Jeremy Boo
jboo@umich.edu
PhD Candidate, Political Science
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Emerging Democracies, Global Islamic Studies Center
Research interests: authoritarianism, state development and capacity, religious identity, religious regulation,
SEA country/countries of interest: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
Tyler Chen
tylercr@umich.edu
PhD student, Anthropology
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Emerging Democracies, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Research interests: political parties, party systems, democratization, postcolonial societies
SEA country/countries of interest: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei
Twitter: @TylerEureka
Chantal Croteau
ccroteau@umich.edu
PhD Candidate, Political Science and Scientific Computing
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies,
Research interests: Buddhist and Muslim relations, practices of care,
SEA country/countries of interest: Thailand, Myanmar
Eunsoo Hyun
eshyun@umich.edu
PhD student, Urban and Regional Planning
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Research interests: climate adaptation, disaster resilience, urban form, urban politics, colonial planning
SEA country/countries of interest: Philippines, Lao
Yee Tin Leong
yeetingl@umich.edu
Political Science, Southeast Asia, Myanmar
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Research interests: gender, colonialism, race, diaspora
SEA country/countries of interest: Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Chengpeng Li
cpengli@umich.edu
PhD Student, Asian Languages and Cultures
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Center for Chinese Studies; Studying Religion Group
Research interests: Theravada Buddhism, manuscript cultures, intellectual history, Tai ethnicities, religion, and medicine
Southeast Asian countries of interest: Thailand, Laos
Ken Lohatepanont
mathisl@umich.edu
PhD student, Political Science
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Research interests: institutional innovation, economic upgrading, parties and party systems
SEA country/countries of interest: Thailand
Personal website: kenlwrites.com
Twitter: @kenlwrites
Orven Mallari
orven@umich.edu
PhD student, Anthropology
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Research interests: agrarian issues, biotechnology, critical ethnography, history of international science, development studies
SEA country/countries of interest: Philippines
Patrick Peralta
peraltap@umich.edu
PhD student, Political Science
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Emerging Democracies
Research interests: authoritarianism, mass violence, transitional justice, memory politics, ethnography
SEA country/countries of interest: Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia
Twitter: @patjperalta
Paige Newhouse
panew@umich.edu
PhD Candidate, History
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
Research interests: Nations & Nationalism; Politics & Power; Europe; Race & Ethnicity, Migration
SEA country/countries of interest: Vietnam
Kai Ngu
kaingu@umich.edu
PhD student, Anthropology
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Research interests: Animism, environmental studies, queer/trans theory
SEA country/countries of interest: Malaysia
Matt Schissler
mjschiss@umich.edu
PhD student, Political Science
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Research interests: Violence, peace, ethics, Religion, secularism, multi-religious life, Semiotics, ideology, face-to-face interaction
SEA country/countries of interest: Burma/Myanmar
Emma Willoughby
elwillou@umich.edu
PhD Candidate Public Health
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association
Research interests: social policy, governance in authoritarian settings, food regulation, One Health science
SEA country/countries of interest: Vietnam
Lai Wo
laiywo@umich.edu
PhD Candidate, Anthropology
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, American Anthropological Association, American Indonesian Exchange Foundation
Research interests: Gendered labor migration, East & Southeast Asia, rural development, intimacy
SEA country/countries of interest: Indonesia
Moniek Van Rheenan
moniekvr@umich.edu
PhD Candidate, Anthropology
Research affiliations: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, American Anthropological Association
Research interests: Islam, language ideologies, moral personhood, parenting, multilingualism, education; cross-cultural understandings and practices of childbirth
SEA country/countries of interest: Indonesia
