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: Student-Faculty Fellows
In summer 2008, the Student-Faculty Fellows Program will support collaborative research in Asia for at least three weeks by 67 students and faculty mentors comprising 13 research teams from ASIANetwork member colleges. The total award for the 13 teams is $385,998. This program has so far sent 432 students and faculty mentors to conduct research in East and Southeast Asia. Seven of the teams are going to the People’s Republic of China, four to Japan, one to South Korea, and one to Singapore. Congratulations to the following mentors and their students!
Bard College, Li-hua Ying, Chinese Language and Literature, China
David Duckler, ’09, Chinese Language and Literature, Eun Hae Kim, ’10, Economics and Asian Studies, Quinn Knox Olbrich, ’09, Film, and Lalita Wint, ’09, Asian Studies; Joint project entitled Striving for Cultural Authenticity amid a Confluence of Civilizations: Tibetan Communities of Aba and Ganzi in Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.
Earlham College, Rajaram Krishnan, Economics, Singapore
Kim Wassel Hardy, ’10, Peace and Global Studies, Jonathan Donald Jenner, ’10, Economics and Peace and Global Studies, Virgil Reed Looney, ’10, Economics and International Studies, and Lukas Manka, ’10, Economics, Joint Project entitled, Immigration in Singapore: A Study of Connections, Class, and Country.
Eckerd College, Andrew Chittick, East Asian Humanities, China
- Suzanne Simpson, ’09, East Asian Studies and Modern Languages, Immortality of the Celestial Masters
- Galway B. Traynor, ’09, East Asian Studies and Sociology, Leadership Ideals in Modern China: Cao Cao as Villain or Hero
- Christina Marie Welter, ’09, East Asian Studies and Modern Languages, Guan Yu in the Lives of the Chinese People
Kenyon College, Jie Zhang, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, China
- Alexander Aeschbach Gladstone, ’09, Political Science and International Studies, China in Transition: Political Representation
- Andrew Charles Stein, ’09, International Studies, China in Transition: Environmental Consequences
- Jerry Lee Stewart, ’09, Religious Studies, China in Transition: Perceptions of Religion
- Amanda Edith Harris, ’10, Biology and Economics, China in Transition: Transformed Spaces
- Paige Lee Markham, ’09, International Studies, China in Transition: Western and Eastern Medicine
Loras College, Lee S. Zhu, History, China
Christopher M. Bodane, ’09, History and Secondary Education, Andrew R. Border, ’10, History, Nickolas James Helten, ’09, Media Studies, and Erin Teresa Horst, ’09, Media Studies and Music; Joint project entitled Chinese Towns in the Past and Present.
Maryville College, Raymond Scott Henson, Political Science, China
Amanda Lassic-Rose Brooks, ’08, Child Development, Whitney Lauren Downing, ’09, Writing Communications, Cory Maurice Everett, ’09, Economics, Allyson Leah Ketron, ’08, Political Science, and Joshua Paul Phillips, ’08, International Business and Political Science; Joint project entitled Prosperity and Preservation: The Impact of Globalization on Rural China and Minorities.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Holly Ann Blumner, Theater, Film, and Media Studies, Japan
Kathryn Marie Miller, ’09, English, Zachary Edward Pajak, ’09, English, Ian Douglas Prince, ’10, Theater Studies, Rachel Dorothy Reckling, ’09, Theater Studies, and Judith Lynn Sellner, ’09, Film and Media Studies and Sociology; joint project entitled Studying Traditional Japanese Theatre.
St. Norbert College, Ikuko Torimoto, Modern Languages and Literatures, Japan
Alyssa Beyer, ’10, East Asian Culture and Society and Theater, Katlyn Elizabeth Jaeger, ’10, Graphic Arts, Deziree Leona Larson, ’09, Graphic Design, and Paul McEnaney, ’10, Business Information Systems; Joint project entitled 100 Faces of Japanese Women: How Japanese Women and Bigaku Are Portrayed in Japanese Pop Culture and Traditional Japanese Theater.
Union College, Linda E. Patrik, Philosophy, Japan
- Emily Brunelle, ‘10, Gender-bending in modern Japanese rock music
- Jasmine Maldonado, ‘09, Street fashion: Rebellion against traditional gender roles?
University of New Hampshire, Dora Wu Chen, Family Studies, China
Amy Susan Martin, ’09, Family Studies, Emilee Minkwitz, ’08, Family Studies, Jacqueline Maude, ’09, Family Studies, Jennifer Leigh Mongelli, ’08, Family Studies; Joint project entitled Early Childhood Education in China Today: Exploring the Experience of Young Children in Rural and Urban Preschools.
University of Redlands, Hongwei Lu, Asian Studies, China
- Sara Adams, ’09, Language, Creative Representation, and the Education Crisis, The Changing Face of Secondary Schools in Urban China,
- Jessica Irby, ’08, Environmental Science, The Use of Open Space in Urban Center,
- Iyleen Ismail, ’10, Sociology and Asian Studies, Campus Planning, University Community, and Student Life,
- Cassandra Ann Peisel, ’11, Asian Studies and Global Business, Western Chains: Globalization and Urban Street Scene and Life,
- Brian David Wobst, ’11, Global Business, Traditional Space and Contemporary Urban Development.
Vassar College, Hiraku Shimoda, History, Japan
Jonathan Kaye, ’09, International Studies, Eli Lewis, ’09, Japanese and Media Studies, Lauren Stacey Scanlan, ’10, Japanese, and Robert Martz Woodward, ’09, Economics and Japanese; Joint project entitled Starbucks in Japan: A Case Study in Globalization and Cultural Change.
Viterbo University, Carol J. Klitzke, Nutrition and Dietetics; South Korea
Leah Anderson, ’09, Brooke Moersfelder, ’09, Amanda Richardson, ’09, Rebecca Sikorski, ’09, and Stephanie Walker, ’09, all Dietetics majors; Joint project entitled: A Dynamic Diet: The South Korean Nutrition Transition and Movement toward a Westernized Diet.