Full Description
Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators carries the voices of faculty in higher education. Caught between the stereotypes of the model minority and invisibleness, the authors narrate their triumphs, trials, and tribulations as social justice educators in US teacher education and allied fields. Their autoethnography-based narratives substantiate that a post-racial America is far from over. Stemming from their experiences in classrooms and the community, the authors offer usable strategies to educators and administrators, with the objective of creating a socially just society.
Contents
Foreword
Christine Sleeter
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Anita Rao Mysore
Section 1: Experiences of social justice educators who were born in the USA
Chapter One: The Necessity of Critical Femtoring: Practicing DesiCrit as a Punjabi American Professor
Dimpal Jain
Chapter Two: Navigating South Asian/Desi Identity as a Teacher Educator in Silicon Valley
Saili S. Kulkarni
Section 2: Experiences of social justice educators who immigrated to the USA as children
Chapter Three: "The game is rigged": Promoting economic literacy to fight inequity
Anand R. Marri
Chapter Four: Roots and Branches: (Always) Becoming a Social Justice Educator Committed to Anti-racist Teaching and Research
Anita Chikkatur
Section 3: Experiences of social justice educators who immigrated to the USA for higher education
Chapter Five: Grappling with the Complexities of Decolonization, Equity, and Education Betwixt and Between: Some Thoughts from a South Asian American Scholar
Nina Asher
Chapter Six: Experiencing the Margins as Freedom and Limitation: A First Generation Immigrant Perspective
Raji Swaminathan
Chapter Seven: Navigating Diversity Faultlines as a South Asian Immigrant Multicultural Teacher Educator
Dilys Schoorman
Chapter Eight: My Diverse Self: Learning, Unlearning and Re-Learning
Hema Ramanathan
Chapter Nine: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Anita Rao Mysore
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