Topics of Interest:

  • Education Policy
  • School (De)segregation
  • True Integration
  • School Finance
  • Educational Equity

Publications:

Dontamsetti, S., Castillo-Lavergne, C. M., & Campbell, V. A. (2025). Bilingual Education in the U.S. Encyclopedia, 6(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia6010004
 
Goldman, M., Mevs, P., Dontamsetti, S., Foley, K., & Campbell, V. A. (2025). Bolstering High School Completion and College Enrollment: Ten Strategies to Support Youth through Three Critical Transitions. Newark, NJ: The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. https://rutgers.app.box.com/s/gspd5c614ftr7kr6me6cc5rl7h9der3f
 
Campbell, V. A., Dontamsetti, S., Foley, K., Castillo-Lavergne, C. M., Payne, C. M., & Brunskill, L. (2024). The Latinx Experience in NJ Schools: A Preliminary Overview. Newark, NJ: The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. https://rutgers.app.box.com/v/latinxreport
 
School Climate Transformation Project. (2023). New Jersey School Climate Improvement (NJ SCI) Strategy Resource. NJ School Climate Platform and Survey. https://platform.njschoolclimate.org/files/activity/OTY=/download/pdf/NJ+SCI+Strategy+Resource-Feb2023.pdf
 
Dontamsetti, S. (2018). Queering the English Canon. New Jersey English Journal, 7(Article 25), 16–17. https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nj-english-journal/vol7/iss1/25

Presentations:

Castillo-Lavergne, C. M., Dontamsetti, S., Campbell, V. A., & Rojas, I. (2026, April 8-12). Appropriate for Whom? Rethinking Equity in New Jersey’s Bilingual Education Code. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
 
Dontamsetti, S. (2025, October 8-12). The Fight for Integration is Still Necessary in New Jersey: An Evaluation of District Consolidation as Desegregation Policy [Poster presentation]. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness 2025 Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
 
Dontamsetti, S. (2024, November 7-10). 70 years after Brown, What Avenues for Desegregation are Available? [Paper presentation]. History of Education Society 64th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
 
Castillo-Lavergne, C. M. & Dontamsetti, S. (2024, May 11). “The Latinx Experience in NJ Schools: A Preliminary Overview” Report Launch [Report presentation]. Education Report Release, Newark, NJ, United States.

Educational Background:

Ph.D. Education, School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University, in progress
     Concentration: Theory, Organization, and Policy
M.A. Education, School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University, 2024
Ed.M. English-Language Arts, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 2017
     Concentration: Teacher of English-Language Arts
B.A. English, School of Arts and Science, Rutgers University, 2016
     Concentration: English with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies

In the News:

Gomez, J. (2024). Latinx students in public schools face barriers to college, access to counselors, report finds. Chalkbeat Newark. https://www.chalkbeat.org/newark/2024/05/09/latinx-student-enrollment-increasing-but-attend-segregated-schools-new-jersey/
 
Dontamsetti, S. (2015). Letter from Swati Dontamsetti. TAPintoEdison. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/edison/categories/letters-to-the-editor/articles/letter-from-swati-dontamsetti