Institute for Regional and International Studies
Qing He is a PhD student in cultural anthropology at UW – Madison, with a BA in journalism from Nanjing University. Prior to coming to UW–Madison, she worked as an editor for Travel+Leisure China based in Shanghai for several years. She has been writing columns for the Chinese media and has published four novels. Qing …
Biography Ellen Hebden is a third-year graduate student pursuing a Joint PhD in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, and holds an MMus in Ethnomusicology from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies, Ellen worked on the Archival Sound Recordings 2 project at the British Library, and taught …
Kate Hiester, a third-year Ph.D. student in cultural anthropology, has lived in Guatemala, Morocco, and Ecuador, but ultimately decided that her heart was in Southeast Asia. When traveling in Vietnam in 2003, she first learned of the floating villages on Ha Long Bay and became fascinated with both the way of life and the massive …
Biography Jim Hoesterey is a graduate student in cultural anthropology. His Scott Kloeck-Jenson award will fund travel to conduct pre-dissertation field research about political sentiment and subjectivity in a contemporary Islamic movement in Indonesia. This preliminary research will address the ways in which Islamic preacher Aa Gymnastiar promotes a program of emotion-management (Manajemen Qalbu) as …
Biography Jason Hopper, a second year PhD student in Cultural Anthropology, received a BA from Stanford in Science, Technology, and Society with a focus in Development. While there, he pursued a side interest in religious studies, contributing to an art exhibit on Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas and serving as president of the Buddhist Community. A trip …
Biography Ming Hu is a PhD student in Civil Society and Community Research at School of Human Ecology. His research interests include civic engagement, nonprofit management, and philanthropy. With the Scott Kloeck-Jenson predissertation travel grant, Ming will travel to China to explore why and how Chinese youth are engaged in community well-being (like environmental equality, …
Po-Yi Hung, a doctoral student in human geography, has explored new and challenging viewpoints regarding people-environment relations throughout his career as a researcher and student. He earned his first master degree in environmental planning from National Taiwan University and then worked as an assistant researcher in the Water Resources Management and Policy Center in Taiwan. …
Biography Shazia Iftkhar is a Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. A native of Pakistan, she lived in France as a child before coming to the United States for higher education. In France, she noticed tensions between minority immigrants and majority French culture, and her observations stayed with her for over …
Biography Kevin Inks is a graduate student in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In the course of earning degrees in economics and geography at the Ohio State University, he completed undergraduate research on the political ecology of dam construction in the Himalaya. His current research interests revolve around disaster management, social …
Biography Annabel Ipsen is a doctoral student pursuing a degree in Sociology. She completed her MA in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico in 2000 and subsequently worked in diverse development-related jobs for nine years in Latin America. Annabel’s dissertation research will use the case of the global seed industry to address …