019) |