Dr. Khyati Y. Joshi is a professor of education at Fairleigh Dickinson University and was appointed to the Amistad Commission in 2018 by Senate President Sweeney.

She brings her expertise and research interests in immigrant and second-generation Americans in K-12 education, religion in schools, multicultural education, race in America, immigrant religious communities, and the racialization of religion to the commission. Dr. Joshi teaches courses at FDU such as The Multicultural Classroom, Final Project (Capstone Research Course), Religion in Schools and Society, Race, Religion and the Law, and World Religions in America.

Currently, Dr. Joshi serves as the Commission Committee Chair on Education Resources, where she focuses on providing classroom teachers with the necessary resources to teach the mandated curriculum.

She has received recognition for her work, including the 2014 FDU Distinguished Faculty Award for Research and Scholarship. Dr. Joshi is the author and co-editor of several publications, including "White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America" (NYU Press, 2020), "Envisioning Religion, Race and Asian Americans" (University of Hawaii Press, 2020), and "Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice" (Routledge, 2016). She has also contributed to books and authored numerous book chapters and articles on topics related to race, immigration, and religion.

Dr. Joshi has presented her research at various academic conferences in the United States and has been invited to present at the White House, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria, and conferences in India. She has delivered continuing education seminars for members of the New Jersey Judiciary and bar and served as a consultant for the Pew Research Forum's survey on Asian Americans and Religion. Additionally, she is a co-Principal Investigator on a $1 million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI).

Dr. Joshi earned her doctorate in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She holds a graduate degree from Emory University and has pursued post-graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is frequently sought after by journalists for her expertise and has appeared on various media platforms, including MSNBC, C-Span, PRI's The World, and NPR's Morning Edition. Her insights have been quoted in publications such as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many others.