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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

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: 2025

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

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Language(s): Malaysian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Discipline: Plant Breeding and Genetics

Primary Language: Thai

Research Countries: Thailand

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Renata Leitao

Discipline: Apparel Design

Primary Language: Mandarin, English

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2031

Committee Chair/Advisor: TJ Hinrichs

Primary Language: Vietnamese, French

Research Countries: Vietnam

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Committee Chair/Advisor: Robin Dando

Discipline: Food science & Technology

Primary Language: Indonesian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Eric Tagliacozzo

Discipline: History

Primary Language: Indonesian, Dutch