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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: MFA

Discipline: Visual Arts

Primary Language: Khmer, Thai

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025-26

Committee Chair/Advisor: Arnika Fuhrmann & Nick Salvato

Discipline: Performing and Media Arts (PMA)

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2024-25

Committee chair/advisor: Filiz Garip, Shannon Gleeson

Discipline: Sociology

Graduate Student

Bruno Shirley is a PhD student in Asian studies. He focuses mainly on Pali Buddhist depictions of kings and kingship in Southern Asia, particularly Sri Lanka. He holds an MA in religious studies from Victoria University of Wellington.

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Steve Grodsky

Discipline: Natural Resources

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2023-2024

Committee chair/advisor: Arnika Fuhrmann

Discipline: Asian Studies

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: N/A

Committee Chair/Advisor: Durba Ghosh

Discipline: History

Primary Language: Tamil

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: N/A

Committee Chair/Advisor: Ted O'Donoghue

Discipline: Behavioural Economics

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2024

Committee Chair/Advisor: Imane Terhmina

Discipline: Romance Studies

Primary Language: French

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: Spring 2024

Committee Chair/Advisor: Mason Peck

Discipline: Aerospace Engineering