Arpana Inman seeks to study, help marginalized populations

When Arpana Inman was a little girl, she wanted to be a flight attendant. She wanted a job that would allow her to help people around the world.

Today, Inman is a counseling psychology professor and the chair of the department of education and human services at Lehigh.

In October, she was selected as the recipient of the 28th annual Janet E. Helms award for mentoring and scholarship.

This year, she also joined 67 female leaders from across the country in the 2017 Higher Education Resource Institute, also known as HERS, a nonprofit leadership academy that provides management development for women in higher education.