Institute for Regional and International Studies
Biography Patrick William Otim is a doctoral student in African history. He holds an MA in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2012) and another MA in International Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana (2010). Prior to beginning his graduate studies, Patrick worked with the Norwegian Refugee Council in northern …
Biography Ben Winig spent the summer of 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland, working for the International Centre for Migration and Health (ICMH). Check out Ben’s post-fellowship report here.
Biography Ryan Wolfson-Ford researched ancient and early modern Lao history to prepare for his dissertation proposal during his time in Laos in 2011. Ryan’s post-fellowship report can be read here.
Biography Pearly Wong is a first-year PhD student in the joint program of Cultural Anthropology and Environmental and Resources with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. She has six years of working experience in the field of International Development in Nepal, Cameroon, Sri Lanka and Indonesia prior to Madison. Her research project focuses on understanding …
Biography Jiangjiang Wu is a PhD student in Cultural Anthropology. Originally from China, she finished her MA in Modern Chinese Literature and worked as a culture reporter in Shanghai before coming to UW–Madison. Her research interests lie in gender, care, family, and population aging in contemporary China. Focusing on urban China, her primary project will …
Biography Allen Xiao is a Chinese Ph.D. student in Geography (with minor in African Studies) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He got M.Phil. in anthropology and completed research on Chinese migrants in Nigeria, which has been published in Politique Africane and Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. Now his interests lie in the making of multi-ethnic …
Biography Trevor Young-Hyman is a doctoral candidate in Political Science with a Masters in International Politics from the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He received his undergraduate degree in International Business and French from Washington University in St. Louis. Before moving to Madison, Trevor worked as a Research Associate at Mount …
Biography Ei Thin Zar is a student in the department of Curriculum and Instruction studying her Ph.D., bridging world language and curriculum studies areas. Her research focuses on Burma’s language education policy. Ei is from Karen State in Burma and graduated with her B.A degree in English from Mawlamyine University, Mon State. She ran a …
Biography Jen Ziemke is a PhD Candidate in the department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jen spent time conducting informal interviews about daily life in southern, eastern, and central Africa in 1995. This life-changing experience led her to volunteer as a teacher in a rural Namibian school from 1997-1999. During this time …
Biography Cai Zuo, a graduate student in Political Science, spent 3 years working as a research assistant at the Research Center for Contemporary China at Peking University. After obtaining her masters in political science, her research focus changed to the state-society relations in the everyday lives of people. While doing field research at Shenzhen in …