Institute for Regional and International Studies
Biography Wanjing Chen is a second year PhD student in the geography department. She studied in Beijing and Oklahoma before coming to Madison. Previously she conducted research on the labor conditions of rosewood furniture industry in China. It was in tracing the international rosewood trade that she became interested in Chinese investment in Laos. Since …
Biography Linda Chhath is a doctoral student in Languages and Cultures of Asia, specializing in the history of Buddhism in Cambodia. She holds a MA from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UW Madison and a BA in History and Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz. Her doctoral research will focus on Cambodia’s post-independence period …
Biography Yousun Chung, a dissertator in political science, has been engaged in studying languages, cultures, and social changes in East Asian countries. She has studied in her native South Korea as well as Japan and China through her undergraduate and graduate studies. After getting her master’s degree in Chinese Area Studies, she has paid more …
Biography Kelley Cormier traveled to Bishhek, Kyrgyzstan to assist with a case study of farmer managers in order to explain variation in farmer response to agricultural reform. Read Kelley’s post-fellowship report here.
Biography Kimberly Coulter began her dissertation research in Germany about migration, national identity, and contemporary film production. Read more about Kimberly’s experience here.
Biography E. Kwaku Mintah Danquah is a PhD. Student in African History at UW–Madison. He obtained his MPhil. in History from the University of Ghana and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Education, Winneba. His research interests include African decolonization, African American/Diaspora return migrations to Africa, the creation of Black colonial projects such as …
Biography Rachel DeMotts is a graduate student of Political Science who specializes in the politics of South Africa, Swaziland and Namibia. Her research focuses on transborder environmental resource conflicts. In particular, she is concerned with clarifying and improving the role played by national and international organizations in their efforts to mediate and solve such disputes …
Biography Rachel DeMotts is a graduate student of Political Science who specializes in the politics of South Africa, Swaziland and Namibia. Her research focuses on transborder environmental resource conflicts. In particular, she is concerned with clarifying and improving the role played by national and international organizations in their efforts to mediate and solve such disputes …
Barry Driscoll is a PhD student studying Africa in the UW–Madison Political Science Department. His research focuses on state-society relations in developing countries. His dissertation examines the reasons for variation in state capacity not across countries but within them. He has twice graduated Summa Cum Laude, first with a BA International in History, Sociology, and …
Biography Stephanie du Chatellier is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology with a minor in Southeast Asian studies. She holds a B.A. with Honors from Wheaton College (MA), where she studied English Literature and Anthropology. Stephanie’s research focuses on the political development of modern Thailand and how Thai identity is constructed in the …