Institute for Regional and International Studies
Biography Madhavi Mallapragada is a doctoral candidate in the Media and Cultural Studies division of the Department of Communication Arts. Her recent interests include cyberculture studies, especially within the context of diasporic communities. Presently, she is looking at the relationship between the websites that cater to the “Indian” diasporic communities in the United States, the …
Biography Shawn Boyne conducted research in Germany on the role that history, culture, and politics has played in shaping the country’s anti-terrorism legislation. Read Shawn’s post-fellowship report here.
Biography A strong advocator of intersectionality and operating under multidisciplinary lens, Mridu Markan completed a B.A (Hons) in Psychology and received a M.A degree in social work from India. Following her masters studies, she joined the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to work towards prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS epidemic focusing …
Biography Lawrence P. Markowitz is a graduate student in Political Science. Before deciding to pursue a doctorate at UW–Madison, he received a NSEP fellowship to conduct several months of field research in Uzbekistan (1997-98) for his master’s thesis, which examined the interrelations of religious and national identity among ethnic Uzbeks. His current research explores the …
Biography Ana Paula Melo is a Ph.D. student in Agriculture and Applied Economics at UW–Madison. Her research focuses on education policies and social inequality. Ana obtained her Maters in Economics at the University of Sao Paulo. Before joining UW–Madison, she worked at an organization focused on using scientific evidence to inform public education policy. In …
Biography Jaclyn Michael is a PhD student in the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, specializing on the religious traditions of North India. She obtained degrees in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University (BA) and in Islamic Studies from Boston University (MA). Her dissertation research will examine the idea of Muslim performance in public …
Biography Catriona Miller is a doctoral student in the History Department. She studies Southeast Asian History with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies. She holds a B.A. with Honors in History from the Loyola University Maryland. Prior to graduate school, Catriona taught Kindergarten ESL in Memphis, Tennessee. Catriona’s dissertation project will analyze literary and …
Biography Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu is a doctoral student from Malawi in the School of Nursing. Her pursuit of graduate education has been influenced by a number of factors, which mostly relate to the commitment that she has towards addressing the health care needs of the women of Malawi. For her dissertation, Lucy is specifically looking at …
Biography Magna Mohapatra is a second-year PhD student in the department of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research interests lie in the intersections of decoloniality, political movements, affect, care, indigeneity and political and legal anthropology. She plans to study the judicial processes that impact the Dongria Kondh communities in Odisha, India in …
Biography Francisco Hernández Moleres is a PhD student in the department of History researching Spanish immigration in Southern France between 1937 and 1980. He has previously studied French literature at the University of Mississippi and wrote his MA thesis at UW–Madison about French left-wing politics in the 1970s. Over the last year, he has worked …