NEH INSTITUTE
Project Team
The Missing Stories
NEH K-12 Institute
NEH K-12 Institute
Project Director
Samip Mallick is SAADA’s cofounder and executive director. Mallick has led SAADA for the last fifteen years, growing the organization from a nascent volunteer-run effort to a staffed and financially sustainable national leader in community storytelling. Mallick has an MS in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Michigan. He has also completed graduate studies in history at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Mallick was previously the director of the Ranganathan Center for Digital Information (RCDI) at the University of Chicago Library. As executive director of SAADA, Mallick has delivered lectures at hundreds of academic and community venues around the country, and led projects funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.
Samip Mallick is SAADA’s cofounder and executive director. Mallick has led SAADA for the last fifteen years, growing the organization from a nascent volunteer-run effort to a staffed and financially sustainable national leader in community storytelling. Mallick has an MS in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Michigan. He has also completed graduate studies in history at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Mallick was previously the director of the Ranganathan Center for Digital Information (RCDI) at the University of Chicago Library. As executive director of SAADA, Mallick has delivered lectures at hundreds of academic and community venues around the country, and led projects funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.
K-12 Leader
Danbi Yi, MEd, is an experienced educator with a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and a bachelor’s degree in English and social and economic justice from the University of North Carolina. For five years, she taught high school English and social studies at Furness High School and Franklin Learning Center in the School District of Philadelphia. As a teacher, Yi prioritizes uplifting stories from underrepresented communities and creating space for her students to share theirs. An alum of the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience’s 2019 NEH Summer Institute, “From Immigrants to Citizens: Asian Pacific Americans in the Northwest,” Yi has firsthand experience as a participant in the NEH K-12 Institutes program, which will prove invaluable in her capacity of designing and implementing programs and serving as replacement director for SAADA’s Summer Institute.
Danbi Yi, MEd, is an experienced educator with a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and a bachelor’s degree in English and social and economic justice from the University of North Carolina. For five years, she taught high school English and social studies at Furness High School and Franklin Learning Center in the School District of Philadelphia. As a teacher, Yi prioritizes uplifting stories from underrepresented communities and creating space for her students to share theirs. An alum of the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience’s 2019 NEH Summer Institute, “From Immigrants to Citizens: Asian Pacific Americans in the Northwest,” Yi has firsthand experience as a participant in the NEH K-12 Institutes program, which will prove invaluable in her capacity of designing and implementing programs and serving as replacement director for SAADA’s Summer Institute.
Project Manager
Sreedevi Sripathy has worked in public media for eighteen years, with a focus on amplifying unheard voices and untold stories. She most recently directed a fellowship of twenty independent documentary filmmakers in the early research and development phase of their projects. Previously the director of production and programming at WHYY, she built relationships with local filmmakers and community organizations, increasing the portfolio of films from BIPOC makers. She started her career with ITVS, supporting the distribution of documentaries to PBS stations across the country, where she worked on the Emmy Award–winning series Independent Lens and the international documentary series Global Voices.
Sreedevi Sripathy has worked in public media for eighteen years, with a focus on amplifying unheard voices and untold stories. She most recently directed a fellowship of twenty independent documentary filmmakers in the early research and development phase of their projects. Previously the director of production and programming at WHYY, she built relationships with local filmmakers and community organizations, increasing the portfolio of films from BIPOC makers. She started her career with ITVS, supporting the distribution of documentaries to PBS stations across the country, where she worked on the Emmy Award–winning series Independent Lens and the international documentary series Global Voices.