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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: 2025-26

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Kaja McGowan

Discipline: History of art and visual studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Tom Pepinsky

Discipline: Government

Primary Language: Filipino/Tagalog, French

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025-26

Committee Chair/Advisor: Sarah Murray

Discipline: Linguistics 

Primary Language: Standard Indonesian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Iftikhar Dadi and Kaja McGowan

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee chair/advisor: Marina Welker

Discipline: Anthropology

Primary Language: Malay, Indonesian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: Spring 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: N/A

Discipline: Comparative Literature

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028-29

Committee Chair/Advisor: Thomas Pepinsky

Discipline: Political Science

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Jessica Weiss Chen

Discipline: International Relations

Primary Language: Burmese

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026-2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Tom Pepinsky

Discipline: Government

Primary Countries: Indonesia