Student Associates

Anupama Aery

Master's Candidate, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, York University

Public policy; urban studies; participatory decision-making; informal housing; environmental justice; transnational networks

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Hana Shams Ahmed

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts; violence; indigenous people; feminist political ecology; postcolonial capitalism

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Sheheryar Ahmed

Master's student, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

South Asian nationalism; colonial history; religion; literature

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Ali Al-Zaidi

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in History, York University

Asian art; Orientalism; colonial history; archaeology; Britain; France

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Chan Arun-Pina

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Student Housing; geographies of gender and sexuality; post-colonial education; (alternate/non-)normative urban housing; trans* domesticities; creative research methods; India; global South

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Asma Atique

Doctoral Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Environmental law and policy; justice theory; human rights; development studies

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Arpita Bajpeyi

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Dance, York University

South Asia; India; kathak; dance; gender; caste; performance; ethnography; research creation; nationalism; decolonizing methodologies; embodied histories

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Sanjukta Banerjee

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Dance, York University

Gendered bodies and re-enactment of movements in traditional repertoires

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Sanjukta Banerjee

Doctoral Candiate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Travel writing; translation; multilingualism; early colonial India; French travelogues on India

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Shahab S. Bayani

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Masculinity; aerospace; subaltern; hegemony; humanism; Iran

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Benjamin Bongolan

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, York Unviversity

Urban inequities; urban activism; Filipino diasporas; urban and social policy planning

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Alyssa Brierley

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Politics, York University

Public interest litigation; non-governmental organizations; development; India

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Jessica Caporusso

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Political ecology; sustainable development; transnational encounters; South Asian Diaspora

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Kenneth Cardenas

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Urban political economy; property development; capitalist class trans/formations; political ecology of disaster risk; defining and claiming new urban commons; Manila; Philippines

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Sabina Chatterjee

Doctoral Student, Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies, York University

Critical race theory; decolonization; social justice; diaspora; knowledge mobilization

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Shraddha Chatterjee

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies, York University

India; citizenship; nationalism; subjectivity

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Elena Chou

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University

“Race” and racialization; identity and representation; cultural studies; media and popular culture; Asian Diaspora

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Zoe Dhillon

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in English, York University

Postcolonial literature; diaspora literature; Dalit literature; Indian literature; orientalism; exoticism; gender roles; sexuality; cross-cultural education; power-privilege imbalances

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Peter Duker

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Political ecology; livelihood; conservation; development; Thailand

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Adam Faux

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Music, York University

Synaesthetic and process composition

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Mengzhu Fu

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies, York University

Indigenous and Asian diaspora solidarity; diasporic Asian activism; gender-based violence; migrant justice; decolonization and anti-racism

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Jillian Fulton

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Diasporas; Arab identities; dance music; nostalgia; tarab; social violence; indeterminacy

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Meghna George

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Gender identities; transnationalism; South Korea

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Kyle Gibson

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, York University

Political ecology; Historical-Geographical Materialism; modernity; Marxism; South Korea

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Chaya Ocampo Go

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Critical geographies of disasters; political ecology of disaster response; feminist and decolonizing methodologies; social and climate justice

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Vedanth Sachdeva Govi

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Queer desire; intellectual property rights; India

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Yilin Guo 郭易霖

Undergraduate student, Department of History, York University

Political history in the late Qing Dynasty (1800–1912)

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Khem Guragain

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in English, York University

Postcolonial; caste; Dalit; Adivasi; tribal; indigenous; subaltern; South Asia; nation-state

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Yasir Hameed

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, York University

Public space; citizen engagement; housing equity; social justice in urban policy, planning and design

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Aqeel Ihsan

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in History, York University

South Asia; South Asian diaspora; immigration and refugee issues; partition; Pakistan; India

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Lianrui Jia

Doctoral Candidate, Communication and Culture, York University

Media policy and regulation; Internet; China; Canada

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Cindy Jiang

Doctoral student, Critical Disability Studies, School of Health Policy Management, York University

Diaspora; health policy; disability health; health promotion; mental health; stigma; racialization

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Jolin Joseph

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies, York University

Feminist IPE; migration and transnationalism; labour migration; migration policies; reproductive labour; precarious work

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Shruti Kalyanaraman

Doctoral student, Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies, York University

Settler colonialism; economic immigration policy; labour market integration; immigrant women

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Meera Kanageswaran

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Dance, York University

Bharathanatyam; Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora

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Jihong Kim

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Interdisciplinary Studies, York University

History; cinema and media studies; literature; Korea; nationalism; structure and agency

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Chenxin (Vonnie) Li

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Concepts of feminine beauty in China; cosmetic surgery; health

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Bill Lu

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Public & International Affairs, Glendon College, York University

Public policy; Canada; Asian Diaspora; China; social determinants of health

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Eva Lu

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Art History and Visual Culture, York University

Art history; curatorial studies; modern art; contemporary art; visual culture; new media theory and art; sound studies; feminism; diaspora and transnationalism; postcolonialism; globalization; East Asia; Taiwan; Korea; Japan; China

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Jun Lu

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought, York University

Large-scale phenomena; human condition; how we are affected by the past

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Mallory MacDonnell

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Political ecology; Critical Physical Geography; labour relations; fisheries; Taiwan; Thailand

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Dani Magsumbol

Doctoral student, Graduate Programme in Politics, York University

Filipinx diaspora, migrant bodies as borders, migrants as capital in the global labour market, transnational motherhood/families, urbanities

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Wendy A. Medina de Loera

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Rural livelihoods; rural transformation; socio-environmental relations; political ecology; South Sulawesi; Indonesia

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Carli Melo

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Critical geographies of labour and migration; feminist political economy; Southeast Asia; Myanmar/Burma

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Khyati Nagar

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Visual culture of science; science, art and print culture in the Indian subcontinent; India; South Asian Arts and Culture; Hindi-Urdu

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Noa Nahmias

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in History, York University

Modern Chinese history; history of science; knowledge production; material culture; print culture

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Nanditha Narayanamoorthy

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Identities; South Asian (Tamil) diasporas; queer sexuality; post-colonialism; Digital Humanities; endangered languages

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Rajat Nayyar

Doctoral student, Graduate Programme in Theatre and Performance Studies, York University

Vocality; everyday resistance; collaborative filmmaking; performative spaces; folklore; decolonization

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Christine Nguyen

Master's Candidate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Visual culture; perceptions of East and West; Japanese contemporary literature; cross-cultural analysis between Western painting and Japanese literature

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Izumi Niki

Doctoral student, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University

Unpaid care work (elder care and domestic work); labour; gender; immigration policy; Japan; East Asia

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Min Ah Park

Doctoral Student, Gradaute Programme in English, York University

Korean-Canadian diaspora; Asian-Canadian studies; immigration histories; socio-cultural politics, lived experiences; literary expression

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Hsin-Yun Peng

Doctoral Student, School of Social Work, York University

Chinese LGBTQ individuals; migration; life strategy; gender equality; career planning

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Janice Phonepraseuth

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University

Racial and ethnic identities; racialization; East and Southeast Asia

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Nausheen Quayyum

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Politics, York University

Labour and feminist movements in the Global South; political economy of South Asia; community and international development; Bangladesh

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Venilla Rajaguru

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Science & Technology Studies, York University

Space security; maritime security; cyber nexus; international law and security

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Vidya Rajasingam

Master's Candidate, Urban and Regional Planning, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, York University

Japan; urban planning; social housing; psychology; community development; education; evaluation

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Susan Rajendran

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Buddhism; humanism; modernity; postcolonial; Sri Lanka

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Dalton Rawcliffe

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in History, York University

Transnationalism; Maoism; Cultural Revolution; Britain; China; Hong Kong; Cold War; propaganda

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K. B. Roberts

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Political ecology of resource frontiers; rural livelihood change; deforestation and forest degradation; feminist research methods

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Antoniel Roca

Doctoral Student, Graduate Program in Music, York University

Ethnomusicology; Filipino diaspora; identity; post-colonialism; hybridity in music; alterity

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Arun Nedra Rodrigo

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Tamil refugee narratives; translation

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Arianto Sangadji

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Political economy; state theory; extractive industries; agrarian change; communal violence

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Philip Sarrazin

Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Global production networks; Olympics; ice hockey athletes; Canada; China

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Cailleah Scott-Grimes

Master's Candidate, Production, Graduate Programme in Film, York University

Japan; women and gender studies; linguisitics; film; visual culture

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Aparna Sengupta

Master’s student, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University

Disaster anthropology; urban governance; Indigenous communities and knowledge; India; environmental management; Information-communication technology (ICT); cartographic mapping; Geographic Information System (GIS)

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Reena Shadaan

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies

Environmental justice; environmental health; data justice; occupational health; reproductive justice

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Zhi Ming Sim

Doctoral student, Graduate Programme in Politics, York University

Feminism; international relations; political violence; conflict; post-conflict reconciliation

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Harini Sivalingam

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Socio-legal Studies, York University

Immigration and refugee law; international and domestic human rights; national security law; South Asian Diaspora

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Gobika Sriranganathan

Doctoral student, Socio-Cultural and Policy Studies, Graduate Programme in Kinesiology and Health Science, York University

Sport; diasporic studies; leadership; postcolonial feminism; research methodologies; data analysis; social capital; program evaluation; well-being

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Shabnam Sukhdev

Master's candidate, Graduate Programme in Film, York University

Normality and otherness; diaspora; feminism

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Geetha Sukumaran

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

Contemporary Tamil poetry; women's writing; trauma literature and translation

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Josh Trichilo

Doctoral student, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York University

3.11; post-disaster life; trauma; auditory culture; sound studies; culture studies; post-humanism; media studies; archive studies; Japan

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Sadia Uddin

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Humanities, York Univeristy

Pakistan; human rights; Shia genocide; religious minorities; political development; religious extremism; governance; law

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Derek Verbakel

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Politics, York University

Militarism; (in)security; conflict; India; Israel; transnational; nationalism; violence

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Robin Verrall

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Politics, York University

Taiwan; China; nationalism; protests; visual culture

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Megan Whitney

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University

Political ecology; wildlife tourism; critical geographies of labor and migration; climate change; Thailand; Southeast Asia

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Salvo Wiseman

Doctoral Student, School of Social Work, York University

Social justice and solidarity; homelessness and mental health; decolonizing Western healthcare systems

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Keefer Wong

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University

Neoliberal ideologies; globalization; social change; knowledge production; diaspora; “identities;” transnationalism; political economy; critical theory; China

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Rachel Wong

Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in English, York University

Asian North American diasporic literature and theory; twentieth-century Canadian literature; minority writers; post-colonial theory; critical race theory; cultural studies; literary representations of women and ethnic enclaves

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Harshita Yalamarty

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies, York University

Critical transnational feminist and postcolonial theories; women’s movements in India; gendered citizenship practices; religious communities in India; migration and marriage practices; South Asian diaspora

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Xiao Alvin Yang

Visiting Graduate Associate, York Centre for Asian Research
Doctoral Candidate, Political and Economic Science, Universität Kassel, Germany

International Relations theory; global political economy; Belt and Road Initiative; China and Europe; East Asia and Southeast Asia; popular music; Chinese and European history and philosophy

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Summaiya Zaidi

Doctoral Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Legal education; socio-legal theory; law and policy reform; Pakistan

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Sabrina Zhao

Master's Candidate, Production, Graduate Programme in Film, York University

Gender; diasporic identities; historical identities,

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Yikun Zhao

Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University

Cultural and economic sociology; cultural capital; cultural industry; Chinese consumer culture; etiquette; sociological theories; climate change; digital research methods

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