Arcadia Student Selected for Summer Research at Occidental
By Monrovia Weekly
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008
Arcadia resident Kiran Preet Dhillon, a member of the class of 2009 at Occidental College in Los Angeles, is one of approximately 100 students at the college who have been selected to live and work on campus this summer pursuing independent research projects.
Dhillon is working with Professor Lisa Wade, a professor of Sociology, conducting research to study How do second generation Indian men and women in college frame their career aspirations as masculine vs. feminine, Indian vs. American and traditional vs. modern.
Research at this level is an opportunity rarely presented to undergraduates. Most scholars do not participate in faculty-led research until graduate school. According to Chris Craney, professor of Chemistry and Occidental’s director of Undergraduate and Sponsored Research, “Occidental views summer research as a vehicle to promote inquiry in unsolved questions and as a framework for the mentorship of future scholars. In many cases this is the first chance students have to engage themselves fully in the life of scholarship. For this 10-week period, this is all they’re doing.”
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