Clients

Pictured: Dr. Anu on the cover of Perspectives, a University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences publication

New Videos! 

"Shame, Anti-racism, and Beyond Guilt Trips," University of Washington Dept of English interview, Oct 2020

Awards

• Beyond Guilt Trips selected as a Finalist for the Washington State Book Award, Bronze Winner in Travel (Foreward Indies Book Award) and Finalist for the Wishing Shelf and Next Generation Indie Book Awards

• Seattle Weekly’s “Best of Seattle” recognition

• University of Washington’s Distinguished Teaching Award

• University of Washington Diversity Fellow

• University of California President’s Dissertation Fellowship

• Multiple US Fulbright Scholar Grants to collaborate with partners abroad

• Consultant on the Fulbright Specialist Roster

• Four-time Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Roster member

• VONA/Voices Fellow and Hedgebook Alumna with writing featured in YES!, Away and Jaggery magazines.

• Featured on national radio broadcasts “Travel with Rick Steves” and Peabody-award winning podcast “To the Best of Our Knowledge.”

"Beyond Guilt Trips," Impact Travel Alliance book discussion, Nov 2020

Press

• "26 Best Travel Books of All Time," Oprah Magazine (June 2020)

• “Fodor’s Book Club: 13 Books to Inspire Your Travels This Spring,” Fodor’s Travel (May 2019)

• UW Books in Brief (May 2019)

• “Are We Doing Vacations Wrong?” Yes! Magazine (May 2019)

• “Please Stop Yelling At The Carpet Seller,” To The Best of Our Knowledge podcast (May 2019)

• “Why Your Hair Matters to Society,” Humanities Washington blog (May 2019)

• “Ethical Travel Is Hard to Get Right: Here Are 5 Questions You Need to Consider,” AFAR Media (April 2019)

• "The Tangled Politics of Hair: Why What's on Your Head Matters to Society," Humanities Washington (video) (Sept 2018)

• “A Little Wisdom,” Humanities Washington blog (June 2018)

• “Faculty Friday: Anu Taranath,” University of Washington’s Whole U (Jan 2016)