Jo Anne S Pandey

Jo Anne Pandey has varied teaching experiences ranging from teaching English to 4-8 graders in Nepal and English for Speakers of other Languages in Indonesia, to teaching courses in Child Development and Psychology at Pitzer College, American Jewish University, and for many years at CSUN. Jo Anne is heavily involved in the Nepalese-American community in Southern California and has recently been working on several research and humanitarian projects in the Gorkha region of Nepal that mainly deal with education, mental health, gender equity, and most recently distance education.

Ph.D. Psychological Studies in Education 2003, University of California, Los Angeles
M. ED Educational Psychology 1997, University of Hawaii, Manoa
B.A. Psychology and Anthropology 1993, Pitzer College

Children's mental health following significant natural disasters

Cognitive and motivational aspects of reading and writing

use of writing in therapeutic contexts

the role of children's book authors in increasing literacy skills