Student
Zhixia (Carrie) Mo
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Discipline: Asian Studies
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Ruiying Zhang
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2030
Discipline: Asian Studies
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Lance Hu
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MS
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Discipline: Management and Economics
Pronouns: he/him/his
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Xiulin Zhang
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD in Science & Technology Studies
Anticipated Degree Year: 2031
Discipline: Science and Technology Studies
Pronouns: he/him
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Lijun Zhang
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD in History
Anticipated Degree Year: 2028
Committee Chair: Tamara Loos
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Modern East and Southeast Asian history, Gender and sexuality, legal and social history, overseas Chinese
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Parijat Jha
Graduate Student
Parijat Jha is a doctoral candidate in sociocultural anthropology, with graduate minors in Science and Technology Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. He is a cultural and environmental anthropologist whose research examines agrarian and ecological transformation in the Western Himalayas. His dissertation focuses on apple cultivation and climate change within a rapidly shifting landscape of industrial monoculture, analyzing how environmental stress, market pressures, and technological interventions reshape agricultural livelihoods.
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Juliana Fagua Arias
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2029
Committee Chair/Advisor: Ananda Cohen Aponte
Discipline: History of Art and Visual Studies
Primary Language: Spanish, Portuguese
Research Countries: Philippines
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Jessie Taieun Yoon
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD in Performance and Media Studies
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair: Nick Salvato
Discipline: Performing and Media Arts
Research Interests: Cultural Studies focusing on Asian racialization and its relationship with Asian geopolitics, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Queer/Trans of color critique
Pronouns: they/them
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Cecilia Zajac
Graduate Student
Degree: Master of Regional Planning
Language: Nepali
Building on her past research on informal urbanism in Nepal, Cecilia is interested in questions surrounding rural-urban migration and the reconciliation between rural and urban land use practices within informal settlement contexts.
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SEAP Summer Language Fellowship
Details
SEAP offers funding for graduate students to intensively study a Southeast Asian language during the summer.
If applicable, all applicants are required to also apply for the Graduate School Summer Foreign Language Grant due April 15, which provides up to $1,000 in international travel support.
Amount
For summer language study at any level: Tuition and fees allowance of up to $5,000, paid directly to the institution offering the language program.
Eligibility
Applicants must be PhD or master's students affiliated with SEAP.
How to Apply
In your application, you will be asked to provide information on your proposed study location. You must identify your own preferred program. Please indicate the language level you intend to study during the award period.
Your program must be at least six weeks in duration and offer at least 120 student contact hours at the advanced level or 140 contact hours at the beginning or intermediate level. Pre-assessment and post-assessment tests are required.
We strongly encourage applicants to contact the appropriate Cornell Southeast Asian Language Senior Lecturer to discuss individual language learning goals and explore potential intensive language programs.
Questions?
Please direct any questions to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson (crp88@cornell.edu).