Supriya Kotagal Wheat is a New York City-based educator and vintage jewelry curator.

Supriya began her teaching career in 2007 as a Teach for America Corps member. Since then, she has served as a New York Hall of Science Design Fellow & Master Teacher, a New York Public Library Cullman Fellow in Creative Writing, and a Works on Water Artist in Residence. In 2017, Fund for Teachers awarded her a grant to document in photos and film youth-led initiatives to curb climate change in the island nations of the Maldives and Zanzibar. She currently teaches a life science course at the School at Columbia.

Supriya arrives at the field of oral history from multiple paths and perspectives. In 2020, Supriya launched Pearl Vintage, a small boutique specializing in preowned pieces that span the past century. Through her work collecting and curating vintage jewelry, Supriya has become incredibly interested in documenting the stories behind heirlooms and found objects. She believes these precious items are a physical manifestation of memories, sentiment, and histories waiting to be told. As both a science educator and curator, Supriya is principally interested in interrogating and documenting human relationships with their surroundings, be they environmental or material.

Supriya received a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and International Studies from Emory University (2007) and a Master of Science in Teaching from Pace University (2010).