Graduate Student
Shree Saha
Graduate student
Shree Saha is a PhD student in the field of applied economics and management. Her research interests include women’s empowerment, maternal and child nutrition, financial inclusion, and development. Prior to joining Cornell, she worked as a research associate at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) on topics such as rural financial literacy and young farmers’ aspirations. Shree holds a Master of Philosophy and a master’s degree in economics from IGIDR, as well as a bachelor’s degree from Jadavpur University.
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Ayesha Matthan
Graduate Student
Ayesha Matthan is a PhD student in the department of History of Art and Visual Studies. She is interested in photojournalistic practices, popular visual culture and politics in the Indian subcontinent from the 19th century to the present day.
She holds a Bachelors in English Literature from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and a degree in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. She was subsequently an arts journalist with the national daily The Hindu in Bangalore.
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Prize for Best Essay in Technology and International Security Policy
Details
The prize for Best Essay in Technology and International Security Policy is made possible by a generous donor. It recognizes the best essay that considers the impact of technology on prospects for peace or war, and/or how conflict may shape technology.
The essay should be 2500 – 5000 words long, before references, and may be a term paper or other writing assignment.
Eligibility
All currently enrolled Cornell students—including undergraduate, doctoral, masters, Cornell Tech, law, and medical students—are eligible. Undergraduate students are particularly encouraged to apply.
Amount
$250
How to Apply
- The essays will be reviewed by a committee of PACS faculty members.
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Praveen Tilakaratne
Graduate Student
Praveen is a PhD student at the Department of Comparative Literature. His work focuses on modern South Asian literary and intellectual history (with an emphasis on 20th century Sri Lanka), psychoanalytic theory, Buddhist modernist thought, and postcolonial studies.
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Christina Pan
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2025-2026
Committee chair/advisor: Jeremy Wallace
Discipline: Development, Government
Primary Language: Mandarin Chinese
Research Countries: China, Vietnam
Research Interests: Political economy, climate policy, clean energy transition in the Global South.
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Francine Grace Barchett
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Shorna Allred
Discipline: Global Development
Primary Language: Indonesian
Research Countries: Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia
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Nicole T. Venker
Jesse F. and Dora H. Bluestone Peace Studies Fellow; Migrations Graduate Fellow
Nicole T. Venker is a human-environment geographer whose work explores how conflict-driven migration shapes rural livelihoods, environmental access, and food sovereignty.
She is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Her dissertation investigates the impacts of Myanmar’s protracted civil war on refugees’ experiences of displacement, temporary relocation, and resettlement in the U.S. and Thailand.
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Program
Role
- Student
- PACS Current Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Student
Contact
Email: ntt22@cornell.edu
Joshua Chun Wah Kam
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee chair/advisor: Chiara Formichi
Discipline: Asian Studies
Primary Language: Javanese, Malay, English, Chinese, Indonesian
Research Countries: General Southeast Asia
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Made Adityanandana
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Jenny Goldstein
Discipline: Development Sociology
Primary Language: Indonesian, Balinese
Research Countries: Indonesia
Research Interests: Political ecology, agrarian change, development, environmental conflict and movement, the application of post-growth in the Global South
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Liting Ding
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: N/A
Discipline: Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Primary Language: Vietnamese
Research Countries: Vietnam
Research Interests: She is interested in multispecies relations in aquaculture and mangrove ecologies in postsocialist states. Her geographical foci are Vietnam and China.