RSEA - Students

Current RSEA Students, 2009-2010

Incoming Students in Residence:

Timothy Bender	University of Texas, Austin, B.A. Mathematics, 2004; Stanford University, J.D. Law, 2007 China: US relations, economics, and politics; international trade and law
Maggie Lu Bian	Grinnell College, B.A. East Asian Development, 2009 China: development and environmental conservation
Haenee Chang	Tufts University, B.A. Drama/English, 2006 Korea: culture, especially the issue of prostitution, and literary translation
Michelle I-Hsiao Chen	Wesleyan University, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2008 China and Taiwan: modern society and culture, especially popular music and lyrics
Erika Cheng	UC, San Diego, B.A. Literatures of the World, 2004; UC, San Diego, B.S. General Biology, 2004 China: society and culture
Jack Meng-Tat Chia	National University of Singapore, B.A. History, 2007; National University of Singapore, M.A. History, 2009 China: Buddhism, especially religious spread, linkages and interactions between China and the overseas Chinese since the 19th century
Yaejin Cho	Georgetown University, B.A. English, 2006; University of Pennsylvania, M.A. EALC, 2008 Korea: history; nation-building in the modern and postcolonial era, especially the role of nationalism
Benjamin Cox	Dartmouth College, A.B. Religion, 2007; Harvard Divinity School, M.T.S. East Asian Religions, 2009 China and Japan: history and anthropology of religions
Melissa Gay	Peking University, B.A. International Politics/Arts, 2009 China: culture, politics, and comparative literature
Leslie Grothaus	Pomona College, B.A. Environmental Analysis, 2007 China: environmental issues, especially food safety
Frederick G. Hall	Princeton University, A.B. History, 2009 China: modern history, economics, sociology, and politics
Frank Zhaodian Ji	Yale University, B.A. History, 2009 China: Ming and Qing merchant classes and modern businessmen/entrepeneurs
Iacob Koch-Weser	SOAS, University of London, B.A. Chinese and History, 2007 China: overseas business investment and the diasporas in Latin America
Sally Koh	Seoul National University, B.A. English Lang. & Lit., 2006; Seoul National University, M.A. Communication, 2009 Korea: modern history, especially media culture
Tiffany Lee	Harvard College, A.B. East Asian Studies, 2008 Japan: popular culture
Tina Hanying Li	Wellesley College, B.A. History/Economics, 2009 China: modern history, modernization, and nation-state building; state and society
Hao Li	UC, Berkeley, B.A. Interdisciplinary/Legal Studies, 2006; Boston College, J.D. Law, 2010 China: the history and evolution of wushu in relation to politics; law
Xin Yi Lim	Oxford University, B.A. Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2009 China and East Asia: economic, political, and socio-cultural development
Chen Liu	Peking University, B.A. Chinese Literature, 2009 China: Song literati reading practices and their influence on literature, especially tiba
Hong Liu	Harvard College, A.B./A.M. Social Studies, 2010 China: modern intellectual history and literature
M. Benjamin Lowsen	University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. Music, 1998 China: modern social and political movements, foreign and defense policies
Charles McClean	Tufts University, B.A. Japanese/International Relations, 2008 Japan: international relations, NGOs, and foreign aid policies
Kuniko McVey	ICU Tokyo, B.A. Humanities, 1980; Simmons College, M.L.S. Library & Information Science, 1995 Japan: early modern literature, especially early 20th-century writings on China
Jacqueline Ostrofsky	Union College, New York, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2009 Japan: modern literature, history, and culture
Jong Woo Park	Sogang University, B.A. Philosophy/History/Religion, 2009 Korea: modern intellectual history
Siodhbhra Parkin	Harvard College, A.B./A.M. History/East Asian Studies, 2010 China: modern social and cultural history, and issues of identity
Yipeng Albert Pek	Peking University, B.A. International Politics, 2009 China: economic and diplomatic issues, especially with regard to Singapore
Rebecca Scofield	Willamette University, B.A. History, 2008 Japan: gender, and visual and popular culture, especially of women
Kathryn Sudhoff	U.S. Naval Academy, B.S. English, 2009 China: culture and politics
Yoko Takizawa	University of Tsukuba, B.A. International Relations, 2005 China: foreign and domestic policy; relations with the US and Asia
Joseph Tucker	Swarthmore College, B.A. Biology, 2000; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, M.D. Medicine, 2004 China: public health, especially the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections
Xin Wen	University of Sci/Tech China, B.A. Science/English, 2005; Peking University, M.A. History, 2007 China and Inner Asia: medieval history, especially of Xinjiang and Central Asia
Ivanna Yi	Yale University, B.A. English, 2006; Korea: literature, especially poetry and music
Xiaofei Ying	Univ. of British Columbia, B.A. Economics/Political Science, 2009 China: institutional design and reforms in transitional political economies; regional integration
Ella Shengru Zhou	Beijing Foreign Studies University, B.A. English, 2009 China and Japan: public policy and legal reform; relations with Japan

Continuing Students in Residence:

Erik Barkei	Cornell University, A.B. Biological Sciences, 1997 Japan: security issues and international relations of Northeast Asia
Michael Burgoyne	Tulane University, B.S. Finance, 1997 China: international relations, culture, and history
Xiaojun Chen	Peking University, B.A. International Politics, 2008; Waseda University, B.A. International Liberal Studies, 2008 China: international relations
Yoonjeong Angela Choi	Wellesley College, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2008 Japan and Korea: regional studies and international relations; international law
Efan Chu	National Taiwan University, B.A. Chinese, 2008 China: literature, especially of the Six Dynasties period
Tarryn Chun	Princeton University, A.B. East Asian Studies, 2006 China: contemporary culture, especially drama, and cross-strait relations with Taiwan
Abigail Coplin	Yale University, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2008 China: modern society, especially health care policy and market reform

Ailinn Dunn	SUNY Albany, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2008 Korea: history and culture
Nathaniel Gunawan	Harvard College, A.B. Government, 2007 China: cultural identity among overseas Chinese
Youna Kim	Wellesley College, B.A. International Relations, 2007 Korea and Japan: diplomatic relations
Jong Hyuk Lee	Han Kuk University of Foreign Studies, B.A. Chinese, 2006; Han Kuk University of Foreign Studies, M.A. Economics, 2008 China: modern economic and political history
Shimeng Li	Nanjing University, B.A. English, 2008 China: international relations and politics
Mikael Lindfors	University of California, Berkeley, B.A. English, 2006; Korea: contemporary literature
Mabelle Moon	University of British Columbia, B.A. English/Int'l Relations, 2004 Korea: literature, especially grotesque realism
Hideki Murai	University of Tokyo, B.L.A. International Relations, 2003 East Asia: modern history, politics, economics, and international relations
Natalie Roote	Kenyon College, B.A. Art History, 2003 China: history, anthropology, and sociology, and contemporary society, politics, and art
Ji Yung Ryu	Hanyang University, B.S. Business Administration, 2001; Hongik University, M.A. Art Studies, 2005 Japan and East Asia: Buddhist art, especially a comparative study of Japanese and Korean Buddhist art
Angela Huizi Sun	University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Chinese/Psychology, 2007 China: constructs of reason, emotion, aspects of the body and the natural world
Graham Webster	Northwestern University, B.S. International Study/Journalism, 2006 East Asia: Sino-Japanese-US relations, especially in the context of the internet and global climate change
Muhui Zhang	Peking University, B.A. International Studies, 2008; Waseda University, B.A. Liberal Studies, 2008 China and Japan: history and culture

Non-Resident Continuing Students:

Nathaniel Adler	Hamilton College, B.A. Government, 2005 Korea: international relations, history and culture
Rebecca Hui Yi Chan	Georgetown University, B.S. International Political Economy, 2006 China: culture and development, especially in rural areas
Brandon Conley	University of Kentucky, B.A. Classics/Chemistry, 2003 Japan: literature, history, and culture
Aaron Hames	Washington University, B.A. Biology/Mathematics, 2000; M.A. Japanese Literature, 2006 Japan: pre-modern literature
Jesse Heatley	Bucknell University, B.A. East Asian Studies/International Relations, 1999 China: human rights, contemporary policy issues, and history
Thomas Hoyt	University of Oklahoma Norman, B.A. Journalism/Asian Studies, 1998 Japan: history of science, especially of medicine
Mitcheka Jalali	Massachusetts College of Art, B.F.A. Art History, 1990; Florida International University, B.S. Nursing, 1999; SOAS, University of London, M.A. History of Art & Arch, 2005 Japan: art history
Taro Kawase	University of Tokyo, Ll.B. Public Law, 2004 China: international relations
Han Sung Kim	Seoul National University, B.A. Korean Language and Literature, 2007 Korea: literature
Yeon-Joo Kim	Yonsei University, B.A. Business Administration/Economics, 2005 Korea: economics, especially public and comparative economics among East Asian countries
Peter Lossau	Georgetown University, B.S.F.S. International Politics, 2008 China: relations with Northeast Asia, Russia, and the US
Colin Pak	University of California, Berkeley, B.A. History, 1994 East Asia: history and economic, political, and cultural relations between Northeast Asia and the US
Guanchang Qian	University of Oklahoma, B.S. Computer Science/Math, 1988; University of Texas, Austin, M.S. Computer Science, 1991; Beijing Language and Culture Univ., B.A. Chinese Language, 2001 China: ancient literature, especially pre-Qin and Han
Benjamin Robbins	George Washington University, B.A. International Affairs, 2004 Japan: contemporary relations with China and East Asia
Jennifer Ryan	Connecticut College, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2003 China: contemporary society, politics, medicine, and concepts of health
Riley Soles	Harvard College, A.B. Religion/English, 2005; Harvard Divinity School, M.T.S. Buddhism, 2008 Japan: Buddhism, especially the use of language in rituals, and philosophies of language
Jennifer van der Grinten	Bard College, B.A. Asian Studies/Religion, 2008 Japan: conceptions of the body and illness, and the history and cultural factors that inform them
Akiko Yamagata	Williams College, B.A. Political Science/Sociology, 1997 Japan: creation and expression of cultural identity over history, through the medium of wagashi
Bo-young Yeom	Seoul National University, B.A. Psychology/Business, 2005; KDI School, M.P.P. Trade Policy, 2006 Korea and East Asia: regional integration, trade, and economic cooperation

Special Students:

Daniel Sofio	Tufts University, B.A. Japanese, 2008 Japan: history and political science, and visual studies
Bo Zhao	Nanjing University, B.S. Geography and GIS, 2006; Nanjing University, M.S. GIS and GIS Applications China: history and the contemporary influence of Confucianism, historical geography and the use of GIS