Asian American History Overview

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Asian American Studies K-12 Framework

[Curriculum Resources]Developed by Dr. Sohyun An and Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodriguez for the Asian American Research Initiative Download PDF

History of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

[Scholarly Article]An, Sohyun. “Disrupting Anti-Asian Violence During Epidemics: A C3 Inquiry Lesson.” Social Education 86:2 (2022) p. 122-128 Download PDF

Racializing Epidemics in the United States: A Brief History and Lesson Recommendation

[Scholarly Article]An, Sohyun. “Racializing Epidemics in the United States: A Brief History and Lesson Recommendation.”Social Education 85:4 (2021) p. 198-204 Download PDF

Teaching about Japanese American Incarceration

[Scholarly Article]Rodríguez, Noreen Naseem. “‘But They Didn’t Do Nothin’ Wrong!’: Teaching about Japanese-American Incarceration.”Social Studies and the Young Learner 30:2 (2017) p. […]
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Asif Jessani

Board Member

Asif Jessani is a professional volunteer. He currently serves as a board member for Artworks Gwinnett, Gwinnett County Parks Foundation, and Gwinnett County Public Library Foundation. He also serves as an advisory board member for the United Way of Greater Atlanta – Gwinnett and Atlanta Speech School. With a passion for early childhood education, he is also involved with Gwinnett County’s early learning initiative, Building Babies’ Brains. As part of the Ismaili Muslim Community, he has been a volunteer preschool teacher for the past 24 years.

Asif is also actively involved with the communications and outreach team for the Ismaili Muslim Community and previously led the marketing and media team for the United States Ismaili Games. When he isn’t volunteering, Asif takes on the responsibility of partner at CCS: Marketing & Technology, which provides chief marketing and technology officer services and branded items for mission-driven organizations.