Month: March 2016

Jennifer Eaglin (PhD, History MSU, 2015) has accepted a position as an assistant professor of Environmental History and Sustainability at Ohio State University. Congratulations, Jenn!

Professor Ethan Segal’s chapter “Kodai • chusei Nihon no keizai shiso — mosaku no kokoromi” (“Searching for economic thought in ancient and medieval Japan”) was published in Prof. Kawaguchi Hiroshi’s edited volume Nihon no keizaishiso (Japanese Economic Thought).  In the chapter, Segal explores various historical… Continue Reading Segal book chapter on economic thought published

First year PhD student Anh Le has been awarded first place in the 2015-2016 Shao Chang Lee Best Paper Competition for a graduate student paper in the amount of $2,000. Congratulations!  

3rd year PhD candidate Eddie Bonilla has been awarded the 2016 Somers Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding performance as an instructor of IAH courses at Michigan State University.  The Somers Award recognizes teaching assistants who have exhibited a commitment to excellence, innovation and creativity… Continue Reading Bonilla Wins Prestigious Teaching Award

Amanda Lewis (PhD, 2015) has received the Gill-Chin Lim Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies awarded by MSU International Studies and Programs Her co-advisers were Georgina Montgomery and Walter Hawthorne for her dissertation entitled “Amboseli Landscapes: Maasai Pastoralism, Wildlife Conservation, and Natural Resource… Continue Reading Lewis Wins Gill-Chin Lim Award