2012 Summer Fellowship Reports
See what WEAI grantees accomplished over the summer. For more information on applying for funding please visit our funding page.
Nina Baculinao, Columbia College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Five Year Combined BA-MA Program in East Asian Languages and Culture, "Talking about the Human Flesh Search Engine Phenomenon in the Flesh
Allison Bernard, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, "Becoming Japanese for the Summer: Middlebury Language School and the FLAS"
Janny Chang, Department of Applied Anthropology, joint program between Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, “A Glance at the Diverse Experiences of the Chinese in Zambia: 2011 to 2012”
Sayaka Chatani, Department of History, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, "A Report on Oral Interviews with Elderly from Okinawa and Miyagi"
Amy Dao, Department of Sociomedical Sciences-Anthropology, Mailman School of Public Health, PhD, "From HIV/AIDS to Health Systems: Laying the Groundwork for New Ideas for Future Research in Vietnam"
Clay Eaton, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, "Southeast Asia via Wisconsin"
Elizabeth Flora, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, M.A., "Silk Road Adventures and Daily Dictation Quizzes"
Chris Fuchs, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, M.A., "A Modest Man’s Modest Proposal To Embolden Taiwan’s Citizenry under Japanese Colonial Rule"
Hans Joseph Herzl-Betz, Department of Religion, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, "A Middlebury Language School Veteran’s Memoirs"
Andrew Hill, School of International and Public Affairs – International Security Policy & East Asia, "Graduate Language Studies in Yokohama"
Seung-Cheol Lee, Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, "The Rise of 'Ethical Capitalism' in South Korea"
Hsiu-ju Stacy Lo, Socio-Cultural Anthropology, PhD, "The ‘Rivers and Lakes’ (jianghu) of Beijing, 2012
David Monteleone, Department of Religion, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD, "Summer in Yokohama"
Runxiao Zhu, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Graduate School of Arts and Science, M.A., "3000 Miles - An explorative trip of Tibetan monasteries 2012"
Hanjay Wang, College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD, "Yin and Yang of Integrative Medicine"