Date: Dec.

2015

Vita

Nina Marikian

Personal Information

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA, 91104
nmarikian@go.pasadena.edu
Education
(completed) High School, Received: 2015, La Salle High School, Pasadena, CA
(in progress) A.A. in Transfer, Psychology, expected year: 2017, Pasadena City College,
Pasadena, CA
(in-progress) B.A. or B.S., Psychology, expected year: 2019, University of California, Irvine
Honors and Awards
High school graduation honors: Magna Cum Laude
High school Honor Roll for grades 10-12
Merit award for having the highest grade in my 11th grade English class
Excellence award for having the highest grade in my 12th grade AP Studio Art class
Honors societies

High school: National Honors Society, California Scholarship Federation

College: Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors Society, Honors Transfer Program

Professional Experience

Conducted Empirical research experience in my College 1 honors class

Current Research
My college 1 honors research group and I conduced an empirical research study. The purpose
of this study is to see if Caucasian and ethnic minorities differ in their perspective of their
quality of education. Limitations in the results was a lack of representation of the community
college student demographic. Our study addresses the community college student demographic
and their high school experience. Our hypothesis for this study is that minority students will
vary in their response in whether or not they feel their education was helped or hindered in
high school as a result of them being an ethnic minority yet Caucasians will feel that they
were neither helped or hindered because of their race. Results showed that ethnic minorities are
more likely to feel that their quality of education is lacking compared to the quality of
education of Caucasians. Therefore, it is crucial that our public schooling systems address this
issue by making efforts to equalize all public schools experience across the nation.
Teaching Experience
Led a class discussion on the books Switch and Drive in my College 1 honors class.
Professional Presentations

Presented at Pasadena City Colleges Pathways program research poster conference

held in November 2015. My group and I conducted empirical research(non-equivalent
group post-test only) on the Relationship Between Ethnic Minorities and the
perception of the quality of their Education.

Publications and Papers

Wrote an empirical (non-equivalent group post-test only) research paper in APA format
for my College 1 Honors class.

References
College 1 Honors instructor: Dr. Robert Randall, email: rlrandall@pasadena.ed, phone: (626)
585-7055