Southeast Asia Visiting Fellowship Recipients
2007
Dr. Sulfikar Amir conducted research on "The Rise of a Nuclear State: Politics of Nuclear Energy in Post-Suharto Indonesia." He earned his Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is currently a Lecturer in the Graduate Program of Development Studies, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
Dr. Ardeth Thawnghmung conducted research on "The Other Karen, Kurd, and Muslim: Understanding the Absence of Violence Amidst Ethnic Hostility." She earned her Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison and was Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Dr. Napisa Waitoolkiat conducted research on "Democratic Institutions and Political Corruption in Emerging Democracies: The Case of Thailand." She earned her Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University and is currently a Lecturer in political science at Naresuan University, Thailand.
2006
Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing recieved his Ph.D. from Cornell University and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. Dr. Hlaing conducted research on “Strong Authoritarian State, Weak Social Movement: Why Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Movement Has Yet to Effect Democratic Changes in the Country.”
2005
Dr. Joseph Chinyong Liow received his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2003. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Liow used the Southeast Asia Fellowship to pursue his study of “The Politics of Survival: Islam and the State in Burma and Thailand.”
Dr. Chandra-nuj Mahakanjana received her Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University in 2004 and is now a faculty member of the School of Public Administration at the National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Mahakanjana utilized the Southeast Asian Fellowship to research “Impacts of Decentralization on Local Political and Society Stability in Southern Municipalities in Thailand.”
2004
Dr. Evelyn Chui Ling Goh received her Ph.D. in International Relations from Oxford University in 2001. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang University, Singapore. Dr. Goh used the Southeast Asia Fellowship to pursue her study of “Meeting the China Challenge: The U.S. in Southeast Asian Regional Security Strategies.”
Mr. Herman Joseph Santos Kraft, a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at York University, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman. Mr. Kraft utilized the Southeast Asian Fellowship to research “Regional Identity Construction and Human Rights in Southeast Asia.”
Ms. Merlyna Lim is a Ph.D. candidate in Technology and Society Studies at the University of Twente, Enshede, The Netherlands. She is a Research Fellow with the Social Construction of Technology (SCoT) Group, in the Development Studies Program, at the Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia. While in DC, Ms. Lim focused her research on “Islamic Radicalism and Anti-Americanism in Indonesia: The Role of the Internet.”
Institutional affiliations were accurate as of the time of residency but may be outdated.
