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Portrait of Harpreet Kaur

Honor Society® member

Harpreet Kaur

  • education
  • Class of 2027
  • USA

Member since February 2026

About

An educator with about two decades of experience, I am currently pursuing PHD in International Education Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am interested in studying unconventional education models and language-in-education issues.

Education

  • University of Delaware

    Teaching English as a Second Language

    2015 – 2017

  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (India)

    English

    2002 – 2004

  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (India)

    Master of Journalism and Mass Communication

    1999 – 2001

Honors and awards

  • College of Education Award, University of Maryland (2023; 2025)

Goals and interests

Career goal

I hope to join academia upon graduating, and pursue research in language policies and heritage language education.

Outside the classroom

Writing poetry

Experience

  • English as a Second Language Teacher

    Cecil County Public Schools, MD

    Oct 2017 – Jun 2022

Volunteering

  • Lead for a heritage language(Punjabi) education community school

    Khalsa Gurmat Academy, Baltimore, MD

    Aug 2021 – Jun 2022

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Hindi Fluent
  • Punjabi Fluent

Additional information

  • Comparative and International Education Society