Office Location: School of Education Office Hours: M - 11am-12:30pm, T - 11:30am-1pm and by appt., R - 11:30am-1pm and by appt. eMail:vidya.thirumurthy@plu.edu Phone: (253) 535-7279
Brief Biography
Vidya received her doctorate in Early Childhood/Elementary Education
from State University of New York at Buffalo. She has over fifteen
years experience teaching at the preschool, elementary and middle
school levels, and over eleven years teaching in higher education. Dr.
Thirumurthy teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in
the School of Education. Her research interests include: Culture and
Cognition, Culture and Play, Social Justice in Education and Computer
use in Schools in India.
Professional Education
B.A., Stella Maris College, University of Madras, India, 1971
B. Ed., Annamalai University, India, 1983
M. Ed., State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 1994
Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 2003
