Student
Aisha Fuenzalida Butt
LACS Graduate Fellow '25-'26
Aisha Fuenzalida Butt is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology and a CIAMS affiliate. Her research examines marine waste and plastic, conservation, tourism and heritage in the Canary Islands.
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Qingyin Liu
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma
Discipline: Asian Studies
Primary Language(s): Malaysian
Research Countries: Singapore
Research Interests: Sinophone Popular Music, Gender, Diaspora
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IES Graduate Fellows
Details
The IES Fellows will advance their research and contribute to the European Studies community by attending and engaging in IES-hosted talks, and by organizing and taking part in collective activities such as a graduate research workshop or discussion group. The Institute supports these activities with a small research stipend to each Fellow. IES Fellows also receive priority for IES research and travel fellowships. Fellows are typically appointed for one year and may be renewed for subsequent years.
Eligibility
The IES fellows program is intended primarily for full-time doctoral students in the social sciences and the humanities, whose research focuses on some aspect of European societies or cultures, and who plan to be in residence at Cornell for the entire academic year. Semester-length participation in the program, and applications by Master’s students, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Amount
$500 research stipend.
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Caribbean Graduate Research Grants
Details
A rare opportunity has emerged for graduate students conducting research on Caribbean topics. As part of ongoing efforts to promote Caribbean Studies at Cornell, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is offering funding to conduct research that requires students to travel to the Caribbean or to libraries, archives, or other sites outside the Caribbean that hold collections or resources for the study of the Caribbean and its diasporas. Cornell graduate students in all disciplines are eligible to apply. The research should be conducted during Summer 2025 or Academic Year 2025-2026 and grantees are expected to submit a brief report (500 words) of what they accomplished with the funding.
Applications must include a brief description of the research topic, including information about the proposed research sites, a budget, and a research schedule. This description should not exceed 500 words. Requested funds should not exceed $2,000.
Please submit applications as a Word or PDF file to Ernesto Bassi (eb577@cornell.edu) and Judith Byfield (jab632@cornell.edu). If you have any questions, please email professors Bassi and Byfield.
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Funding Type
- Travel Grant
Role
- Student
Program
Ruiying Zhang
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2030
Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma
Discipline: Asian Studies
Primary Language(s): Chinese, English, Japanese
Research Countries: China, Vietnam, Laos
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Nianpo Su
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Miloje Despic, Helena Aparicio
Discipline: Linguistics
Primary Languages: Nuosu Yi, Mandarin, Japanese, Seram Timur, Indonesian, Burmese, Spanish, Vietnamese
Research Countries: China, Japan, Indonesia
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Zhipeng Zhou
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: TBD
Primary Language: Chinese, English
Research Countries: Singapore
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Julia Sebastien
Graduate Student, IES Graduate Fellow 2025-26
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2028
Committee Chair/Advisor: Andrea Won, Natalie Bazarova
Discipline: Communication
Primary Language: English, French, Hebrew
Research Countries: Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Chunhao Luo
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2031
Committee Chair/Advisor: TJ Hinrichs
Primary Language: Vietnamese, French
Research Countries: Vietnam
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Mochammad Rizal
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2029
Committee Chair/Advisor: Saurabh Mehta
Discipline: International Nutrition