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Graduate Students

Graduate Student Steering Committee

First convened in October 2009, EAP's Graduate Student Steering Committee (EAP-GSSC) consists of graduate students from departments across campus who are affiliated with EAP. Our goal is to facilitate scholarly exchange among EAP graduate students and faculty, as well as to provide networking opportunities and to represent graduate student interests and concerns.

A photo of GSSC 2025 members

What We Do

Events organized and hosted by the EAP-GSSC change annually to meet student interests. These are the most recent:

  • Invited guest speaker series
  • Graduate student conferences
  • Fellowship information session
  • Writing groups
  • Brownbag lunch faculty talks
  • Film screenings
  • Professionalization workshops
  • Dissertation writing boot camps

Get Involved

Interested in becoming part of the EAP-GSSC community? If you're a current Cornell graduate student, complete this form to join the mailing list.

Activity Funds

Any registered Cornell student organization focused on East Asia is eligible to apply for funding from the EAP-GSSC. The proposed activity must be campus-wide and meet the goal of enhancing the intellectual life of the Cornell community by promoting the study or celebration of East Asia.

To apply, send a proposal to eap-gssc@cornell.edu by November 20 for fall semester events and March 1 for spring semester events.

2026-2027 EAP-GSSC Officers

2025-2026 EAP-GSSC Officers

2024–25 EAP-GSSC Officers

Wanheng Hu: GSSC and EAP make me feel at home


Graduate Students

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Discipline: Comparative Literature

Pronouns: she/her

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2032

Committee Chair: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2030

Committee Chair: Andrew Campana

Discipline: Asian Literature, Religion & Culture

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair: Nick Salvato

Discipline: Performing and Media Arts

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair: Tamara Loos

Discipline: History

GSSC Co-chair and Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2031

Discipline: Science and Technology Studies

Pronouns: he/him

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2030

Discipline: Asian Studies

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2031

Discipline: Linguistics

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Discipline: ILR

Research Interests: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Culture; Perception; Decision Making

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Discipline: Comparative Literature

Research Interests: translation, critical theory