Scholars

Peter Dziedzic

MTS Candidate, Harvard Divinity School, “Contextualizing Commentaries: Al-Fansuri, al-Sumatrani, and Persian Literary Production in Southeast Asia.”

Seth Soderborg

PhD candidate in Political Science, Harvard University, “Mobilizing Votes under Uncertainty in Indonesia”

Juan David Grisales

Master student in Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, “Mapping Identity in Decolonised Archipelagos“
 

Katie Gonzalez

Candidate for J.D, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, “Unconstitutional Corporal Punishment? The Movement for an Islamic Penal Code in Malaysia and its Impact on Muslim Women”

Mildred Hian Ya Voon

Master student in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “Identification of Key Transformation Factors of Sarawak School Districts Under the District Transformation Program”

Rema Hanna

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, “Reducing Traffic in South East Asia: What Drives Carpooling in Malaysia and Singapore?”

Genevieve Clutario

Assistant Professor of History and History & Literature, Department of History, Harvard University, “The Appearance of Filipina Nationalism”

Joshua Ehrlich

PhD candidate in History, Department of History, Harvard University, “The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge“

Karin B. Michels

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, “Folic Acid Rice Fortification in Vietnam”

Murad, Munjed M

PhD candidate in Theology, Harvard Divinity School, “Unveiling an Islamic Epistemology of Nature: Interviewing Southeast Asian Intellectuals on the Islamic Sciences of Nature”

Ong, Andrew W

PhD candidate in Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, “Make and Break: Connection and Isolation in Wa Special Region on the Burma-China Border”

Choong Wilkins, Rebecca B

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies of East Asia, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, “Giving Voice: Documenting the Dying and Living Languages of the Peranakan Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia“

Damina Khaira

Ph.D candidate in Anthropology, “Storytelling and Nostalgia: The Experiences of Aging in a Longhouse Community”

Seth Soderborg

Ph.D candidate in Government, “Neighborhood Associations and Electoral Politics in Indonesia“

Lina Verchery

Ph.D candidate in Buddhist Studies, “Venerable Hsuan Hua”

Graham Moyer

BA candidate in History of Art and Architecture, “Influence of Art on Public Policy in Malaysia Compared to United States”

Rachel Leng

Master degree candidate in Regional Studies – East Asia, “Unravelling the Sinophone Malaysian Experience: The Circulation of Mahua Cultural Products Across Malaysia and Taiwan”

Rema Hanna

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, “Using Experiments to Improve Public Policy in the Areas of Social Protection, Bureaucratic Reform, and Environmental Policy and Regulation“

Chandrajit Lahiri

Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, “Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of South-East Asian Herbs Against Colorectal Cancer and Its Plausible Prognostic Metastasis Marker”

Hassanudin Mohd Thas Thaker

Lecturer, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “Monetary Policy and Stock Market Performance: A Tale of Asean Stock Markets” 

Chandrajit Lahiri

Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, “Exploring The Potential Of Genome Instability For Oesophageal Cancer Drug Resistance Targets”

Nur Ain Binti Shahrier

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “The Impact Of Macroeconomic Policies On Economic Growth, Poverty And Income Nexus: Evidence Of Asean-3”

Sha Hong Xi

Master student, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, “Association Of Methotrexate Pathway Gene Polymorphisms With Methotrexate Efficacy And Toxicity In Malaysian Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis”

Koon Vui Yee

Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “Inclusive Human Resources Practices”

Manjeet Kaur A/P Harnek Singh

Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “Impact of Health Reform on Household Welfare and Labour Market in Malaysia”

Ooi Pei Boon

Principle Teaching Fellow, Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare & Medical Sciences, Sunway University, “Knowledge Transfer: 3rd Wave of CBT- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy”

Linda Tan Kim Lian

Head – Facilities and Asset Management, Sunway Education Group, “Sustainable Strategies and Implementation Processes for a Modern Competitive Green Campus”

Alireza Zarei

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “Malaysian Ringgit Behaviour”

Chow Shenn Kuan

Undergraduate student, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “Understanding Student Governing Bodies at Harvard University and Representing Sunway University at the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Conference 2018″

Yap Kian Meng

Associate Professor, Department of Computing and Information Systems, School of Science and Technology (SST), Sunway University, “Harvard Biorobotics Laboratory, Haptic and Robotic Projects”

Ashutosh Sarker

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Economic and Neural Bases of Cooperation for Sustainable Resource Management in Southeast Asia”

Kong Xin Ying

PhD candidate, Chemical Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, “Exploiting Inexhaustible Solar Energy for Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Into Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels: Towards Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia”

Yau Kok Lim

Associate Professor, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, “Deep Reinforcement Learning and Its Applications to Intelligent Systems”

Sue-Ann Chia Yuin Quan

Manager – Alumni Relations & Cultural Exchange, Student LIFE, Sunway Education Group, “Becoming Exceptional: Learning Best Practices on Alumni Services and Summer Programmes from Harvard University”

Lee Siok Ping

Director, Student LIFE, Sunway Education Group, “Learning from the Best in Promoting Student Opportunity, Achievement and Success at Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education”

Benedict Valentine Arulanandam

Senior Lecturer, VU Undergraduate Programme, Sunway Education Group, “Poverty Reduction Through Financial Literacy among Underprivileged Communities in Cambodia – New Institutional Economics Approach”

Khor Kuan Siew

Senior Lecturer, Sunway University Business School, Sunway University, “Energy Strategies for Green Universities”

Priya Sharma a/p Amarjit Singh

Lecturer, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “The Trafficking of Migrant Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia- Evidence from an Empirical Legal Study”

Pamudi Banjitha Abeynayake Senadheerage

Ph.D candidate in the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Economic Outcomes of Indonesian Internal Migrants and the Role of Social Networks”

Leong Yoke Kiau

Ph.D candidate in the School of Business, Sunway University, “Parent’s Self-Control and Self-Regulation of Children Diet”

Phoebe Than Lee Lee

Lecturer, Sunway TES Centre for Accountancy Excellence, “Higher Education Reforms and Performance of Malaysia Education System”

James Chin

Director, Governance Studies Programme, JCI, Sunway University, “The Chinese Community in Malaysia and Promoting Malaysian Studies in Harvard”

Jeff Tan Kuan Onn

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, “Gene Therapy Through Virus-Mediated Delivery of Pro-apoptotic Genes to Eliminate Cancer and Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells”

Juan Carlos Quiroz Aguilera

Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, “Predicting the Emotion of a User Based on Walking Patterns“

Glenda Crosling

Dean of Academic Enhancement, Sunway University, “Learning from the Most Accomplished: Investigating best practice at the Derek Bok Centre for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University”

Mudiyanselage Gamini Herath

Professor of Economics, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Research Networking on Globalization, Sustainable Economic Development (SD) and Growth of Asia”

Liew Jie Ying

Ph.D candidate in the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Social Network Technology, Dynamic Capabilities, and Creative Performance among University Students: A Case Study of Malaysia”

V.Santha A. Vaithilingam

Associate Professor in the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Smart Learning Ecosystem to Leap-Frog to An Innovation-Driven and High-Income Economy”

Grace Lee Hooi Yean

Associate Professor in the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Economic Integration in East Asia”

Koh Geok May

Ph.D candidate in the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Can Trade Liberalization and Better Governance Mitigate Asia’s Rising Inequality?”

Liyanage Devangi Hanamika Perera

Ph.D candidate in the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, “Mind the Gap: What Explains Malaysia’s Underperformance in PISA?”

Lavanya Vijayasingam

Ph.D candidate in Global Public Health, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, “Living with Chronic Illness in Malaysia”

Poh Chit Laa

Distinguished Professor, Sunway University, “To Explore Research Collaborations In Virology Program“