{"id":1990,"date":"2015-06-30T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T18:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idaas.pomona.edu\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2015-06-30T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T18:51:08","slug":"professor-thai-named-to-40-under-40-professor-who-inspire-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/idaas\/professor-thai-named-to-40-under-40-professor-who-inspire-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Thai Named to &#8220;40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire&#8221; List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Professor Hung Cam Thai who was named to the &#8220;40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire&#8221; list.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thai is known for \u201cguiding\u201d his students, rather than lecturing them. One student at the college in Claremont, California, says it would be difficult to find another professor as dedicated to mentorship or more passionate about sociology than Thai. Another student describes working with Thai in Vietnam to document the lives of Western expatriates: \u201cThe opportunity to experience all parts of the creation of sociological knowledge \u2014 from target group selection to data acquisition to data analysis \u2014 sparked the interest that has led me to pursue sociology in my graduate studies.\u201d &#8211; See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/feature\/40-Under-40-Professors-2015?utm_source=internal_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Pomona%20Internal%20Newsletter#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complete list<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Professor Hung Cam Thai who was named to the &#8220;40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire&#8221; list. &#8220;Thai is known for \u201cguiding\u201d his students, rather than lecturing them. 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