Supriya Baily

Dr. Baily focuses on the ways in which structures of power intersect with education leading to unequal systems of education. She focuses on the marginalization of girls and women in educational policy and practice, and the role of teacher education to address educational inequity. Prior to joining academia, she worked for development and social justice organizations leading to her lifelong interest to the better understand the processes of agency and voice that promote grassroots transformation in marginalized communities. Her new book, Bangalore Girls: Witnessing the Rise of Nationalism in a Progressive City was released in November 2024.

Degrees

• PhD, Education and Human Development, George Mason University
• PhD, International Education, 2006-2008 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
• Ph.D, Coursework, 2002-2005 - The George Washington University, Washington, DC
  (program was closed in 2005, leading to a transfer to GMU).
• M.A. International Development Studies, 1997 Focus: International Education, The Elliott School for International Affairs, The George Washington University.
• B.A. Social Work, 1995 Minor: Women's Studies, University of Delhi & University of Nevada, Reno

Awards

• Nominated - 2019 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award.
• Outstanding Co-Author Contribution Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2017 for the article Reframing the center: New directions in qualitative methodology in international and comparative education, with P. Shah, & M. Call-Cummings, in A.W. Wiseman & E. Anderson (Eds.), Annual Review of Comparative and International Education (pp. 139-164). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.
• Shortlisted finalist. Jackie Kirk Book Award (CIES) for co-edited volume, Educating adolescent girls around the globe: Challenges and opportunities (2015). New York, NY: Routledge.
• Outstanding Author Contribution Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013 for the article “Framing the World Bank Education Strategy 2020 to the Indian Context: Alignments, Challenges, and Op” in In C. Collins & A. W. Wiseman (Eds.), Education strategy in the developing world: A conversation about the World Bank’s education policy development and revision. In International Perspectives on Education and Society Series (Vol. 16). (pp. 371 - 393). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.

Publications

• Baily, S. (2024). Bangalore girls: Witnessing the rise of nationalism in a progressive city. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Alvestad, K. C, Biseth, H., & Baily, S. (under contract). Global challenges, local solutions - A Bridge to tomorrow’s teachers. Brill.
• Manion, C., Anderson, E., Baily, S., Call-Cummings, M., Iyengar, R., Shah, P., & Witenstein, W. (Eds.). (2020). Interrogating and innovating CIE research: Decolonizing practices for inclusive, safe spaces. Brill.
• Baily, S., Shahrokhi, F., & Carsillo, T. (Eds.). (2017). Experiments in agency: A global partnership to transform teacher research. Sense Publishers.
• Stacki, S., & Baily, S. (Eds.). (2015). Educating adolescent girls around the globe: Challenges and opportunities. Routledge.
• Shaklee, B. D., & Baily, S. (Eds.). (2012). Internationalizing teacher education in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing.