Selected Publications

Books and Edited Volumes

Bajaj, M. (Ed.) (2008). The Encyclopedia of Peace Education.  North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.

Bajaj, M. (2003). Guía de Educación en Derechos Humanos. Santo Domingo: UNESCO.


Journal Articles

Bajaj, M. (2009). Why Context Matters:  the Material Conditions of Caring in Zambia. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 22(4), 379–398.

Bajaj, M. (2009). ‘I have big things planned for my future’: The Limits and Possibilities of Transformative Agency in Zambian Schools. Compare 39(4), 551-568.

Bajaj, M. (2009). Undoing Gender?: A Case Study of School Policy and Practice in Zambia. International Review of Education. DOI 10.1007/s11159-009-9142-3

Bajaj, M. (2008). Schooling in the Shadow of Death: Youth Agency and HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 43(3), 307-329.

Bajaj, M. (2004). Human Rights Education and Student Self-Conception in the Dominican Republic.  In The Journal of Peace Education, 1(1), 21-36.

Bajaj, M. & Chiu, B. (2009). Education for Sustainable Development as Peace Education.  Peace & Change 34(4), 441-455.  


Refereed Book Chapters

Bajaj, M. (2009). Sugar Daddies and the Danger of Sugar: Cross-Generational Relationships, HIV/AIDS and Secondary Schooling in Zambia. In Wiseman, A. and Baker, D.  (Eds.) Gender, Inequality, and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives. (pp. 123-143) Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Ltd.

Bajaj, M. & Valera, C. (2009).  The emergence of human rights education amidst ethnic conflict in the Dominican Republic. In McGlynn, C., Zembylas M., Bekerman, Z., & Gallagher, T. (Eds.) Peace Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies: Comparative Perspectives. (pp. 43-57) New York: Palgrave MacMillan

Bajaj, M. (forthcoming). Innovation and Transformation at a Zambian School. In Cohan, A. & Honigsfeld, A. (Eds.) Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.