AAAS STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
As part of AAPI Heritage Month celebrations, students working on Asian and Asian American
topics presented their research to a captive audience of students, faculty and community
members. This event was hosted by the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
in partnership with University Libraries.
Exploring Connections: Asian Diaspora in Puerto Rico
Presenter: Adamaris Pabon-Seda , Asian & Asian American Studies/Korean Studies
Advisor: Sandra So Hee Chi Kim
Indigenous Peoples as Tools of the Nation: Using the Ainu to Revitalize the National
Image in Japan
Presenter: Peter Keenan , Asian & Asian American Studies/Japanese Studies
Advisor: Gregory Ruf
Sociolinguistic Comparison of Jejueo and Long Island Eastern Algonquian Languages
Presenter: Julie Wolfe , Linguistics, Globalization Studies and International Relations/Korean Studies
Advisor: Heejeong Sohn
Soseki’s Relevating Hypotheticals
Presenter: Alena Huynh , Political Science/Japanese Studies
Advisor: Eva Nagase
White Rice, Human Capital, and (Post)colonial Exploitation in Pachinko
Presenter: Ling Liu , Visiting scholar in English, Ph.D candidate at Hong Kong Baptist University
Advisor: Jeffrey Santa Ana
Themes of "To Live": Understanding Contemporary Chinese Culture and History through
Yu Hua's Modern Classic
Presenter: Oliver Pitts , Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Advisor: Dongmei Zeng
Exploring Cross-Cultural Moral Lessons and Cultural Retention through Classic Children’s
Literature
Presenter: Juhi Sarin , Biology/Asian & Asian American Studies
Advisor: Agnes He
The Universality of Language and Its Limitations: Perspective from Toshihiko Izutsu
Presenter: Yasuko, Fujita, Contemporary Asian & Asian American Studies
Advisor: Eriko Sato
