11/15/2019
Please contact Indira Somani ([email protected]) if you are interested in the following opportunity:
Dear Graduate Indian Student Assn.:
My name is Indira Somani, and I'm an MFA student in the School of Theater, Film and Television. I will be producing a film profiling an international student on campus, and I am trying to find a grad student who would be a good subject for my film. I would like to talk to him/her about the film shoot.
Here are some perimeters:
1) Someone who is a graduate student who has just arrived in this country or in his/her 2nd year.
2) Preferably someone from Asia, Africa or the Middle-East
I'd like to profile an international student at UCLA. I've done a lot of research on "cross-cultural adaptation" prior to joining the MFA program. I've always been interested in the the process of the cross-cultural adaptation experience by international students who migrate to the U.S. for higher education. Many of the TAs at UCLA are of international backgrounds. I am focusing on how the international student maintains his/her cultural identity in the U.S. but also faces obstacles and challenges in adjusting to life in the U.S. Regardless, I'm looking for an international student, who would be a good subject for the film.
Sincerely,
Indira Somani
Indira S. Somani, Ph.D. studies effects of satellite television on Indian immigrants. Currently, Dr. Somani teaches at Howard University in Washington, DC.
