Boris Krichevsky, PhD

Boris Krichevsky (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education for Equity and Justice, at the College of Education and Human Sciences. His research is situated at the intersection of teacher education, educational policy, and organizational theory. Using qualitative methods, Dr. Krichevsky explores two interrelated strands: (1) the role of cultural and historical conditions in interorganizational and cross-sector collaboration; and (2) national, state, and local education policies that enable and constrain the preparation and support of teachers. 

Drawing on cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), he believes that transformative teaching-and-learning is a collective activity oriented toward evolving shared goals. As a teacher-educator and former special education teacher, he engages in practices that honor ever-shifting intersectional identities of individual students while simultaneously (re)imagining new subjectivities in the learning-to-teach process. Dr. Krichevsky has designed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses on cross-disciplinary dis/ability studies, culturally responsive classroom management and social studies methods. Dr. Krichevsky’s research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Human Arenas: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Psychology, Culture, and Meaning and The Review of Educational Research.