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Kris L

- Research Program Mentor

PhD candidate at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Expertise

Social Sciences, Sociology, Education, Public Policy, Statistics

Bio

I study a wide range of topics in social inequality, race and ethnicity, migration, and quantitative methods. Outside of university, I am an experienced graduate school application counsultant for college students and research mentor for high school and college students. In my free time, I enjoy horror movies, baking, and a nice walk by the seaside.

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Changes in Well-being Awareness and Health Behaviors in the time of a Global Pandemic

This project seeks to explore how the widespread COVID-19 has changed people's perception of both physical and mental well-being, and whether such changes in attitude has led to changes in health-related behaviors in the daily life.

Coming of Age: Gen Z's Higher education attainment and first job outcomes

This project explores how the elder cohort of Gen Z (aged 18-24) fare in terms of college attendance, college completion, postgraduate education attainment and labor market outcomes. Comparative analysis can be done among Gen Z, Gen Y and Gen X.

Coding skills

R, Stata, Visual Basic

Languages I know

Mandarin, fluent; Cantonese, native

Credentials

Education

Fudan University
LLB Bachelor of Laws (2020)
Sociology
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
MA Master of Arts
Sociology
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Sociology

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