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March 07, 2008
Case Spotlight: Jason Cairns
Jason Cairns has been doing research since his first year, but he’s never worked with chemical beakers, mice or germs. Jason is a junior economics major with minors in political science and sociology and, like many arts and sciences students at Case, spends just as much time performing research as his engineering and pre-medicine counterparts. Jason’s research was an economic experiment that examined the impact of emotions on inter-temporal choice and altruistic behavior. In his own words, “we wanted to study if individuals became more impatient and more altruistic when they experienced negative emotions, such as disgust.” Jason was involved in this study every step of the way, from developing and running the experiment, to collecting and analyzing the data. In addition, research is such an integral part of the Case community because of the close connections that students and professors form. Jason states that “[the professor I research with] and I have developed a peer relationship where I feel comfortable getting his advice on topics beyond academics.”
Outside of the classroom, Jason is the president of the pre-law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, a member of Mock Trial, and a part of the economics honor society, Omicron Delta Epsilon. Like all college students, however, he doesn’t spend all of his time on campus. Jason loves attending punk-rock concerts in the area and hanging out with friends. Jason even plans to take a year off after graduation to travel and play music before coming back to attend law school.
Posted by eeg7 at March 7, 2008 10:04 AM
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