Dr. Gopal Krishnamurthy is a distinguished educational practitioner, researcher, and change-maker in the field of educator preparation, professional development, and educational leadership. Gopal Krishnamurthy, is Founding Director, Transformative Education Center , MEd Concentration & Certificate, and recent Chair, Education Dept., Core Faculty for Master’s & Doctoral Programs at Antioch University. Dr. Krishnamurthy has contributed to international interdisciplinary educational discourse through teaching, research, and advocacy. He is recognized for his leadership in the Education Working for Democracy Conference Series and his scholarly contributions to critical educational transformation.

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He was panel facilitator and contributor in Protecting the Promise of Public Education with Gloria Ladson-Billings, Diane Ravitch, Deborah Meier, Domingo Morel, Eleanor Duckworth, and Sonia Nieto. (Transcript published in Professing Education 2023, Society of Professors of Education).

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He is also Chair, Board of Directors, Critical Explorers, alongside Harvard teacher educator Prof. Emerita Eleanor Duckworth and designer and instructor of Teaching and Learning a version of Duckworth's groundbreaking liberatory and democratically oriented Harvard course of three decades (taught by Gopal with her permission).

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​He is Chair, Board of Directors, The Stringer Foundation (Anjan Sundaram).

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Gopal Krishnamurthy has taught in UCSB’s Teacher Education Program and was nominated twice for a University-wide Outstanding Teaching Award, UCSB. He is named alongside Jonathan Kozol, Eleanor Duckworth, Sylvia-Ashton Warner, and others in “elaborating liberationist views of education” (page 20) Rick and William Ayers. (2011). Teaching the Taboo: Courage and imagination in the classroom. 2nd Edition, NY: Teachers College Press, Columbia University.

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He was an invited Keynote Speaker at a BERA [British Educational Research Association] London conference on Alternative Ways of Educating Teachers to Educate Children Differently and on Re-wilding Learning at Antioch University’s In Bloom, Nature-Based Education Conference. Invited Presenter: Intrinsic Innovation: Taking Mistakes, ATALInnovation Mission, Govt. of India.

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Gopal Krishnamurthy holds a Ph.D. in Education, MAs in Education and Philosophy, and a BA (Hons) in Science. He has taught and designed curricula internationally (India, US, and UK) in schools and universities for over 20 years and served in leadership including as a School Director/Head at a non-profit, international school in the UK with a diverse population of students, educators, and staff from over 20 different countries.

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He uses theatrical improvisation, interaction, and pacing for thinking, collaborating, and figuring things out {e.g. unrehearsed presentation videos: Beyond Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (6 mins), Some provocations on teaching,  Some levity in troubling times, Think-aloud visual map}.

 

Gopal Krishnamurthy’s teaching and research echo the urgency of a world in crisis and our imperative for effecting change towards an educational and vocational meritocracy for and of all learners. He brings a keen interest in making the development of educator preparation programs and the engagements of participants and collaborators (students, teachers, colleagues, and broader communities) itself the subject of inquiry, action, and research.