Muslim American Youth Understanding Hyphenated Identities Through Multiple Methods

This work complexly and richly captures the diversity in the lived identities of Muslim-American youth, highlighting the power and potential of mixed methodologies in studying the phenomenon of life on the hyphen. (Harvard Educational Review) This book provides a unique, powerful, rich, and nuanced understanding of identity development among Muslim-American youth. The publication of Muslim American Youth is a landmark event in developmental science. - Richard M. Lerner,Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science, Tufts University Sirin and Fine...render visible the complex lives of a profoundly maligned and misunderstood group—Muslim-American youth. They deploy surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews, and identity maps to explore how Muslim-American youth are creating and re-creating themselves within these politically and socially charged times . . . This is a must read. - M. Brinton Lykes,Lynch School of Education and Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College This book will be particularly useful for any professional who needs well-researched support for what their instinct tells them their community needs. (VOYA Voices of Youth Advocates) With heart and eloquence, the authors illuminate vital concerns about our society's treatment of Muslim-American youth. (Youth Today)