Sreyashi Jhumki Basu (1977–2008) was a professor of

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who is best known for her work to encourage urban minority students to succeed through the study of science.

Background

Basu attended

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, where she received a B.A. in Human Biology in 1998 and completed her doctorate in Science Education at

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in 2006. For her PhD thesis titled ''How urban youth express critical agency in a 9th grade conceptual physics classroom'', she received the Outstanding Dissertation Award in Division K (Science Education) from the

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. Later in 2006 she joined NYU's

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as an associate professor. Basu won the 2008 research fellowship from the Knowles Foundation for her work on the interpretation of ''democratic science pedagogy'' by new science teachers. Basu served as co-founder, acting assistant principal and science department chair at the

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School for Democracy and Leadership in Brooklyn, New York (2003-6). Castilleja School in Palo Alto awarded its Distinguished Alumni award to Dr. Basu in its centennial year and dedicated a garden in her memory.

Publications

Basu co-authored the textbook, ''Democratic Science Teaching, Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science''. Other publications of Dr. Basu include: #Basu, S.J. (2008). ''Powerful learners and critical agents: The goals of five urban Caribbean youth in a conceptual physics classroom''. Science Education, 92(2), 252–277. #Basu, S.J. (2008). ''How students design and enact physics lessons: Five immigrant Caribbean youth and the cultivation of student voice''. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(8). #Basu, S.J. (2008). ''Empowering communities of research and practice by conducting research for change and including participant voice in reflection on research''. Cultural Studies in Science Education. #Milne, C., Kirch, S., Basu, S.J., Leou, M. & Fraser-Abder, P. (2008). ''Understanding Conceptual Change: Connecting and Questioning. Cultural Studies in Science Education''. (online publication Feb 2008). #Basu, S.J., Calabrese Barton, A., Locke, D. and Clairmont, N. (Online publication, June 2008). ''Developing a framework for critical physics agency through case study''. Cultural Studies in Science Education.

References

External links

Jhumki Basu Foundation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Basu, Sreyashi Jhumki 2008 deaths Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development faculty Stanford University alumni Place of birth missing 1977 births Teachers College, Columbia University alumni Castilleja School alumni