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Christopher Bjork

 

chbjork@vassar.edu

Blodgett Hall 247

845.437.7841

Box 0330

Associate professor in Education. Christopher Bjork earned his B.A. in English and his M.A. in Liberal Studies from Wesleyan University. He completed his Ph.D. in educational anthropology from Stanford University. Certified to teach both elementary and secondary school, he has worked as a classroom teacher in public schools in the United States and Japan, as well as at Nishimachi International School in Tokyo.

His research interests include international and comparative education, educational reform in Asia, educational decentralization, and teaching cultures in Indonesia and Japan. Recently, he has published articles on these topics in the journals Education and Society, World Studies of Education, and Anthropology & Education Quarterly. In addition, he co-edited (with Thomas Rohlen) a three-volume anthology titled Education and Training in Japan.

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