If you graduated from CSEAS, let us know what you’ve been up to and where you’ve been since leaving the Center.
Meita Estiningsih
Academic interests:
Indonesian history, media, democracy, popular culture, music, cultural anthropology
Research Areas of Interest:
Indonesia
Previous education:
BA English, Universitas Sanata Dharma
Imelda Djatirman
Academic Interest:
People, Religion, and History of Southeast Asia
Research Areas of Interest:
Indonesia
Previous education:
B.A. Economics, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Ika Hutami
Academic interests:
History education, genocide education, political development, Indonesian history and national identity
Research Areas of Interest:
Indonesia
Previous education:
B.A. English Education, Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia
Emily Jorgenson
Academic interests:
Social and religious identities, politics, gender & sexuality, social media impact
Research Areas of Interest:
Indonesia
Previous education:
B.A. International Studies, Economics, and Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kurt Kuehne
Academic interests:
Sociology, state and non-state authority, social engineering, political development, education
Research Areas of Interest:
Singapore, Myanmar
Previous education:
B.A. Politics, Princeton University
Yong Li
Academic Interests:
Transnational History of the Chinese Diaspora in Maritime Southeast Asia; The Intersections of Language, Culture and Ethnicity in Malaysia; Ethno-cultural Identities of the Nanyang Chinese in British Malaya; Nation-building in Malaysia
Research Areas of Interest:
Nusantara (Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia)
Previous education:
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Study Abroad: National Chengchi University, Taiwan; University of East Anglia, England; Hochschule Fulda, Germany; Nanchang Hangkong University, China
Tianjiao Ma
Academic interests:
Thai history, origins of Thai political institutions and their current influence, history of Chinese immigration in Southeast Asia
Research Areas of Interest:
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand
Previous education:
B.A. International Studies, Xi’an International Studies University
M.A. Southeast Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Jessica L. Montez
Academic Interest:
Vietnamese language, culture and oral history, colonial influence and the Vietnam War, journalism, science, documentary story-telling
Research Areas of Interest:
Vietnam
Previous education:
B.S. Biology, Northern Illinois University
Ni Luh Gede Sri Pratiwi
Academic Interest:
Stories/folktales in Southeast Asia, literature, gender, culture, history, film
Research Areas of Interest:
Southeast Asia, Indonesia
Previous education:
B.A. English Language and Literature, Universitas Udayana