Tharuna Kalaivanan

Biographic Data

ID2012282
NAMETharuna Kalaivanan
GIVEN NAMESTharuna
FAMILY NAMEKalaivanan
SIGNATUREKALAIVANAN T
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Mason University
ORCID0000-0002-5355-4491
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT3
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • The Senior-Year Transition: Gendered Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrant College Students

    Tharuna Kalaivanan, Lily Krietzberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women and Gender in…2022References: 19

    Research documents persistent gender inequality in the educational experiences of second-generation immigrant (SGI) students whose parents immigrated to the United States. This qualitative study draws from 27 in-depth interviews to explore the experiences of SGI women as they navigate the senior-year transition in conversation with their parents. Findings show how beliefs regarding gender inform the contours of parental expectations for soon-to-b…

  • Focused, Exploratory, or Vigilant: Reproduction, Mobility, and the Self-Narratives of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth

    Open AccessBlake R Silver, Freddy Lopez et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology2022Cited by: 2References: 78

  • Second-Generation Immigrant Students and the Senior-Year Transition

    Blake R Silver, Freddy Lopez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Student Affairs…2021

    This qualitative study explores how second-generation immigrant (SGI) college seniors experience and navigate their final year of college. Drawing on Schlossberg’s theory of transitions, we analyze in-depth interviews with 34 SGI seniors. Emergent themes include: (a) perceptions of the senior-year transition, (b) challenges finding and using university resources, (c) tensions between sense of self and parental expectations, (d) discrepancies betw…