The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Simran Chand's double award-winning honors thesis titled “Familial Sexual Education for South Asian American Undergraduates and its Implications on Sexual Wellbeing,” used qualitative and quantitative analysis to determine the experiences of parental sexual communications among second-generation South Asian American Penn students. The findings and social implications of her research are featured in the Penn Today article, "Sex, taboo, and family conversation."