Advanced Undergraduate Research Award (AURA) Winners
With the generous support of the Gee Family Association, the faculty in Asian Studies each year select Advanced Undergraduate Research Award (AURA) winners to support student research, study, and community/public service projects.
2012
Monica Matsumoto (CIEE (Advanced) Arabic Language Program in Jordan)
Erick Miller (Asian Studies Program, Kansai Gaidai University - Hirakata, Japan)
*Erick Miller wins the Mitsubishi International Corporation Scholarship ("The Southern Journal")
Christine Sun (Hepatitis B Research and Outreach - Rice University campus and Houston)
2011
Benjamin Chou (Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Conference - Seoul, South Korea)
Robert Ip (AISEC-sponsored volunteer teaching - Beijing & Anhui Province, China)
Michelle Phillips (Senior Thesis Research - Beijing, China)
George Romar (Language and film studies - Beijing University, China)
Christine Sun (Hepatitis B Research Internship - The Asian Liver Center, Stanford Medical School)
2010
Deanne Diem Xuan Nguyen (Fukuoka University – Japanese educational policy research)
David Randall (Korea-American Student Conference)
Karthik Soora (Internship - Katha, NGO based in New Delhi, India)
Norman Truong (Chinese University of Hong Kong – engineering and management)
2009
Philip Chu (INNOVATE Science & Engineering Program, Viet Nam and Taiwan)
Nicky Jayna Mehtani (Community Health Researh, Rajastan, India)
Katherine Elizabeth Pouns (Cultural Embrace volunteer, Guilin; Cybercamp, Guangzhou, China)
David Randall (Intensive Chinese language study)
2008
Stacy Cheng (University of Pennsylvania Program – Seoul, South Korea)
Lauren Sidner (Internship – Jones Day law firm, Beijing, China)
Alec Walker (HPAIR Conference, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia)
2007
Gina Gan Cao (Internship – Fujian Jinma Film & Television Co., China)
Stacy Cheng (Language and cultural studies, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Northwest China)
Emilie Chu (Yonsei University, South Korea)
Jue Julie Liao (Language study, Shanghai, China)
Elizabeth Peng (Internship – Beijing; Museum of Chinese Americans, New York City)
Dale Swartz (Language study, Shanghai, China)
Alec Walker (HPAIR Conference – Beijing, China)
2006
Megan Adell Jones (Hindi and Indian Studies Program, India)
Jue Julie Liao (Chinese Education Foundation – rural China)
Elizabeth L. Peng (Dragon 100 Young Chinese Leaders Program – Hong Kong and Xi’an)
Diane Carol Wu (History and Sociology of Textbooks – Taiwan and Mainland China)
2005
Jo Ling Kent (Dragon 100 Young Chinese Leaders Program – Hong Kong and Shanghai)
Mark Ting Wang (Dragon 100 Young Chinese Leaders Program – Hong Kong and Shanghai)
Current and past Asian Studies majors who have received various honors and awards.
2012
Melissa Verne, McMurty College
Taiwan Study-abroad Scholarship (Mandarin Center Summer Program, Normal University, Taiwan)
Ja Young Choi, Fall 2010, Wiess College
Cognitive Science Study-abroad Scholarship, International Program
2012 Study-abroad Scholarship, Center for the Study of Languages
2012 UVA in Shanghai, summer program, University of Virginia
Michelle Phillips Received Certificate of Chinese Language and Culture Competence, from Center of Studies of Languages, Rice University
Devin Glick
Critical Language Scholarship, United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Benjamin Chou, Martel College,Political Science/Asian Studies/Policy Studies
Truman Scholars
Anna McRobert. Lovett College
Study-abroad Scholarship, International Program, 2012 (CET Kunming, Summer Intensive Chinese Program)
CCAS Alumna Tracey Lam receives a Fulbright teaching scholarship
Benjamin Chou, 2011 AURA recipient, is awarded the Truman scholarship