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Southeast Asia Program

Cornell University

People

The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) is the home for all scholars at Cornell conducting research on Southeast Asia.

Roderick Wijunamai

Graduate Student

Roderick Wijunamai is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology. His PhD research focuses on forms of plantation, and its impact on Indigenous people in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands.

Degree Pursued: PhD

Andrew C. Willford

Professor, Anthropology

Andrew C. Willford is a professor of anthropology and Asian studies at Cornell University.

Lindy Williams

Professor Emerita, Global Development

Lindy Williams is a professor emerita in the Department of Global Development.

John Wolff

Professor Emeritus, Linguistics and Asian Studies

Research Interests: Historical linguistics, lexicography, Austronesian linguistics

K.T. Wong

Post-Doctoral Associate

K. T.

Wu Xiao An

Visiting Fellow

Wu Xiao An, Ph.D

Yujun Zeng

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: MA

Anticipated Degree Year: 2025

Committee Chair/Advisor: Keith Weller Taylor

Discipline: Asian Studies

Primary Language: Vietnamese, Chinese

Lijun Zhang

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027-2028

Committee Chair/Advisor: Tamara Loos

Discipline: History

Primary Language: Chinese, Malay

Alena Xinyue Zhang

Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2027

Committee Chair/Advisor: Juno Parreñas

Liren Zheng

Curator Wason East Asian Collection

Liren Zheng is the curator of the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia at the Cornell University Library. Previously he was the curator of the Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Research and Documentation Center, Ohio University Library.