[RSCT] Collecting Stories about Names and Schooling

[Peter Kiang]

see: Kiang, P.N. (2003) ³Voicing Names and Naming Voices: Pedagogy and
Persistence in an Asian American Studies Classroom,² in Vivian Zamel and
Ruth Speck (eds) Crossing the Curriculum: Multilingual Learners in College
Classrooms, Mawwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 207-220.

it's available via google books.  pk

> Please forward to any relevant listservs or contacts.
> 
> Hi! I am working on a project about the names of Students of Color and
> schooling.  I will be composing a letter to teachers about the importance of
> learning and pronouncing names correctly.  As a South Asian woman, I know for
> myself and my family, many of us have had our names mispronounced, changed, or
> we have changed our own names to protect ourselves from teasing, disrespect,
> or just having to repeat our names over and over again, just to have it
> butchered anyway.  Many of us experience this on a daily basis, even as
> adults.  But for those of us who were educated in the US, often this began
> when we were young students in school.
> 
> If you identify as Black, Latina/o, Asian American, Pacific Islander,
> Indigenous, Middle Eastern or mixed race, and have a story about your name as
> it relates to US K-12 schooling, I would love to hear it.  Examples of what I
> am looking for are: 1) times when teachers changed or mispronounced names, 2)
> when peers made fun of your name during class, and nothing was really done to
> prevent this, or 3) if you or your family changed your name to avoid
> discrimination.
> 
> Your responses will not be tied to your identity, and will only be used for
> academic purposes.  Feel free to skip any questions you feel uncomfortable
> answering.  Please email the responses to Rita Kohli at rkohli at ucla.edu
> <mailto:rkohli at ucla.edu>  :