People Type: SKJ 2005

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 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 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 Eunsook Jung is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science who studies the development of social policies in the process of democratization in Indonesia. She started to study about Indonesia in 1997, while completing her master’s thesis on women’s movements in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Afterward, she worked as a program officer for a …

Biography Chaitanya Lakkimsetti is a graduate student in Sociology. Before coming to UW–Madison, she spent several years working with feminist and civil rights movements in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Her dissertation focuses on women’s participation in an underground guerrilla movement in South India. Her proposed project has two components: an ethnographic study of …

Biography Amy Quark is a graduate student in Sociology. Having grown up on a farm in Saskatchewan, Amy has a vested interest in studying the effects of globalization on the agrofood system and on the livelihoods of agricultural producers. In addition to conducting research in rural communities in Saskatchewan and Wisconsin, Amy has also worked …

Biography César A. Rodríguez-Garavito is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology. He was a professor of law in his native country, Colombia, before deciding to pursue a doctorate. He has been active in Latin American NGO and human rights circles, as a researcher for the Latin American Institute for Alternative Legal Services (ILSA) …

Biography Susan Rottmann is a graduate student in Cultural Anthropology planning dissertation research with Turkish immigrants to Germany. After a year at the University of Heidelberg, Susan began exploring the complex interactions between Turkish immigrants, native Germans, and the German nation-state. Susan’s research explores how Germany’s Turkish Muslim minority is navigating conflicting religious, ethnic, and …

Biography Heather S. Sonntag is a PhD candidate in the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, specializing in Central Asian Cultural History. Her dissertation project will utilize visual culture to assess Russian and Soviet domination of local populations in Central Asia. The project will focus on the photographic representations of Central Asia compiled in …

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 …