Cara Elizabeth Furman

Cara E. Furman, PhD, is an associate professor of early childhood education at Hunter College as of Spring 2024. She is author of Teaching from an Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction (2024), co-author of Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom to Create Democratic Schools, co-editor of Teachers and Philosophy: Essays from the Contact Zone (2025). She is the host of the podcast Teaching from an Ethical Center: An Inquiry Among Friends and Co-Host of Thinking in the Midst. She is passionate about ethical teacher development as it intersects with inquiry, asset based inclusive teaching, and progressive literacy practices.