A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies
ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation
Student-Faculty Fellows Program
for Collaborative Research in Asia
Summer 2008 Program: Faculty Mentors, Recipients, & Report Summaries
Institution |
Project Title |
Faculty Mentor |
Student Fellows |
| Bard College | Striving for Cultural Authenticity Amid a Confluence of Civilizations: Tibetan Communities of Aba (Sichuan Province) and Diqing (Yunnan Province) (Preliminary Report) | Professor Li-hua Ying | David Duckler Eun Hae Kim Quinn Olbrich |
| Earlham College | Immigrants in Singapore: A Study of Connections, Class, and Country (Preliminary Report) | Professor Rajaram Krishnan | Kim Hardy Jonathan Jenner Virgil Looney Lukas Manka |
| Eckerd College | Individual Research Projects (Preliminary Report) | Professor Andrew Chittick | Suzanne Simpson Galway B. Traynor Christina Marie Welter |
| Kenyon College | China in Transition - Individual Projects (Preliminary Report) | Professor Jie Zhang | Alexander Gladston Amanda Harris Paige Markham Andrew Stein Jerry Stewart |
| Loras College | Chinese Towns in the Past and Present (Preliminary Report) | Professor Lee S. Zhu | Christopher Bodane Andrew Border Nickolas Helten Erin Horst |
| Maryville College | Prosperity and Preservation: The Impact of Globalization on Rural China and Minorities (Preliminary Report) | Professor Scott Henson | Amanda Brooks Whitney Downing Cory Everett Ally Ketron Josh Phillips |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | Studying Traditional Japanese Theatre (Preliminary Report) | Professor Holly Ann Blumner | Kathryn Miller Zachary Pajak Ian Prince Rachel Reckling Judith Sellner |
| St. Norbert College | 100 Faces of Japanese Women: How Japanese Women and Bigaku (The Japanese Sense of Beauty) are Portrayed in Japanese Pop Culture (Manga and Anime) and Traditional Japanese Theater (Kabuki and Noh) (Preliminary Report) | Professor Ikuko Torimoto | Alyssa Beyer Katlyn Jaeger Deziree Larson Paul McEnaney |
| Union College | Street Fashion: Rebellion against Traditional Gender Roles? (Preliminary Report; Web Site) | Professor Linda Patrik | Emily Brunelle Jasmine Maldonado Nozomi Sakata |
| University of New Hampshire | Early Childhood Education in China Today: Exploring the Experience of Young Children in Rural and Urban Preschools (Preliminary Report) | Professor Dora Wu Chen | Amy Martin Jacqueline Maude Emilee Minkwitz Jennifer Mongelli |
| University of Redlands | Urban Space Transformation in Contemporary Shanghai (Preliminary Report) | Professor Hongwei Lu | Sara Adams Jessica Irby Iyleen Ismail Cassandra Peisel Brian Wobst |
| Vassar College | Starbucks in Japan: A Case Study in Globalization and Cultural Change (Preliminary Report) | Professor Hiraku Shimoda | Jonathan Kaye Eli Lewis Lauren Scanlan Robert Woodward |
| Viterbo University | A Dynamic Diet: The South Korean Nutrition Transition and Movement toward a Westernized Diet (Preliminary Report) | Professor Carol Klitzke | Leah Anderson Brooke Moersfelder Amanda Richardson Rebecca Sikorski Stephanie Walker |