Publications & Media

Interviews, Talks & Podcasts (Available on all platforms)

Interview by Ramona Sukhraj with Brown Girl Magazine

Brown Girl’s Don’t…Break Up (Season 1, Episode 2)

That Desi Spark: Sexuality & Religion | A Conversation with Dr. Sarika Persaud on the Intersection of Vedanta, Tantra, and Psychology (Season 8, Episode 2)

Chai-Side Chats: Mental Health, Mythology, and Meaning-Making, featuring Dr. Aparna Ramaswamy and Dr. Sarika Persaud (Season 2, Episode 3)

Goddess Traditions and the Inner Significance of Navratri for Princeton Hindu Life (Youtube link)

Psychology of Falling in Love + Poetry reading for Inhale/Exhale QTBIPOC program, Across Boundaries (Youtube link)

Academic Publications

Bergkamp, J., Persaud, S., Lonikar, A., Khan, A. (2022) South Asian American Multiracial, Multi-Heritage and Diaspora Identities. In U. Thakore-Dunlap, D. Srivastava & N. Tewari (Eds.), Counseling South Asian Americans: Psychological and Clinical Implications (pp. 75-92). Routledge.

Arora, P. G., Persaud, S., & Parr, K. (2020). Risk and protective factors for suicide among Guyanese youth: Youth and stakeholder perspectives. International journal of psychology, 55(4), 618-628.

Arora, P. G., & Persaud, S. (2020). Suicide among Guyanese youth: Barriers to mental health help-seeking and recommendations for suicide prevention. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 8(sup1), 133-145.

Persaud, S., Rosenthal, L., & Arora, P. G. (2019). Culturally informed gatekeeper training for youth suicide prevention in Guyana: A pilot examination. School Psychology International, 40(6), 624-640.

Velayo, R., Persaud, S., Back, W. & Bhatnagar (2016). Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology (IToP). Research Team: Promoting a Global Perspective in Students. International Psychology Bulletin, 20(2).

Velayo, R., Persaud, S., Forti, L., Back, W., Marjieh, R., Trush, M. & Dong, S. (2015). Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum Through Mentored Student Research. The General Psychologist, 49(2), 24-26. 

Poetry, Fiction & Essays

I Hope You’ll Still Love Me: An LGBTQIA+ South Asian Anthology (Essay: The Way I Love)

Poems About A Song (Poetry Collection)

More fiction and essays can be found at the blog link above.