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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: 2024-25

Committee chair/advisor: Tom Pepinsky

Discipline: Government

Research Countries: Timor-Leste

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: N/A

Discipline: Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Primary Language: Vietnamese

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2024-25

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Kaja McGowan

Discipline: History of art and visual studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: Doctorate

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Jessica Chen Weiss

Discipline: Government

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: Spring 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Sarah Murray

Discipline: Linguistics 

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Discipline: Government

Primary Language: Mandarin Chinese

Secondary Languages: Burmese, Indonesian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Kaja McGowan

Discipline: History of Art

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee chair/advisor: Marina Welker

Discipline: Anthropology

Primary Language: Malay, Indonesian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: Spring 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: N/A

Discipline: Comparative Literature