Joshua Raphael Lieto
Award Year: 2022

Joshua Raphael Lieto is a PhD candidate in the University of California Riverside Department of Anthropology. His dissertation examines the entanglements of linguistic traditions in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the tensions that arise.

As a Fulbright Student Researcher, Joshua is working on the documentation and analysis of proverbs in the Batak languages of North and Central Sumatra. Joshua’s research collaborates with Sekolah Pascasarjana at Universitas Sumatera Utara, and his counterpart is Prof. Dr. Robert Sibarani.

*Joshua Lieto is a Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Fulbright Student Research grantee. Due to the global pandemic, his grant was deferred to FY 2022.

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