{"id":946,"date":"2026-05-08T16:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=946"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:39:59","slug":"about-the-authors","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/back-matter\/about-the-authors\/","title":{"raw":"About the Authors","rendered":"About the Authors"},"content":{"raw":"","rendered":"<section class=\"contributors book-contributors\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"contributor__type\">Author<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor\">\n\t<div class=\"contributor__name__and__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"contributor__profile__picture\" alt=\"Contributor photo\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2591\/2026\/05\/cropped-Binod_Shrestha-scaled-1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor__info__small\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"contributor__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">name: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBinod Shrestha\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor__bio\"><p><strong>Binod Shrestha <\/strong>is a Nepali language educator, curriculum developer, and inclusive education teacher based in British Columbia, Canada.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor\">\n\t<div class=\"contributor__name__and__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"contributor__profile__picture\" alt=\"Contributor photo\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2591\/2026\/05\/cropped-Mark_Turin_2023.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor__info__small\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"contributor__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">name: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Turin\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor__bio\"><p><strong>Mark Turin<\/strong> is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. He has worked in Nepal since 1991 as a linguistic anthropologist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor\">\n\t<div class=\"contributor__name__and__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"contributor__profile__picture\" alt=\"Contributor photo\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2591\/2026\/05\/cropped-Salina_Dolmo_Lama.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor__info__small\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"contributor__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">name: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSalina Dolmo Lama\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contributor__bio\"><p><strong>Salina Dolmo Lama <\/strong>is originally from Nepal and works as a researcher and policy analyst. She completed her Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"back-matter-type":[34],"contributor":[],"license":[57],"class_list":["post-946","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-publish","hentry","back-matter-type-contributors","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/946\/revisions\/2675"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/946\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}