Institute for Regional and International Studies
Biography Aida Arosoaie is currently a PhD student in Cultural Anthropology at UW-Madison, pursuing a PhD Minor in Culture, History and the Environment within the Nelson Institute for the Environment. Aida’s key research interests are the interdependencies between religion, the economy and the environment in Indonesia. She seeks to understand the impact of the religious …
Biography Saeedeh Asadipour is a PhD student in the department of Art History focusing on contemporary Arab world art and visual culture. Her main academic interest is unravelling the ways in which bodies resist in time of crisis. For her master’s thesis, written in the University of Cincinnati, she looked at the ways of representing …
Biography Adam Auerbach is a PhD student in Political Science and a masters student in Agricultural and Applied Economics. His research interests converge at the intersection of identity politics, federalism, and the political economy of development. Adam’s anticipated dissertation will examine the impact of migration on inter-ethnic cooperation, political organization, and community development in India’s …
Biography Robyn Autry is a graduate student in Sociology. Her main focus is in political sociology, particularly comparative racial inequality and social movements in the US and South Africa. She completed her Master’s research on the role of the trade union movement in South Africa’s democratic transition and national restructuring in Spring 2003. Contrary to …
Biography Ahmadou Bamba Diop conducted pre-dissertation research in Dakar, Senegal, focused on a project of establishing a transboundary park between Senegal and Guinea. Ahmadou’s post-fellowship report can be read here.
Biography Jordan Baskerville is a graduate student in the department of Languages and Cultures of Asia focusing on religions of Asia. He completed a BA in philosophy and religion at Oregon State University, where he developed an interest in understanding and articulating the intersections of religious practice and social engagement. Following his undergraduate studies, he …
Biography Dixie Beadle is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Theatre and Drama with a certificate in African Studies. Her research focuses on theatres of North and sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, Dixie is interested in the ways in which theatre groups seek to influence the social and political landscapes of the post-independent African nation. …
Biography Sarah Besky, a graduate student in Anthropology, completed her BA at Connecticut College in Anthropology and Asian Religions. Before entering graduate school, Sarah lived in Kathmandu, Nepal, and conducted research on tourism and tourist art. Her interests now revolve around environmental and development anthropology in Northern India, specifically in Darjeeling. Sarah’s interests in Darjeeling …
Biography Saloni Bhogale is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science in Comparative Politics. She received a MA in Computer Science from Ashoka University and a BTech from Mumbai University. Prior to graduate school, she worked at a think tank building open-source datasets and tools for journalists and researchers. With this summer’s Scott …
Biography Paul Bjerk spent the summer of 2003 interning with the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read more about Paul’s internship experience here.