The GETSEA Graduate Student Advisory Council represents graduate students at all eight GETSEA member institutions, and helps steer the course of GETSEA in helping to enhance graduate training in Southeast Asian studies. There are also places reserved for floating, at-large memberships, which are open to graduate students from any U.S. institution.
Council members serve on the working committees of GETSEA with members of the steering committee, and they provide direct feedback on key programming that GETSEA is undertaking. Graduate Council members have played key roles in the establishment of GETSEA’s social media channels, the robust needs assessment survey, and mini-course selection.
GETSEA solicits annual applications to serve on the Graduate Council, and offers Council members stipends and travel support for taking on extra work and special projects.
Graduate Council Members (Academic Year 2025-2026)
Jenny Pham, University of California, Berkeley (History)
Jenny Silver, University of California, Berkeley (Anthropology)
Emma Goh, University of California, Berkeley (City & Regional Planning)
Ezra Undag, SEAC Consortium (Science & Sustainability)
June Boonyanuphong, Cornell University
Shimon Likhtman, Notre Dame University (Anthropology)
Wayne Huang, University of California, Santa Cruz (Anthropology)
Chutikan Chaikittiwatana, Stony Brook University (Musicology)
Ima Kurniasanti, University of Hawai’i
B.P. Thang, University of Hawai’i
Paul Gabriel, University of Hawai’i (Musicology)
Gengrun Li, University of Michigan
Tyler Chen, University of Michigan (Political Science)
Aye Myat Mon, Northern Illinois University (Education)
Court Hansen, Northern Illinois University
Adrian Mamaril, University of California, Los Angeles (Political Science)
Rane Prak, University of California, Los Angeles (Ethnomusicology)
Nida Sanglimsuwan, University of California, Los Angeles (Sociology)
Kelly Van Acker, University of Washington (History)
Caitlin O’Malley, University of Washington
Adrian Beyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Inigo Acosta, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Anthropoloy)