Gopal Krishnamurthy, currently serves as Chair, Department of Education, Founding Director, Transformative Education, MEd Concentration & Certificate, and Core Faculty for Master’s & Doctoral Programs at Antioch University. He is also Chair, Board of Directors, Critical Explorers, alongside Harvard teacher educator Prof. Eleanor Duckworth and designer and instructor of Teaching and Learning a version of Duckworth's groundbreaking Harvard course of three decades (taught by Gopal with her permission).

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Gopal Krishnamurthy, (PhD), has served internationally (US, UK, and India) for many years in schools in teaching, learning, curriculum development and leadership, including as school director at a non-profit, international residential high school in the UK with a diverse population of students, educators, and staff from over 20 different countries. He has a natural and irrepressible tendency, whether in teaching or leadership, to learn and work with students and faculty in all aspects of school life. He enjoys a teaching-learning repertoire that includes environmental and education studies, physics, geography, mathematics, philosophy, theater, folk dance, Indian classical music, sports, residential care and duties, academic advising, and mentoring students on their educational projects and portfolios.

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Gopal Krishnamurthy is named alongside Sylvia-Ashton Warner, Eleanor Duckworth, Noam Chomsky, and others in “elaborating liberationist views of education” (p. 20) Ayers. R & W (2011). Teaching the Taboo: Courage and imagination in the classroom. 2nd Edition, NY: Teachers College Press, Columbia University. He was nominated twice for a university-wide Outstanding Teaching award, UCSB, USA.

He is recognized for his leadership in the Education Working for Democracy Conference Series. Gopal brings a keen interest in school-university partnerships and in making teaching and learning and the engagements of students, teachers, colleagues, and broader communities itself the subject of inquiry, research, and publications.

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He uses theatrical improvisation, interaction, and pacing for thinking, collaborating, and figuring things out. Regular hiking, singing, and jogging keeps him happy.