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Graduate Students

Graduate students with a minor field in Southeast Asian studies come from diverse disciplines—including city and regional planning, anthropology, science and technology studies, art history, architecture, comparative literature, music, global development, Asian studies, history, government, and many more.

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Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2023-2024

Committee chair/advisor: Marina Welker

Discipline: Anthropology

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2022

Committee chair/advisor: Tamara Loos

Discipline: Asian Studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Tamara Loos

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Languages: Thai, Vietnamese, German

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: -

Committee Chair/Advisor: Derek Chang

Discipline: (Asian) American History

Primary Language: Vietnamese

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Discipline: Economics

Primary Language: Vietnamese, English

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025-2026

Committee chair/advisor: Jeremy Wallace

Discipline: Development, Government

Primary Language: Mandarin Chinese

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Steven Johnson

Discipline: Natural Resources and Environment

Graduate Student

Katie Rainwater is a PhD candidate in the Department of Development Sociology. Her dissertation research explores labor relations in the shrimp industries of Bangladesh and Thailand.

Committee chair/advisor: Eli Friedman

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2024-25

Committee Chair/Advisor: TBD

Discipline: Global Development

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Jenny Goldstein

Discipline: Global Development

Primary Countries: Indonesia