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The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) is the home for all scholars at Cornell conducting research on Southeast Asia.

Professor, Linguistics

John Whitman is a professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences. His main interest is the problem of language variation: its limits (how much specific subsystems can vary across languages) and predictors (what typological features co-occur systematically).

Graduate Student

Roderick Wijunamai is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology. His PhD research focuses on forms of plantation, and its impact on Indigenous people in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands.

Degree Pursued: PhD

Professor, Anthropology

Andrew C. Willford is a professor of anthropology and Asian studies at Cornell University.

Professor Emerita, Global Development

Lindy Williams is a professor emerita in the Department of Global Development.

Professor Emeritus, Linguistics and Asian Studies

Research Interests: Historical linguistics, lexicography, Austronesian linguistics

SEAP Postdoctoral Associate

Dr. Liang Wu is a Postdoctoral Associate of Environmental Humanities in the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) as part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Chiara Formichi

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Countries: Indonesia, Japan

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2031

Committee Chair/Advisor: Viranjini Munasinghe

Discipline: Anthropology

Primary Language: Indonesian, Malay

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Tamara Loos

Discipline: History

Primary Language: Chinese, Malay

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD 

Anticipated Degree Year: 2030

Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies