Fulbright US Student Program Edition
Chloe King is a recent graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, DC, where she studied international affairs, sustainability, and geography. As a 2019-20 US Student Fulbright Researcher, she is working with Dr. Wa Iba at University Halu Oleo in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi on a project titled, “The Future of Tourism: Conservation Strategies in.. Read More.
Galen is a PhD student in social anthropology at Harvard University. For his US Fulbright Student Researcher grant, he is conducting one year of ethnographic fieldwork in Jakarta examining the everyday lives, practices, discourses, and ethics of journalists, editors, government officials, and citizens involved in the production and regulation of the Indonesian news media industry… Read More.
Sean Hayward is a composer and performer based in the Los Angeles and Surakarta areas. During Sean’s residency as a Fulbright award recipient, he is conducting research on calung Banyumas and also developing original compositions for the ensemble. His music is a reflection of his wide-ranging interests, which include Javanese gamelan, process music, Balkan folk.. Read More.
Melati Kaye has a master’s in environmental science and management from the University of Rhode Island. Her 2019 US Fulbright Student research project affiliated with Haluoleo University in Kendari, Sulawesi is to build a web-based map of coral fish distribution for inlets in Southeast Sulawesi based on local ecological knowledge and landings data. She is.. Read More.
Nicholas Murray Husted is conducting research titled “Randai Since Reformasi: Changes in Minangkabau Folk Theatre 1996-2018.” This project will contribute to his PhD dissertation which looks at the changes in form and content that randai has undergone since Reformasi. Murray is working with artists and faculty at the Institute Seni Indonesia Padangpanjang in West Sumatra… Read More.
Monali Varaiya is a dancer and musician at the Bay Area-based Gamelan Sekar Jaya and a student of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley. Under 2018 US Fulbright Student grant, she is diving deep into Balinese masked dance and documenting the mythology, symbolism, and philosophy underlying this dynamic form of dance drama in a.. Read More.
Ed Garcia conducts research entitled “Sundanese Dance-Drumming: Style Studies of Tari Putri, Topeng, and Jaipongan” in Bandung, West Java. Ed’s research compares and contrasts the musical repertoire, performance techniques, and history of prominent 20th century Sundanese dance styles from a dance-drumming perspective (drumming that accompanies dancers’ movements). His research begins in May 2019 and supported.. Read More.
Katia Chaterji is conducting research titled “The Transmission of Islam to Maritime Southeast Asia: Performance and Identity in Sumatra.” This project will contribute to Katia’s PhD dissertation in History which explores Islam in maritime Southeast Asia, and how this Islamic heritage influences the expression of cultural, religious, and national identities today through Malay literary and performing arts. Katia will.. Read More.
As a Fulbright US Student Researcher, Eden spends 10 months in Yogyakarta to conduct research on transnational apologies, focusing on Dutch-Indonesian relations. For this research, he is affiliated with Universitas Gadjah Mada. This is Eden’s third time in Indonesia. Previously, he spent time in Malang, East Java to learn the Indonesian language and culture under.. Read More.
Carson Whisler holds a bachelor of science in economics from Santa Clara University in 2017. For his one-year research project sponsored by the 2018 US Fulbright Student Grant, he partners with Dr. Sudi Mungkasi and Sanata Dharma University on “Analyzing Opportunities To Deploy Pay-As-You-Go Solar Technologies To Mitigate Energy Poverty In Indonesian Communities” where they.. Read More.
