Nidhi Menon

Biographic Data

ID9710046
NAMENidhi Menon
GIVEN NAMESNidhi
FAMILY NAMEMenon
SIGNATUREMENON N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of New Brunswick
ORCID0009-0003-6491-4565
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Dismantling Epistemic Injustice in Early Childhood Education

    Open AccessNidhi MenonARTICLEJournal of Childhood Studies2026

    Early childhood education and care is heavily influenced by epistemologies rooted in the perspectives of white European men, which prioritize neoliberal ideals of developmental knowledge, standardization, and assessment. These frameworks limit the scope of research, policy, and pedagogy in the field. This paper examines how developmentalism, as a manifestation of white patriarchal knowledge, functions as an epistemic injustice that marginalizes y…

  • Regulation of Madness in Early Childhood Education

    Open AccessAdam Davies, Cameron Greensmith et al.ARTICLEJournal of Childhood Studies2026

    This qualitative study investigates how sanist systems of oppression within early childhood education both reflect and reinforce dominant discourses on mental health and madness. Through a Mad studies analysis of both qualitative interview data with postsecondary early childhood education and child studies students, as well as policy and curriculum documents relevant to Ontario postsecondary early childhood education studies, we seek to disrupt t…

  • Being in this together

    Open AccessNidhi Menon, Lisa Johnston et al.ARTICLEContemporary Issues in Early…2026

    This article critically reimagines professionalism in Ontario, Canada's early childhood education and care sector, where dominant constructions of professionalism are shaped by neoliberal, patriarchal, and colonial logics that depoliticize and devalue early childhood educators’ work. Historically, professionalism has been tied to surveillance, credentialization, and quality-control mechanisms that obscure the lived experiences of a predominantly …

  • From scroll to sale

    Open AccessReem Abdalla, Shabana Faizal et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2025

    This study examines how digital stimuli social media trends (SMT), quality of information (QTI), and influencer cues (ICR) shape consumer buying behavior (CBB) through the mediating role of social media interaction (SMI). Drawing on the Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) model, Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT), and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), data were collected from 359 Saudi social media users and analyzed using Partial Least Squa…

  • Museums as sites of belonging, empowerment, and multimodal literacies for immigrant and racialized families

    Open AccessNidhi MenonARTICLEJournal of Early Childhood Literacy2025

    This paper explores how museums can serve as transformative spaces for early childhood literacy, identity formation, and belonging, particularly for racialized immigrant children. Moving beyond print-centric definitions of literacy, it positions museums as multimodal environments where young learners engage with language, sound, image, and movement to make meaning. Drawing on a personal vignette of visiting the Royal Ontario Museum with my childr…

  • Factors influencing hotel decision-making through digital platforms in South Asia

    Open AccessShabana Faizal, Jayendira P Sankar et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2024

    The rapid evolution of digital technology has led to a transformative era, significantly impact the global economy and daily lives. This study focuses on understanding the factors influence hotel decision-making through digital platforms in South Asia. Also, employed the Optimum Stimulation Level (OSL) theory, the research explores the relationship between awareness, brand, digital information, price, variety and hotel decision-making. Additional…