Fresh Faculty: Pawan Dhingra

*Pawan Dhingra is a professor of American studies. He received his doctorate in sociology from Cornell University and his bachelor’s in psychology from Carleton College. * Q: How did you first start studying the subject that you went on to pursue, and what made you decide to go into academia?A: I first started studying the subject in college. I wanted to go into academia because I found using research to try to understand social trends and problems enjoyable. A psychology of prejudice class, w