EDUCATION / PUBLICATIONS / RESEARCH / TEACHING / PRESENTATIONS / AWARDS / SERVICE
EDUCATION
| Ph.D. in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2016 Dissertation: An Analysis of the Organizational Structures of New Types of Children’s Associations in Relation to Changing Views of Children’s Capacities as Citizens Committee: Roger Hart (Chair), Martin Ruck, Brett Stoudt M.Phil. in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2014 Passed with Distinction M.A. in Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2013 Thesis: The Development of Young People’s Critical Inquiry of Food Justice Issues Committee: Roger Hart (Advisor), David Chapin, Caitlin Cahill B.A. in Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007 Graduated Cum Laude |
POSITIONS
| Senior Associate for Community Based Research and Data Analysis Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, April 2017 to present Research Associate Institute for State and Local Governance, City University of New York, August 2016 to March 2017 Selim Iltus Quantitative Fellow The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Department of Psychology, January 2016 to present Project Director Children’s Environment Research Group, Center for Human Environments, April 2011 to August 2016 Research Associate New Media Lab, American History Project/Center for Media &Learning, August 2014 to June 2016 Adjunct Instructor Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Children & Youth Studies Program, Department of Sociology, January 2014 to July 2014 Writing Across the Curriculum Fellow School of Law, City University of New York, Legal Writing Center, August 2013 to May 2014 Graduate Teaching Fellow Hunter College, City University of New York, Department of Psychology, August 2010 to June 2013 |
PUBLICATIONS
| Kimiagar, B. & Ataman, A. (2017). Strategies for discussing and managing power dynamics in intergenerational groups. Learning for Well-being Magazine, 3. Kimiagar, B. & Hart, R. (2016). Children’s free association and the collective exercise of children’s rights. In M. Ruck, M. Peterson-Badali, & M. Freeman (Eds.), Handbook of Children’s Rights: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. New York: Taylor and Francis. Hart, R., Kimiagar, B., Ataman, A. (2015). The opportunities and challenges of placing children’s voices at the heart of ECPAT: A review and recommendations for including young survivors of commercial sexual exploitation in the governance of ECPAT. Report Commissioned by the ECPAT Secretariat, Bangkok, Thailand. Hart, R., Fisher, S., Kimiagar, B. (2014). Beyond projects: Involving children in community governance as a fundamental strategy for facing climate change. In The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line. Florence: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Kimiagar, B. (2014). Young people and ecology. In (J. Gieseking, W. Mangold, C. Katz, S. Low, & S. Saegert, Eds.) People, Place and Space: A Reader. New York: Routledge. Kimiagar, B., & Pahlich, B., (2012). Green policy scan: A global literature review of contributions to the on-going debate on green issues and children’s rights. Report produced in collaboration with SOS Children’s Villages Germany and the SOS Children’s Villages International Core Policy Group. Kimiagar, B., Osler, B., Wridt, P., O’Kane, C., Hart, R., (2012). The Article 15 Resource Kit: Tools for critical self-reflection of children’s self-organized groups. New York: Children’s Environments Research Group. http://crc15.org |
RESEARCH GRANTS
| The Spencer Foundation, The New Civics Initiative, Research Grant, July 2014 to June 2015. Co-administered with Dr. Roger Hart |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| Research Associate Equality Indicators Project, August 2016 to present Institute for State and Local Governance, City University of New York Project Director: Dr. Victoria Lawson Selim Iltus Quantitative Fellow Exploring the relationship between the physical environment of homes and neighborhoods and children’s well-being, January 2016 to present In partnership with the Bernard van Leer Foundation and in honor of the life’s work of Dr. Selim Iltus Principal Investigators: Dr. Brett Stoudt and Dr. Roger Hart Project Director Strengthening children’s associations in the West Africa Region of the World Vision Partnership, September 2015 to present In partnership with World Vision International and country offices in Ghana and Senegal Working Group Member (Quantitative and Youth-focused Governance Expert) Working Group on Youth-Focused Indicators for Goal 16 Governance Targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, May 2015 to January 2016 In partnership with United Nations Development Programme and Plan International Download brief, Critical Agents of Change – Youth-Inclusive Governance Indicators for National-Level SDG Monitoring, at cergnyc.org/archives/2781 Project Director Community Scorecard Approach Development for the Because I Am A Girl (BIAAG) Urban Programme, February 2015 to present In partnership with Plan International and country offices in Benin, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Togo, Uganda, and India Principle Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Research Associate Participation of Young People in the Organizational Governance ECPAT International and EICYAC Assessment, July 2014 to September 2015 Commissioned by ECPAT International Principle Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Co-Principle Investigator Analysis of the Organisational Structures and Processes of New Kinds of Rights-Based Children’s Groups and Implications for Citizenship and Civic Learning, July 2014 to June 2015 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology Funded by the Spencer Foundation, New Civics Initiative Principle Investigators: Dr. Roger Hart, Bijan Kimiagar & Scott Fisher Project Director Promoting Active Citizenship and Civic Participation Through Children and Youth’s Organizations in Egypt, March to April 2013 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology In partnership with Plan Egypt Principal Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Project Director Reflecting on the Contributions of Children’s Groups to Child Well-being, July to October 2012 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology In partnership with World Vision International offices in Ghana and Sierra Leone Principal Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Research Associate The Article 15 Project, A global partnership supporting children’s right and capacity to self-organize, April 2011 to April 2012 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology In partnership with Save the Children Norway, UNICEF, and World Vision International and country offices in Colombia and Nepal Principal Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Co-Principal Investigator Recycling Behaviors of the City University of New York Graduate Center Community: A Ten-Year Follow Up Assessment, February 2012 to present City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology Principle Investigators: Sruthi Atmakur, Bryce Dubois, Scott Fisher, Hannah Jaicks, Bijan Kimiagar, Jennifer Pipitone, Dr. David Chapin Consultant (Environment and Children’s Rights Expert) Literature Review & Internal Policy Development, May 2012 to October 2012 SOS Children’s Villages International and the Hermann Gmeiner Fund, Germany Project Managers: Benjamin Palich & Stewart Wilms Research Associate Education in Emergencies, A participatory assessment toolkit for UNICEF Transitional Learning Spaces, April 2010 to May 2012 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology In partnership with UNICEF and Finn Church Aid Principal Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Research Director The Food Justice Project, A participatory action research project with young people on food and health issues in a low-income neighborhood in New York City, February 2010 to May 2011 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology Principle Investigator: Dr. Michelle Fine Research Assistant Childhood Revisited: Longitudinal Research on the Changing Nature of Childhood Play (A Case Study in Vermont), February 2010 to June 2010 City University of New York, The Graduate Center, Department of Psychology Principal Investigator: Dr. Roger Hart Research Assistant Peer Norms Project, Peer influence, bullying, and resiliency, May 2006 to May 2009 University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology Principal Investigator: Dr. Jaana Juvonen |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Brooklyn College, City University of New York Children & Youth Studies Program, Department of Sociology, January to July 2014 Adjunct Instructor (Sole Instructor, course development, lectures and assessment) Courses taught: Perspectives on Childhood; Children of New York; Children in Crisis Hunter College, City University of New York Department of Psychology, August 2010 to June 2013 Graduate Teaching Fellow (Sole Instructor, course development, lectures and assessment) Courses taught: Human Development Across the Lifespan University of California, Los Angeles Institute for Environment & Sustainability, September 2005 to June 2007 Undergraduate Instructor (Course Adviser: Dr. Stephanie Pincetl) Courses taught: Education for Sustainable Living |
INVITED TALKS
| Childhood and Youth Studies: Approaches and Methods, Masters in Liberal Studies Track in Childhood and Youth Studies. Prof. Colette Daiute, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, April 7th, 2016 Psychology Colloquium, Psychology Department, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, March 10th, 2016 Applied Research with Children and Youth, The “Friend Role” and Participatory Research with Children. Prof. Leigh Shebanie McCallen, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, June 4th, 2015. Toward a World at School: Forum on Global Education, Roosevelt House, New York, New York, May 4th, 2015. NGO Committee on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, New York, October 9th, 2014 52nd Session of the Commission for Social Development, United Nations, New York, New York, February 13th, 2014. International Conference on Child Participation and Building Citizenship, University of Barcelona, Spain, November 8th, 2012. Action Research and Urban Agriculture, Prof. Kristin Reynolds, New School for Social Research, New York, March 7, 2012. |
PRESENTATIONS
| Conference Papers & Posters Kimiagar, B. (March 2016) Sharing power: Lessons from Children’s Associations in the Majority World. Paper presentation at the Global Summit on Childhood, Association for Childhood Education International. San Jose, Costa Rica. Kimiagar, B., Fisher, S., Hart, R. (March 2015) Involving Children in Community Governance as a Fundamental Strategy for Facing Climate Change. Paper presentation at the Climate Change in Context at the Graduate Center Conference. City University of New York, New York, NY Kimiagar, B. (May 2014) Democratic and Participatory Children’s Associations Are Critical to the Mission of the United Nations. Paper presentation at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. New York, New York. Kimiagar, B., Fisher, S., Hart, R. (October 2014) Rethinking Children’s Participation in Sustainable Development. Paper presentation at the North American Association for Environmental Education. Baltimore, Maryland. McCallen, L., Johnson, H., Kimiagar, B. (April 2013) School-Based Promotion of Child Well-Being: Intersections of Teacher Health, Self-Efficacy, And Classroom Context. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Conference. Seattle, WA. Kimiagar, B., Fisher, S., DuBois, B. and Jaicks, H. (July 2012) Putting the Public Back in Public Environmental Engagement. Poster presentation at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Charlotte, North Carolina. Kimiagar, B., Tang, J., Fox, M. (November 2010) Nothing About Us Without Us: Children and Youth as Current and Future Stakeholders. Pace University, New York, New York. Kimiagar, B. (September 2010) The Food Justice Project: Youth Transforming Foodways through Community Participation. Poster presentation at the North American Association for Environmental Education. Buffalo, New York. Kimiagar, B., Spatzier, A., Galvan, A. and Juvonen, J. (April 2008) Does the Need to Fit-In Promote Mean Behaviors in Adolescence? Poster presentation at the Western Psychological Association Conference. Irvine, California. Spatzier, A., Galvan, A., Kimiagar, B., and Juvonen, J. (March 2008) What Becomes Cool?: Differences in Peer Group Norms Across Transition to Middle School. Poster presentation at the Society of Research on Adolescence Conference. Chicago, Illinois. Conference Panels & Workshops Tools for Strengthening Child and Adult Organizations to Become More Inclusive, Transparent and Fair. Children as Actors for Transforming Society, Initiatives of Change, Caux, Switzerland, July 26 - August 1, 2016. Addressing Urban Inequities in Childhood. Equity for Children, The New School, New York, New York, April 28, 2016. Tools for Strengthening Child and Adult Organizations to Become More Inclusive, Transparent and Fair. Children as Actors for Transforming Society, Initiatives of Change, Caux, Switzerland, July 27 - August 2, 2014. Fostering Student-based Media: A Look at the Opencuny.org Academic Medium. John Jay College for Criminal Justice, New York, New York, December 2, 2011. From First Doc to First Job: Building Bridges to a Successful Career. All-Psychology Research Day, New York, New York, April 16, 2010 (panel moderator). Owning Our Learning Institutions: Discussion on Student-Led Courses. California Student Sustainability Coalition Conference, San Francisco, California, October 25, 2008 (panel moderator). Take the Green Challenge: Transforming your Ecological Footprint. Women’s Leadership Conference, West Hollywood, California, March 21, 2008 (panel moderator). |
AWARDS & HONORS
| • Dean K. Harrison Dissertation Research Fellowship, July 2015 • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Travel Research Award, August 2015 • Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center, Awarded annually from August 2009 to July 2014 • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Graduate Student Paper Award, May 2014 • William B. Stapp Award, North American Association for Environmental Education, October 2013 • PSC CUNY Environmental Watchdogs Award, March 2011 • North American Association for Environmental Education Student Award, September 2010 • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Student Award, July 2010 • Western Psychological Foundation, Student Scholarship, April 2008 • UCLA Psychological Research Opportunity Program, January 2007 • Honors List, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005 - 2007 |
UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
| Conference Leadership • Conference Organizer, Nature, Ecology & Society Colloquium, CUNY, August 2009 to August 2014 • Conference Organizer, Psychology Pedagogy Committee, CUNY, February 2010 to December 2011 University & Professional Governance • Student Representative, Academic Appeals Committee, CUNY, June 2013 to June 2016 • Student Representative, Executive Committee, Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology, August 2011 to August 2012 • Chair, Student Committee, Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology, August 2011 to August 2012 • Chair-elect Student Committee, Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology, January 2011 to August 2011 • At-Large Representative, Doctoral Students’ Council, CUNY, May 2010 to May 2011 • Admissions Committee, Environmental Psychology Program, CUNY, December 2009 to May 2013 • Executive Committee, Psychology Student Leadership Council, CUNY, September 2009 to May 2011 |
CERTIFICATES, LANGUAGES & SKILLS
| Certificates • Human Subjects Research, The Graduate Center, City University of New York • INEE Minimum Standards for Education, Inter-Agency Network for Emergency Education • Skin and Scuba Diving Certification, County of Los Angeles, Underwater Unit • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Los Angeles Area Council Languages • English, native language • Spanish, heritage language Skills • Statistical data analyses using SPSS • Qualitative data analyses using ATLAS.ti • Website and digital asset management using WordPress • Reference management using Zotero and multiple cloud computing resources • Inclusive, gender sensitive and child-centered workshop facilitation and democratic decision-making in mixed-age and gender groups • Extensive aquatic experience, including first responder and SCUBA training |
MEDIA APPEARANCES
| Ruck, M. & Kimiagar, B. (2015). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Protecting and Promoting Children’s Rights Around the World. Featured on Society for Research on Child Development. 29 Oct., 2015. http://srcd.org/blog/2015-10-29-united-nations-convention-rights-child-protecting-and-promoting-childrens-rights?destination=node/451 Seager, C. (2014). Seen but not heard: Does it matter what children say about climate change. The Guardian. August 15, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/aug/15/children-climate-change-talks-unicef-report-2014?CMP=new_1194 Bryce, E. (2012) After a Year of Adoptions, Orphaned Lots Bloom. The New York Times. October 12, 2012. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/after-a-year-of-adoptions-orphaned-lots-bloom/?_r=0NYTime blog on green spaces |
