Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators

Anita Rao Mysore is associate professor at Christ University, Bengaluru, India.

• ForewordChristine SleeterAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAnita Rao MysoreSection 1: Experiences of social justice educators who were born in the USAChapter One: The Necessity of Critical Femtoring: Practicing DesiCrit as a Punjabi American Professor Dimpal JainChapter Two: Navigating South Asian/Desi Identity as a Teacher Educator in Silicon ValleySaili S. KulkarniSection 2: Experiences of social justice educators who immigrated to the USA as childrenChapter Three: “The game is rigged”: Promoting economic literacy to fight inequityAnand R. MarriChapter Four: Roots and Branches: (Always) Becoming a Social Justice Educator Committed to Anti-racist Teaching and ResearchAnita ChikkaturSection 3: Experiences of social justice educators who immigrated to the USA for higher educationChapter Five: Grappling with the Complexities of Decolonization, Equity, and Education Betwixt and Between: Some Thoughts from a South Asian American ScholarNina AsherChapter Six: Experiencing the Margins a

Profoundly startling are these humble, generous stories that reflect both universality and uniqueness in the journeys and lifework of scholars at the cutting edge of anti-oppressive education. Anita Rao Mysore and colleagues offer us a collection of Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators that is both compelling and unsettling, both eye-opening and inspiring, both lyrical and interventionist. Their narratives teach -- and show us just how much more we have to learn.