Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2030

Committee Chair/Advisor: Vida Maralani

Discipline: Sociology

Primary Language: Burmese

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Language(s): Malaysian

Tamara Loos is professor of history and Asian studies. Her most recent book, Bones around My Neck: The Life and Exile of a Prince Provocateur (2016), tells the story of Prince Prisdang Chumsai (1852–1935).

Farzin Lotfi-Jam is an architect whose work explores the politics of technology and cities. He is an assistant professor in architecture at Cornell University where he directs the Realtime Urbanism Lab.

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Discipline: Plant Breeding and Genetics

Primary Language: Thai

Research Countries: Thailand

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Renata Leitao

Discipline: Apparel Design

Primary Language: Mandarin, English

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2031

Committee Chair/Advisor: TJ Hinrichs

Primary Language: Vietnamese, French

Research Countries: Vietnam

Shaoling Ma is an interdisciplinary scholar and critical theorist of global Chinese history, literature, and media.

Ken MacLean is a professor of international development and social change and a faculty member at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Committee Chair/Advisor: Robin Dando

Discipline: Food science & Technology

Primary Language: Indonesian