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Graduate Students

Graduate students with a minor field in Southeast Asian studies come from diverse disciplines—including city and regional planning, anthropology, science and technology studies, art history, architecture, comparative literature, music, global development, Asian studies, history, government, and many more.

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Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Jenny Goldstein

Discipline: Development Sociology

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Committee Chair/Advisor: Ananda Cohen Aponte

Discipline: History of Art and Visual Studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Keith G. Tidball

Discipline: Natural Resources

Primary Language: Indonesian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Magnus Fiskesjö

Discipline: Asian Studies

Research Countries: Thailand

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: -

Committee Chair/Advisor: Juno Parreñas

Discipline: Anthropology

Primary Countries: Thailand

Graduate Student; Migrations Graduate Fellow

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Committee Chair/Advisor: Eric Tagliacozzo

Discipline: Southeast Asian History

Primary Language: Chinese, Indonesian, Hindi

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: -

Committee Chair/Advisor: Nick Salvato

Discipline: Hip-Hop Studies, Sound Studies, Vietnamese Diasporic Studies, Performing Studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Kaja McGowan

Discipline: History of Art

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MPH

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: -

Discipline: Public Health

Research Countries: Indonesia, Timor-Leste

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Christine Balance

Discipline: Performing and Media arts

Primary Language: Tagalog