Degree Pursued: MPH

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Alex Travis, Benjamin Parker

Discipline: Public Health

Research Interests: Sustainable interventions to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the Global South, especially within Southeast Asian countries of the "Malaria Belt," with major emphasis on the historical contexts that have created the social determinants of health that currently exist in the Global South.

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Magnus Fiskesjö

Discipline: Asian Studies

Research Countries: Thailand

Research Interests: The Political Role of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu’s Thought and Writings in Post-1932 Thai Modernity

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Anne Blackburn

Discipline: Asian Studies

Research Countries: Thailand, Singapore

Research Interests: Interface of the economy, urbanization, global Hinduism, animism, and the commodification of religion in Thailand

Degree Pursued: MPH

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: -

Discipline: Public Health

Research Countries: Indonesia, Timor-Leste

Degree Pursued: MPA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Laurie Miller

Discipline: Public Policy

Research Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Degree Pursued: MPS

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: -

Discipline: Global Development

Research Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Countries: Cambodia, Las, Myanmar, Vietnam

Research Interests: Cultural capital flow, Chinese-Cambodian interaction, creative industries

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2030

Committee Chair/Advisor: Eli Friedman

Discipline: Industrial & Labor Relations

Primary Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

Research Interests: Labor and technology

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: -

Committee Chair/Advisor: Juno Parreñas

Discipline: Anthropology

Primary Countries: Thailand

Research Interests: How Karen communities in Northern Thailand understand their socioecological entanglements and how they translate those understandings in their encounters with the state, NGOs and tourists

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Chiara Formichi

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Countries: Indonesia, Japan

Research Interests: Urbanism, Architecture, Technology, Diplomacy, Japan–Southeast Asia Relations, Transpacific Studies