{"id":176,"date":"2020-08-04T06:01:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/soc\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:00:56","slug":"current-students-ph-d-sociology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/current-students-ph-d-sociology\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Students Ph.D Sociology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCurrent Students\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-ph-d-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-321\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"#\">Ph.D.<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-320\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/current-students\/\">M.Soc.Sci<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-319\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/current-students-ph-d-sociology\/\">Ph.D<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/10\/Haytham-scaled-e1635428761181.jpg\" alt=\"Haytham\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1670\" width=\"1670\" title=\"Haytham\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tALTHUBAITI HAYTHAM\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:haytham@u.nus.edu\">haytham@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Business, Organisations, Humour, Middle East, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/haytham-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.53.16\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 1.53.16\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"678\" width=\"662\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 1.53.16\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tAMIEL JANSEN DEMETRIAL\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a id=\"menurs2\" title=\"mailto:ajdemetrial@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:ajdemetrial@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link ajdemetrial@u.nus.edu\">ajdemetrial@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Death, Linguistic Anthropology, Visual Ethnography<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/amiel-jansen-demetrial-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/09\/Hideki_phd-e1632244654400.jpeg\" alt=\"Hideki_phd\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"960\" width=\"960\" title=\"Hideki_phd\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tHIDEKI KITAMURA\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:hideki_kitamura@u.nus.edu\">hideki_kitamura@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Economic sociology; anthropology of Islam; historical sociology; Malaysia; Islamic finance<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/hideki-grad-student\/%20\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-14-at-3.19.17-PM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-03-14 at 3.19.17 PM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1046\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-03-14 at 3.19.17 PM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tHUAZHI QIN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:hqin@u.nus.edu\">hqin@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Education; Migration; International Student Mobility<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/huazhi-qin-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/photo.png\" alt=\"photo\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2013\" width=\"2516\" title=\"photo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tHU JUNHAN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:junhan.hu@u.nus.edu\">junhan.hu@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests:\u00a0indigenous environmental politics; more-than-human; religion and ecology; conservation and tourism; Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/hu-junhan-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.55.23\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 1.55.23\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"752\" width=\"658\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 1.55.23\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLEE CHEN EN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a id=\"menurs6\" title=\"mailto:e0446041@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:e0446041@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link e0446041@u.nus.edu\">e0446041@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\nResearch Interests:<br \/>\nLived Experiences of Transnational Commuting: Malaysian Cross-Border Workers and the Co-Production of Urbanism in Johor Bahru and Singapore\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/lee-chen-en-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/06\/Liu_Jinhan-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Liu_Jinhan\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" title=\"Liu_Jinhan\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLIU JINHAN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:jinhanliu@u.nus.edu\">jinhanliu@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Homeownership, Family Formation, Youth, Education, China<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/liujinhan-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/10\/Liang-Yichen-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Liang Yichen photo\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1738\" width=\"1738\" title=\"Liang Yichen photo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLIANG YICHEN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:liangyichen@u.nus.edu\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">liangyichen@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interest: Child Development, Family, Community, Gender, China<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/liang-yichen-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.58.09\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 1.58.09\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"820\" width=\"654\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 1.58.09\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLIM RACHYL\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:rachyl.lim@u.nus.edu\">rachyl.lim@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interest: Organized Crime, Deviance, Trust, Singapore, East Asia, Taoism<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/lim-rachyl-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-2.00.35\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.00.35\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"602\" width=\"656\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.00.35\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLIU YUANYING\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a id=\"menur1nh\" title=\"mailto:e1154500@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:e1154500@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link e1154500@u.nus.edu\">e1154500@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interest: Ageing and Health; Population Studies; Cognition; Lifelong Learning; Inequality<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/liu-yuanying-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.23.08-AM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 11.23.08 AM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1304\" width=\"1304\" title=\"Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 11.23.08 AM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLOW QING YING TIMOTHY\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:timothylow@u.nus.edu\">timothylow@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Sociology of Health and Illness, Life course and Aging, Social Demography, Sociology of Family, Southeast Asia<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/low-qing-ying-timothy-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/mo-yan.jpg\" alt=\"mo yan\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"514\" width=\"400\" title=\"mo yan\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tMO YAN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:moyan@u.nus.edu\">moyan@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Ageing and Health, Population Studies, Research Methods<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/mo-yan-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/11\/Ni-Anni-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ni Anni\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" title=\"Ni Anni\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tNI ANNI\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:anni.ni@u.nus.edu\">anni.ni@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Gender and migration, Motherhood, China<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/ni-anni-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-2.02.41\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.02.41\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"764\" width=\"654\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.02.41\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tNG JIA HAN, BERNARD\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a id=\"menur1nl\" title=\"mailto:bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu\">bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\nResearch Interests:<br \/>\nNusantara&#8217;s Plan: Infrastructure and Sustainability Transformation in Sabah\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/bernard-ng-jia-han-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-2.06.33\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.06.33\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"776\" width=\"654\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.06.33\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPAKEEZEH (PADMINI) BARUAH\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a id=\"menur1np\" title=\"mailto:pbaruah@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:pbaruah@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link pbaruah@u.nus.edu\">pbaruah@u.nus.edu<\/a><a id=\"menur1nl\" title=\"mailto:bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Migration, Statelessness, Gender Studies, Land Rights.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/pakeezeh-padmini-baruah-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/yaxuan-su.jpg\" alt=\"yaxuan su\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2306\" width=\"2306\" title=\"yaxuan su\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tSU YAXUAN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:yaxuan.su@u.nus.edu\">yaxuan.su@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Borders and Borderlands, Gender and Mobility, Transnational Relatedness, Digital Labor, Human Trafficking<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/suyaxuan\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.39.58-AM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 11.39.58 AM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"574\" width=\"512\" title=\"Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 11.39.58 AM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tSUN MINGQIAN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:mingqiansun@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mingqiansun@u.nus.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Social Policy; Inequality; Work and Family; Population Studies\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/sun-mingqian-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240824_120916-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20240824_120916\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2143\" width=\"2560\" title=\"IMG_20240824_120916\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTAN YEOW HUI, BRIAN\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:e1448147@u.nus.edu\">e1448147@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Religion, Catholicism, Education, Social Networks, Social Histories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/tan-y-h-brian-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/tintin.jpg\" alt=\"tintin\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1920\" title=\"tintin\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTINNAPHOP SINSOMBOONTHONG\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:e1154483@u.nus.edu\">e1154483@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Queer Theory, Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology of Humor, Postcolonial\/Decolonial Theory, and Internet Culture<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/tinnaphop-sinsomboonthong-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-9.04.10\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-11-18 at 9.04.10\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1256\" width=\"1354\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-11-18 at 9.04.10\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tYANG BIYING\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a href=\"mailto:yangbiying@u.nus.edu\">yangbiying@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Interests: Ageing, Retirement, Population Health; Intergenerational Relationship<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yang-biying-grad-student\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-2.08.49\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.08.49\u202fPM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"646\" width=\"550\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 2.08.49\u202fPM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tYAP WAY SHEN RUSSELL JAMES JR\t<\/h3>\n<h6>\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t<p><a id=\"menur1nt\" title=\"mailto:russellyap@u.nus.edu\" href=\"mailto:russellyap@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link russellyap@u.nus.edu\">russellyap@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\nResearch Interests:<br \/>\nWhy we work: an anthropological investigation into the lived experiences of gay men in Singapore\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yap-way-shen-russell-james-jr-grad-student\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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