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

Associate Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York

Joshua Plotnik is a comparative psychologist and conservation behavior researcher who has studied elephant cognition and conservation in Thailand since 2007.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MPA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Fikri Pitsuwan

Discipline: Public Policy

Research Countries: Indonesia, Singapore

Visiting Scholar

Zhenwu Qiu is a 2026-2027 China Scholarship Council Visiting Scholar at the Southeast Asia Program. He is a lecturer in the Department of History at Nanjing Normal University, China, and holds a PhD from Tsinghua University (2023).

Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow

A political theorist of postcolonial modernity, Say Jye Quah draws on international relations, Southeast Asian studies and postcolonial studies to examine how Third World actors – especially in Southeast Asia – reshaped international order.

Associate Professor of Practice, Wildlife and Conservation Medicine

Robin Radcliffe is an associate professor of practice in wildlife and conservation medicine. His research focuses on infectious disease investigation for the rare Indonesian rhinos.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Steven Johnson

Discipline: Natural Resources and Environment

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MPA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Fikri Pitsuwan

Discipline: Public Policy

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Jenny Goldstein

Discipline: Global Development

Primary Countries: Indonesia

Senior Lecturer, Global Development
Annalisa Raymer directs the Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP). She is a 2021–22 Global Public Voices fellow.
Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2029

Committee Chair/Advisor: Saurabh Mehta

Discipline: International Nutrition