2019 Student Faculty Fellows Projects

Experiencing Virtual Sacred Spaces: designing an Immersive Virtual Exploration Platform for the Shikoku Pilgrimage in Japan
Coastal Carolina University
Students:  Jacob Brine,  Shonte Clement,  Luke Rutherford,  Anna Varick Clayton,  Kasey Charette, Wyatt Beard
Mentors: Ronald S. Green, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Susan Bergeron, Associate Professor of Geography

Cultural Identity and Sustainable Future: A Case Study of Two Heritage Towns in China
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
Students: Ian Bush, Runmin Geng, Cameron Odden, Meghan Reeves
Mentor: Sophia Geng, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies

Understanding China through the Classic Novel Hóng lóu méng
North Central College
Students: Sophie Juhlin, Andrea Du, Aiden Schadt, Madeline Derango, Juliet Mathey
Mentors: Jinai Sun, Assistant Professor of Chinese and Stuart Patterson, Visiting Associate Professor and Chair of the Shimer Great Books School

Forest Fire Management in Rural Yunnan, China
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Students: Phil Abegg, Anna Burtch, Haley Hartenstine, Corinne Rockefeller
Mentors: Jialing Wang and Stentor Danielson, Associate Professors of Geography, Geology, and the Environment

Between State and Populace, Chasing the China Dream
Union College
Students: Trevor Atkins, Jeremy Rausch, Meghan Reilly
Mentor: Megan M. Ferry, Professor of Chinese and Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures Department

Rural Communities in Japan: Challenges, Revitalization Strategies, and Future
The University of Findlay
Student: Garrett Brown 
Mentor: Hiroaki Kawamura, Associate Professor of Japanese

Student Research Projects

Chinese Food Culture and Farming: Traditions and Transitions
Calvin Chan
Swarthmore College

Eco-Spiritual Tourism in Bali: Challenges and Opportunities
Karen Gutensohn, Alexander Etessam, Cassidy Rodriguez, Jacqueline Bengtson
Rollins College

Lessons on Mobile Apps for COVID-19 from China
Sophia Zhou
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Negotiating the Representations of Tibetan Identity in Pema Tseden’s Films
Jennifer Johnson
Gettysburg College

New Women and Ideas of “Wise Mother, Good Wife” in Ju-nam Yang’s  Mimong (1936)
Antonix Davis
Grinnell College

Nunneries of Bhutan
Falon Mansfield
New College of Florida

Tang Influence on the Fashion of the Korean Peninsula and Japan
Rei Yamada
Grinnell College

The Structure of Negation in Osaka Japanese
Arjun Moore
Knox College

Tradition, Science, and Values: Covid-19 Deaths in China and the US
McKenna Lynch, Min Wei, August Bergquist
Willamette University

Trans-ethnic Performance and Pan-Asian-ness in Texas Foodways
Tryne Vander Straten
Trinity University

Water and Environmental issues: China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (sponsored by LIASE grant)
Stephanie Lin
Swarthmore College