Skip to main content

People

The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) is the home for all scholars at Cornell conducting research on Southeast Asia.

Harold Bierman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management

Andrew Karolyi's research focuses on investment management and international financial markets.

Professor, Saint Louis University

Nori Katagiri is a professor of political science at Saint Louis University. He teaches and conducts research on international relations, security studies, and East Asia.

Associate Professor, SUNY-Brockport

Neal Keating is a cultural anthropologist interested in the problems of structural power in the contemporary world.

Senior Lecturer, Burmese

Yu Yu Khaing has been teaching Burmese at Cornell University since 2015. With training as a foreign language educator, she has designed a wide range of teaching materials, including multimedia courses, and continues to explore innovative uses of online platforms.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MPA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Laurie Miller

Discipline: Public Policy

Graduate Student

Anna Koshcheeva researches visual culture of Cold War Laos. She focuses on cultural theories, visual representations of time, and temporality of Asian modernities - socialist, Buddhist, and others.

Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations

Sarosh Kuruvilla is Cornell University's Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor of Industrial Relations, Asian Studies, and Public Affairs. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

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