WorkBooks, Projects & Writing
From the classroom to the world of Jaraan: the books and projects, and everything written along the way.
Projects
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A guide to the world of the Jaraan books: the river, its gods and its people, and the stories that run through them.
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Research on growing up South Asian American in U.S. schools, the book that came out of it, and conversations with the people who lived it.
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A step-by-step guide for parents to write, illustrate, and self-publish a real picture book for their kid, in seven days.
Read the guideOther Writing
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- Brown Voices: South Asian American Experiences in Schools (revised edition)Book
- Log Kya Kahenge? Therapist Zohra Lasi on what Desi kids actually need
- The Brown Voices Project gets its own homeProject
- Neema Sharma on Building a Film Career (that nobody saw coming)
- All the Fantasy Books Are Just Europe (and Why Fan Fiction Can’t Make Money)
- Not Every Book by a BIPOC Author Is a Diverse Book
- Saloni Nahar on Community, Representation & What it Looks Like When School Gets it Right
- Author Next Door Panel: “Booklovers and Book Lovers”Event
- The Yesteryear Discourse has a Misogyny Problem
- Heems (Himanshu Suri) on the Underbelly, Rejecting the Model Minority Myth & What Forward Actually Looks Like
- What the Therapy Room Reveals: A Conversation with Pinkal Panchal on South Asian Kids & Family Pressure
- The world of Jaraan gets its own homeProject
- Sabeen Marghoob on Henna, Leaving the Ladder & Why Two Things Can Be True at Once
- Vishal Vaidya on Broadway, Approval, & What He’d Tell Young Brown Kids
- Jyoti Chand (Mamajotes) on Fitting Indian, Growing Up, & What She Hopes for Brown Kids
- The River Goddess: A PrequelBook
- Launch & Book Signing: The River GoddessEvent
- Reading Order: The River’s Daughter and The River Goddess
- Book Club Questions for The River’s Daughter: On Love, Legend, and Womanhood
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- Author Event & Book Signing: The River’s DaughterEvent
- The River’s Daughter becomes an Amazon #1 Bestseller in Asian Myth & LegendMilestone
- The Story of Mirza Sahiba
- The River’s DaughterBook
- The Romance Tropes of The River’s Daughter
- A game set in Jaraan, in the worksProject
- The Story Behind Brown Voices: Five Years to Get the Book Back
- Should Ed.D. Graduates Turn Their Research Into a Book?
- The Adventures of Hunny & Sunny gets its own homeProject
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- New Research on South Asian American Students and Microaggressions in Schools
- How the Model Minority Myth Became Embedded in Education Research
- How Teachers Can Support South Asian American Students
- South Asian Americans’ Microaggression Experiences in School: Retrospective Reflections on Interactions with K–12 TeachersPeer-reviewed
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- When Students Simplify Their Names: What Teachers Should Understand
- Experiences, Not Outcomes: The Idea Behind Brown Voices
- South Asian Americans Are Not a Monolith
- Training Guidelines for Teachers of South Asian American Students
- Teaching Guide for Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked WhyContributor
- South Asian American Experiences in Schools: Brown Voices from the Classroom (first edition, Rowman & Littlefield)Book
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- Model Minority Myth Discussion Questions for Educators
- Why Cultural Proficiency Matters in Education | RNZ Interview
- The Importance of Culturally Proficient TeachersInterview
- The Spokesperson Phenomenon in Classrooms
- Sujata Day, Filmmaker and Actor
- Teachers: Don’t Force Students to Speak for an Entire Culture
- Making Name Pronunciation a Priority in K12 EducationFeatured
- Ideas from Teachers on How to Pronounce Students’ Names Correctly
- Expert Tips on How Teachers Can Learn, Remember, and Pronounce Students’ NamesFeatured
- ISAASE Helps Parents and Teachers Best Serve South Asian American StudentsFeatured · No longer online
- Research presentation, Celebration of ResearchEvent
- Can Welcoming and Safe Schools Help Stop the Spread of Hate?Featured
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- The Roots of South Asian American Workplace Discrimination Are Found in Our Schools (with Ruchika Tulshyan)
- Vishal Vaidya, Broadway Actor
- New Education Week Teacher Piece on Pronouncing Students’ Names
- On Apu, Representation, and the Model Minority Myth
- Kevin Negandhi, ESPN Anchor
- The Problem With Apu Is a Problem With America
- Pronouncing Students’ Names Correctly Should Be a Big Deal
- Poet Pavana Reddy
- A Conversation on Representation in Media
- Recording Artist Lady Pista
- Natasha Sumant of Gundi Studios
- Jashvina Shah, Sports Journalist
- Stop Perpetuating the Idea That South Asian Kids Are Perfect StudentsInterview
- Shaun Jayachandran, Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy
- Altered Travel Ban Reveals America to Be a Cowardly, Bad Neighbor
- Teachers Don’t Know Much About South Asian American Students
- Why Research on South Asian American Students Matters
- Improving South Asian American Students’ Experiences (ISAASE)