Vandna Sinha

Vandna is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Education and Faculty Co-Director of CU Engage, a center for community based learning and research, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University. Vandna's research explores the impact of social policies on children's access to services and on the health and well-being of children in historically marginalized communities. She takes a mixed methods, interdisciplinary, and community engaged approach to exploring questions that are of interest to education, child welfare, health, social service, and child/youth advocacy organizations. Many of her projects focus on understanding service disparities and the barriers to provision of appropriate services for Indigenous children in Canada.