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

Visiting Scholar

Aung Thura Ko Ko is a visiting scholar at the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP). He was previously a research fellow at the Pacific Forum, a U.S. policy think tank based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and an affiliate scholar at the East-West Center from 2024 to 2026.

Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations

Sarosh Kuruvilla is Cornell University's Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor of Industrial Relations, Asian Studies, and Public Affairs. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Committee Chair/Advisor: Anne Blackburn

Primary Language: Chinese, French, Thai 

Research Countries: Myanmar

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Jenny Goldstein

Discipline: Development Studies

Primary Language: Indonesian/Malay

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee chair/advisor: Kaja McGowan

Discipline: History of Art and Visual Studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2030

Committee Chair/Advisor: Vida Maralani

Discipline: Sociology

Primary Language: Burmese

Visiting Scholar

Wen-Pin Lin is the founding chair of the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Language(s): Malaysian

Professor, History

Tamara Loos is professor of history and Asian studies. Her most recent book, Bones around My Neck: The Life and Exile of a Prince Provocateur (2016), tells the story of Prince Prisdang Chumsai (1852–1935).

Assistant Professor, Architecture

Farzin Lotfi-Jam is an architect whose work explores the politics of technology and cities. He is an assistant professor in architecture at Cornell University where he directs the Realtime Urbanism Lab.