Assistant Professor Elvin Ong has been appointed as “Chair-Elect” of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei (MSB) Studies Group from 2022 to 2024. He will work with the new Chair of the MSB Studies Group, Associate Professor Cheong Soon Gan (University of Wisconsin-Superior), and Chair-Mentor Professor Patricia Sloan-White (University of Delaware), in the administration of the group for the two years, and then take over as Chair from 2025.

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) (https://www.asianstudies.org/) is a scholarly, professional association dedicated to representing all persons interested in the study of Asia across all academic disciplines, and is one of the largest organization of its kind in the world. The MSB Studies Group (http://www.msbstudies.org/) is an official committee of the AAS, representing a network of scholars, students, and observers with research interests in the three countries.

Assistant Professor Elvin Ong’s research interests are in the study of democratization in East and Southeast Asia, with a specific focus on opposition parties in hybrid regimes. You can find out more about his research here: https://sites.google.com/site/jyelvinong/home.