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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: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2026

Committee Chair/Advisor: Shaoling Ma

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Language(s): Malaysian

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Discipline: Plant Breeding and Genetics

Primary Language: Thai

Research Countries: Thailand

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Renata Leitao

Discipline: Apparel Design

Primary Language: Mandarin, English

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2031

Committee Chair/Advisor: TJ Hinrichs

Primary Language: Vietnamese, French

Research Countries: Vietnam

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Maria Cristina Garcia

Discipline: History

Primary Language: Hmong, French

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Eric Tagliacozzo

Discipline: History

Primary Language: Indonesian, Dutch

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Committee chair/advisor: Marina Welker

Discipline: Anthropology

Primary Language: Burmese, Shan, Kachin

Research Countries: Myanmar (Burma)

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