[1][2][3] Her work has been supported by research grants from various organizations, including the SSHRC, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Save the Children, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
[5] Dryden-Peterson's research is focused on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies and seeks to connect practice, policy, and research.
[6] Pedagogies of belonging and future-building are some of the key themes she explores in this vein that she dives into, among others, in her book Right Where We Belong: How Refugees Teachers and Students are Changing the Future of Education.
[7][8] This book is based on over 600 interviews done with refugee teachers and students over 15 years of work in 23 countries.
[9] LSE Review of Books, read Sarah Dryden-Peterson’s case for collective responsibility in refugee education Times Educational Supplement interview with Professor Dryden-Peterson on how best to support refugee children in the classroom Discussion of Right Where We Belong on the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s EdCast Dryden-Peterson in conversation with Monisha Bajaj, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Human Rights Education, and Esther Elonga (Stanford University School of Medicine), at an April 2022 online event hosted by San Francisco’s City Lights Bookstore Harvard Graduate School of Education 2003-2009 Ed.D., Administration, Planning, and Social Policy; Communities and Schools Tufts University/Shady Hill School Cooperative 1999-2000 M.A., Education Massachusetts State Teaching Certification (middle and high school) University of Cape Town, South Africa 1998-1999 M.Phil., History Education, With Distinction (highest honor) Harvard University B.A., Social Studies with honors, magna cum laude 1993-1997 Professor Dryden-Peterson is the daughter of NHL goalie and former politician Ken Dryden.