Jillian Shen
Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
From Ontario, Calif.
From Ontario, Calif.
My research works have mostly been related to adolescents and young adults who participate in more than one culture as well as the contribution they bring to the family and community that are often overlooked by society. I am interested in studying how these individuals unique language and cultural background affect their social, psychological, and educational development. My masters thesis is about language brokering, which refers to the translation and interpretation work immigrant children often do for their parents. In my thesis, I am examining whether language brokering helps immigrant youth emotionally understand their parents perspectives and reduce intergenerational cultural conflicts, particularly in the context of cohesive and understanding communication with parents. I am also a big dog lover and I enjoy reading at my leisure, hiking, and snowboarding.
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Jia Shen Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Jia Shen of Ontario, Calif., was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Shen was ...
May, 27 2015 - Verified by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Graduate Teaching Assistant at California State University, Los Angeles
Assisting Dr. Douglas Stenstrom for the course Psychology of Emotion and Motivation
− Attend course lectures and prepare lecture-related handouts; assist class activities
− Read and evaluate students’ weekly assignments
− Proctor examinations
− Maintain/submit student grade records
− Perform other tasks as assigned (e.g., responding to students questions via email)
September 2014 - December 2014
Assistant Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
I worked for Dr. Andrew Fuligni from UCLA on his Late Adolescent Home Inventory Project. This project is a collaboration between Dr. Andrew Fuligni from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Dr. Robert Bradley from Arizona State University (ASU) on developing an appropriate and valid measure to assess the home environment of late adolescents between the ages of 16-20. The specific duties are listed as the following:
− Translate consent forms and paper work from English to formal written Chinese
− Manage files and prepare paperwork before data collection
− Recruit participants through phone calls
− Visit participants at their houses: visit each adolescent at home and talk to that adolescent and at least one parent about their home life. The visit is two-hour-long and composed of a semi-structured interview, questionnaires, and activities.
− Fill out assessments and field notes for each participating family, especially taking notes on things that have not worked well for Asian families due to different cultural perspectives.
February 2014 - June 2014
ESL Teaching Assistant at American Culture and Education Exchange Academy
I worked as an ESL teaching assistant for two summers. My duty was teaching ESL and American history to exchange students from China. Students are usually middle school students.
July 2013 - August 2014
