People Type: SKJ 2014

Biography Lili Liang is a doctoral student in sociology. She previously conducted research on higher education in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong Province in China. She examined how the recent enrollment expansion in Chinese higher education affected college graduate employment. For her Master’s, she studied the so-called “Ant Tribe” college graduates in Shanghai and experienced their …

Biography K. Frances Lieder is a third-year PhD student in the department of Theater and Drama. Her research interests include postcolonial theory, performance studies, gender studies, and South Asian languages and literature. An honored two-year recipient of a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship, she is proficient in both Hindi and Bengali and intends to …

Biography Jaclyn Michael is a PhD student in the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, specializing on the religious traditions of North India. She obtained degrees in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University (BA) and in Islamic Studies from Boston University (MA). Her dissertation research will examine the idea of Muslim performance in public …

Biography Marta-Laura Suska is a third year doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focussed on urban violence and preventive policies in Brazil, specifically the Pacification Police Unit in Rio de Janeiro and the Pact for Life in Recife. Before coming to UW Madison, Marta did her Master of Philosophy …

Biography Mikaela Weisse is a master’s student in the Geography department. She grew up in Madison and completed her BS in Environmental Science at UW in 2013. Mikaela is interested in the intersection of conservation and economic development. Her thesis research focuses on the effectiveness of buffer zones in the Peruvian Amazon and preventing deforestation. …