亚洲AV

Tharuna Kalaivanan

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Titles and Organizations

Instructor & Graduate Professional Assistant, Honors College

Instructor, Honors College

PhD Student,聽 Sociology

Lead Research Mentor, Social Science Research Lab

Contact Information

Email: tkalaiva@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-1110
Mail Stop: Honors College, MSN 1F4
Campus: Fairfax
Office: Buchanan Hall 205

Personal Websites

Biography

Tharuna Kalaivanan is a PhD student in the Public and Applied Sociology Program at 亚洲AV. She graduated from 亚洲AV with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2020. She is also an Honors College Alum. Currently she is an Instructor and Graduate Professional Assistant in the Honors College. She is also a Lead Research Mentor in the Social Science Research Lab (SSRL) led by Dr. Blake Silver. The SSRL is a multi-disciplinary lab that uses team-based social science research to understand student experiences in higher education. Her research interests include immigrants and how their experiences are shaped by race, ethnicity, and other dimensions of identity in higher education and the workplace. Currently she serves as the Secretary in the Public Sociology Association where she plays an active role in encouraging students to explore, learn, and do public sociology through pursuits devoted to activism around social problems on-campus and beyond.

Research

Kalaivanan's research interests include first-generation college students and students with immigrant backgrounds, focusing on their experiences in higher education and the workplace.

Education

BS, Psychology, 亚洲AV (2020)

Publications

Kalaivanan, Tharuna, Blake. R. Silver, Lily Krietzberg, and Bianca Kwan. Forthcoming. 鈥淭he Senior-Year Transition: Gendered Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrant College Students鈥 Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education Silver, Blake, Lily Krietzberg, and Tharuna Kalaivanan. Forthcoming. 鈥淭ransitioning Out: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Students鈥 Concerns in the Senior Year鈥 Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition Silver, Blake R., Freddy Lopez, Fanni Farago, and Tharuna Kalaivanan. 2021. 鈥淔ocused, Exploratory, or Vigilant: Reproduction, Mobility, and the Self-Narratives of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth.鈥 Qualitative Sociology. doi: 10.1007/s11133-021-09489-w. Silver, Blake R., Freddy Lopez, Tharuna Kalaivanan, and Lily Krietzberg. 2021. 鈥淪econd-Generation Immigrant Students and the Senior-Year Transition.鈥 Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 58(4):388鈥400. doi: 10.1080/19496591.2020.1789467. Silver, Blake R., Tharuna Kalaivanan, Lily Krietzberg, and Jordan Hawkins. 2020. 鈥淒istance, Alignment, and Boundaries: How Second-Generation Immigrant College Seniors Negotiate Parental Involvement.鈥 Journal of College Student Development 61(5):558鈥73. doi: http://dx.doi.org.mutex.gmu.edu/10.1353/csd.2020.0055.

Grants and Fellowships

OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. 鈥淗ow Racialization Affects First-generation Asian-American鈥檚 Perception of Organizational Commitment and Identification鈥 PI: Tharuna Kalaivanan. (8/2019-12/2019). OSCAR Undergraduate Student Travel Fund. 鈥淗ow Racialization Affects First-generation Asian-American鈥檚 Perception of Organizational Commitment and Identification鈥 PI: Tharuna Kalaivanan. (2020). OSCAR Undergraduate Student Travel Fund. 鈥淒istance, Alignment, and Boundaries: How Second-Generation Immigrant Seniors Negotiate Parental Involvement鈥. PI: Tharuna Kalaivanan. (2019). OSCAR Undergraduate Student Travel Fund. 鈥淪upporting First-Generation American College Students in the Senior-Year Transition鈥. PI: Tharuna Kalaivanan. (2019).

Classes

HNRS 110: Principles of Research and Inquiry
HNRS 131: First-gen College Students