{"id":1369,"date":"2020-09-14T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/undergraduate-excellence\/2020\/09\/14\/surf-spotlight-corinne-tam\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:23:37","slug":"surf-spotlight-corinne-tam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/2020\/09\/14\/surf-spotlight-corinne-tam\/","title":{"rendered":"SURF Spotlight: Corinne Tam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1370\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1370\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot.jpeg 2292w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot-300x289.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot-1024x988.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot-768x741.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot-1536x1482.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/headshot-2048x1976.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SURF Fellow Corinne Tam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recent graduate Corinne Tam was curious to learn more about masculinity within the Asian-American community, after understanding female empowerment and patriarchy. Tam took a particular interest in studying the experiences of Asian-Americans, which stemmed from her studies in sociology and women\u2019s studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the sociology club, she received a travel grant to go to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to present her senior thesis on cultural expectations of success in Asian-American families. These interests carried over this summer as Tam participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. SURF is an eight-week paid program that allows undergraduate students to pursue research and creative activity with a faculty mentor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the mentorship of Dr. Edson Cruz, Tam explored the idea of transnational business masculinity (TBM) in young Asian-American men. Tam explained that \u201cpeople often think about masculinity as something singular, but sociologists study masculinity along a broad spectrum\u2014some are more powerful than others.\u201d According to sociologist Raewyn Connell, TBM is a \u201cflexible, calculative, egocentric masculinity of the \u2018fast capitalist\u2019 entrepreneur\u201d and is the most powerful one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u201cSo you can think of men in suits that are trying to climb the ladder,\u201d Tam described.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1371\" style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1371\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/conference.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/conference.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/conference-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/conference-1024x898.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2020\/09\/conference-768x673.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SURF Fellow Corinne Tam at the Eastern Sociological Conference in Philadelphia, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tam conducted 12 qualitative interviews in Asian-American men aged 20-24 in both working and middle class backgrounds. She found four different outcomes: working class men that embraced TBM, middle class men that embraced TBM, working class men that rejected TBM, and middle class men that rejected TBM. From the data, she saw that a common route for Asian-American men pursuing this ideal is through STEM careers, maintained from stereotypes about Asian-Americans and stereotypes that prevent them from climbing the corporate ladder. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tam admitted that research has not always been a big desire of hers, but she changed her mind when she got to Chapman. She realized it was much more than just sitting at a desk and taking notes, but a way to incorporate personal interests and materials from class. With SURF, Tam was able to personalize her project and research what matters to her, while meeting a range of people from different disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tam plans to pursue a PhD in sociology at the University of Massachusetts in 2022, but is still deciding her path. She lives by the words of her women\u2019s studies professor, CK Magliola, to \u201cfollow your interest, and it will lead to your passion,\u201d which has worked well for her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interested in applying for SURF, scholarship, or grant opportunities? For information about all CUE funding and programming opportunities, be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research\/center-for-undergraduate-excellence\/index.aspx\">Web page<\/a>,\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CUEChapman\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook page,<\/span><\/a> and <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">follow us on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cue_chapman\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or email us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:cue@chapman.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cue@chapman.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with any questions!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SURF Fellow explores masculinity in young Asian-American 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