The voice and keyboard of Professor Sreyashi Jhumki Basu
are still. Her luminous career has ended in mid-flight.
To hundreds of disenfranchised students from low-income
and minority households, Ms. Jhumki was a fount of
inspiration and compassion, always available with wisdom
and importantly, resources, to help her "kids" along the
difficult path to academic achievement.
To her colleagues, Dr. Basu was the brilliant, original,
grass-roots researcher driven to removing inequities in the
teaching of science in America and access to higher
education.
To her friends, Jhumki was a witty and irreverent person,
her home always open, filled with camaraderie and
authentic cooking from exotic lands.
She ventured alone or took her family on adventures as her
love of nature and animals, especially primates, led her to
remote regions of distant countries. Jhumki filled the hearts
of those who loved her with astonishment and with
immense pride as she spread her wings and soared to
uncharted skies, battling social injustice, inspiring those
she touched, changing lives along the way.
are still. Her luminous career has ended in mid-flight.
To hundreds of disenfranchised students from low-income
and minority households, Ms. Jhumki was a fount of
inspiration and compassion, always available with wisdom
and importantly, resources, to help her "kids" along the
difficult path to academic achievement.
To her colleagues, Dr. Basu was the brilliant, original,
grass-roots researcher driven to removing inequities in the
teaching of science in America and access to higher
education.
To her friends, Jhumki was a witty and irreverent person,
her home always open, filled with camaraderie and
authentic cooking from exotic lands.
She ventured alone or took her family on adventures as her
love of nature and animals, especially primates, led her to
remote regions of distant countries. Jhumki filled the hearts
of those who loved her with astonishment and with
immense pride as she spread her wings and soared to
uncharted skies, battling social injustice, inspiring those
she touched, changing lives along the way.
Poster created by
graduate students of
the Fall 2008 NYU
"Methods" class
(Click to expand)
graduate students of
the Fall 2008 NYU
"Methods" class
(Click to expand)
| Jhumki Basu wrote: “Central to my work is the belief that a diversity of youth should gain expertise in scientific knowledge and learn to think logically, investigate original questions and innovate in ways that fulfill needs in their lives, community and world. “In my research I am most interested in investigating ways in which young people from low-income, minority backgrounds, who are deeply under-represented in science, can gain access to a quality education in this field.” |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| View the Democratic Science Framework as conceived by Dr. Jhumki Basu, and enhanced by Dr. Angela Calabrese Barton and Dr. Edna Tan |
