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Vijaya Sankaran, Math Teacher

Dr. Vijaya Sankaran has the dual membership of mathematics and science departments at the American Hebrew Academy. She has spent her entire career teaching mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering at the college and high school levels. She earned her doctorate in Physics from Vanderbilt University, and her Bachelor of Science degree from Kanpur University, India. Her proudest teaching moments are sending three of her Physics students to the U.S. Physics Team.

Prior to joining American Hebrew Academy, she taught at an accelerated high school program in New Jersey, and prior to that, she taught at New Jersey Institute of Technology in the Electrical Engineering department. She is the author of forty peer reviewed scientific papers, and two book chapters on Nanotechnology.

In her spare time, Dr. Sankaran likes to sing Indian Classical Music and teaches the same to children in the community. She also conducts classes for children on Hindu religion, culture, and traditions.
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