Jennifer Kang

Like many others, I came to Penn with no prior research experience but a desire to be part of the research process and contribute to academic scholarship. I reached out to my RPA who guided me through the process of emailing professors and applying to the PURM program. Thankfully, I was able to find a lab through PURM, and I am happy to help you all with the process of finding a lab and narrowing your research interest! 

Additionally, I am a senior majoring in Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences. I am currently working on my honors thesis about the fluidity of race and ethnicity as an identity amongst second generation Chinese Americans. As a pre-med with a social science major, I have experience doing research in both fields, so please feel free to reach out about any questions surrounding that or anything else related to research.

Research Positions and Programs

• Penn Undergraduate Sociology Honors Thesis with Dr. Roth
• Undergraduate research assistant at the Academic Associates Program
• Penn Student Government Public Service Fellowship recipient
• Penn Asian American Studies Fellowship recipient
• Clinical research assistant at the Center for Health and Behavioral Research in the STEP Together lab with Dr. Karen Glanz
• Clinical research assistant at Penn Medicine Cardiology with Dr. Anjali Owens
• Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program