Class of 2015
Lani Alden received two degrees in Japanese and Theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she also obtained a Certificate in East Asian Studies. After graduating, she worked as an assistant at the Gordon W. Prange Collection helping catalogue censored post-war Japanese documents. At Yale, she focused on early modern Japan with strong emphasis on gender studies and Chinese cultural transmission. She also obtained a qualification from the Yale Initiative for the Study of Antiquity and the Pre-modern World. After graduation, Lani plans to continue her education in the Asian Languages & Civilizations program at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Jennifer Bruno received her A.B. summa cum laude from Cornell University and then lived and worked in Japan for two years. Following this, Jennifer received her M.Div. and Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary. At Yale, she focused her work on Japan studies and anthropology of religion. After graduation, she plans to pursue a career in international law, with a focus on East Asia.
Yuan Chen
Wee Shian Goh
Randall Tye Graham received a B.S. in History from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2003. He then spent over 2 years in Baghdad as a Cavalry platoon leader and company commander. Tye also served a year in Taiwan traveling East Asia and advising the Taiwan Army. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Arizona and Oklahoma State University. At Yale, he focused his studies on cross-strait issues and Taiwanese nationalism. After graduation, Tye will join the US Army Pacific’s International Military Affairs section in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Adam Haliburton received a B.A. in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University in 2010. After completing a year-long fellowship in Yale’s Office of Federal Relations, he worked the next three years in Japan. During his time in the East Asian Studies M.A. Program, Adam has explored a number of disciplines, including archaeology; ethnomusicology; and poetics, as they relate to Japan. Adam will return to Yale in the fall as a doctoral student in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures.
Tiying Huang received her B.A. degree in English from Shanghai University in 2009, and a Master of Arts in Anthropology from Peking University in 2012. At Yale, Tiying focused on state control in China; its objects, means, and effects, both in early modern and contemporary times. Following graduation, Tiying plans to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology.
Alistair Hughes graduated with first class honors from the London School of Economics in 2014. Specializing in Chinese political economy at Yale, he has studied China’s major domestic and international relations challenges from an inter-disciplinary, social science perspective. He has paid particular attention to the socio-economic problems arising from rapid urbanization in China since the 1990s. Alistair was awarded a Light Fellowship by Yale in February 2015 and will travel to Beijing next year to conduct research and further improve his Mandarin language skills.
Hanting Sha received her B.A. in English and Journalism in 2013 from Beijing Foreign Studies University in China. Before entering Yale, she worked in some of China’s major media organizations and international think tanks. At Yale, she specialized in Chinese foreign policy and Chinese contemporary history. After graduation, Hanting plans to pursue a career in the Foreign Service.
Jiakai Sheng received his B.A. in History from Tufts University in 2014. He concentrated on modern Japanese history and Japanese language as a Master’s student at Yale. After graduation, Jiakai will join Inter-University Center’s year-long program of advanced Japanese language study in Yokohama, Japan.
Shuang Song born in 1993 in Anhui Province, China, received his B.A. degree in Sociology from Renmin University of China, with an honored thesis. Before entering Yale, Shuang worked as a research assistant for two faculty members of the University of Chicago, and co-founded a student-managed salon with the aim to facilitate public discussion on the campus of Renmin University. At Yale, Shuang’s major research interests centered on contemporary politics, inequality, and stratification in China. Shuang plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Sociology after graduation.
Hui Wen Tea received her B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature with a minor in International Relations and Foreign Affairs from Peking University in 2014. She graduated as the top international student of her department and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Award. At Yale, Hui Wen specialized in modern Chinese history and Chinese nationalism. She has completed many education-related internships, and she will be working in the Ministry of Education in Singapore after graduation.
Linan Yao went to Peking University for her undergraduate education, majoring in international politics and economics. During her junior year, she studied political science at National Taiwan University as an exchange student. While in the East Asian Studies M.A. Degree Program, she focused on Chinese politics and society, as well as comparative politics. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Political Science after graduation.