Center for Asian Studies Student and Faculty Achievements

Asian Studies Graduates

B. A. in Asian Studies

Tae Chapmann Minors: History and Korean
Lily Elliott Second Major: B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Chloe Nowak Additional Majors: Psychology, Chinese Language and Civilization, Leadership and Community Engagement
Light Scheppy Second Major: Japanese Language and Literature; Minor: Korean
Sanskriti Shrestha Minors: Chinese, Japanese, Leadership Studies
Elena Wilson Second Major: Political Science

Asian Studies Minor

Elizabeth Craig Majors: Political Science and History
Shelby Glenn Majors: History and International Affairs; Second Minor: Classics
Aidan Vance Major: History

Certificate in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies

Luke Stumpfl Major: Anthropology; Minor: Geography

CAS Student Awards

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

Graduate Student Fellows 2024-25 Academic Year

Aaron Bhatoya Hindi (History)
Jeanne Cho Japanese (History)
Nicholas Christoffersen Korean (Mathematics)
Jake Fischer Japanese (ALC)
Nicolas Jones Japanese (History)
Emily Swertfeger Arabic (History)

Graduate Student Fellows Summer 2025

Geneieve Hauer Chinese (Religious Studies)
Jessica Misiorek Japanese (Anthropology)
Casey Ringer Japanese (History)

Undergraduate Student Fellows Summer 2025

Malia Donoghue Chinese (Integrative Physiology)
Ian Comer Japanese (ALC)

Edward G. Seidensticker Japan Summer 2025 Research Grants

Ivan-Daniel Espinosa Theatre and Performance Studies
Ubochi Igbokwe Ethnomusicology

Japanese Studies Scholarship Fellows 2024-2025 Academic Year

Brandon Edwards Asian Languages and Civilizations
Evelyn Emery Asian Languages and Civilizations
Haruka Fujii Asian Languages and Civilizations
Sam Hensley Art and Art History
Lillith Jackson Asian Languages and Civilizations
Nicholas Jones History
Jessica Misiorek Anthropology
Casey Ringer History
Nyla Schaberg Asian Languages and Civilizations
Mikhail Skovoronskikh Asian Languages and Civilizations
Raisa Stebbins Asian Languages and Civilizations
Juliana Valverde Asian Languages and Civilizations
Taoxuan Xu Asian Languages and Civilizations

CAS Faculty Awards

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant

Dwi Purwanto Indonesian Language Instruction

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Course Development Grant

Nidhi Arya Asian Languages and Civilizations

Asian Studies Course Development Grants

Brianne Cohen Art & Art History
Lauren Collins Asian Studies
Shae Frydenlund Asian Studies
Miriam Kadia Kingsburg History
Daryl Maude Asian Languages and Civilizations
Jianmin Shao Ethnic Studies
Molly Todd Sociology

Join us for the Center for Asian Studies commencement and celebration of student and faculty achievement on Friday, May 9 at 1:30 p.m. in the CASE Building, 4th floor.

Congratulations!