Thesis Database

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CEAS M.A. Theses

All CEAS M.A. students are required to submit a final thesis as part of the degree requirements.  Prior to 2017, all theses were submitted via hard copy and those hard copy theses are located for review in the CEAS offices- Knight Building, 1st floor.  We ask that hard copy theses are reviewed in the office and are not taken from the Knight Building.  Beginning in 2017, CEAS M.A. theses are now submitted electronically to the Stanford Digital Repository and links to these documents are located in the thesis database.

Catalogue Number Graduation Year Authors Title Region Adviser Adviser's Department
553 2026 ZHANG, Ziteng Entering the Field: American Social Surveys of China in the Republican Era, 1909–1928 China Thomas Mullaney History
552 2026 YOON, Hong Sun From Brain Drain to Brain Linkage through Talent Ecosystems: Lessons for South Korea from the Indian Diaspora in Silicon Valley Korea Gi-Wook Shin Sociology
551 2026 WANG, Sera The Configuration of Female Modern Subjectivities in the Japanese Film and Novel Japan James Reichert East Asian Languages and Cultures
550 2026 LYU, Jier Delegating Authorship: AI and Contemporary Art Practices in East Asia China Richard Vinograd Art History
549 2026 LI, Jiaqi After the Threshold: U.S. Public Opinion and Nuclear Retaliation in a North Korea Contingency Korea Yiqing Xu Political Science
548 2026 JAFFE, Blake Successes, Shortcomings, and the Road Ahead: Analyzing China's Recent Rural Education Reforms and Outlining Future Strategies China Scott Rozelle Center on China's Economy and Institutions
547 2026 ISHIZAWA, Yuka From Power Balance to Order Shaping: The Rule of Law in Japan’s FOIP Japan Daniel Sneider Center for East Asian Studies
546 2026 GU, Yiyi Between Expression and Silence: Chinese Feminist Film across Eras China Haiyan Lee East Asian Languages and Cultures
545 2026 GRAY, B. Montana Living with Robots, Life with Robots: Human-Robot Coexistence in Japan Japan Miyako Inoue Anthropology
544 2025 SONG, Irene Hyo-Jung Forging History, The Craft of Unmaking: Metalwork in Contemporary Diasporic Korean Art Korea Marci Kwon Art and Art History
543 2025 JONES, MAIKA East Asian Science Fiction and the Politics of the Invisible East Asia Ban Wang East Asian Languages and Cultures
542 2025 CHANG, Tiffany Superpower in Anime, a Beneficial or Trapping Tool of Female Independence: A Close Study of Superpower Among Anime Female Characters – Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon) and Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket) Japan James Reichert East Asian Languages and Cultures
541 2025 ZHOU, Xinbei Gender, Space, and Self-Fashioning in Liu Rushi’s Landscape with Figures China Richard Vinograd Art History
540 2025 SUN, Chao Proactive Elite Alignment Theory (PEAT): Understanding Private Tech-Elite Realignment in Xi Jinping’s New Era of Governance China Andrew Walder Sociology
539 2025 IM, Timothy U.S. Intelligence, Industrial Policy, and Korea’s Industrial Economy: 1942-1950 Korea Gi-wook Shin Sociology
538 2025 HO, Minru Retracing BYD's Success from Battery Maker to New Energy Vehicle Industry Leader: The Importance of Local Governments and Access to the State China Andrew Walder Sociology
537 2025 HAN, Steven From South China Sea to the Yellow Sea: China’s Gray Zone Tactics and Strategic Lessons for South Korea Korea Larry Diamond Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
536 2025 EDWARDS, Zackery Raciolinguistic Cacophony and Linguistic Abundance: An Ethnography of Uchinaaguchi Language Socialization at Two After-school Care Programs Japan Yoshiko Matsumoto East Asian Languages and Cultures
535 2025 ZHENG, Yiguo The Digital Transformation and Virtual Celebrity Industries in East Asia East Asia Dafna Zur East Asian Languages and Cultures
534 2025 ZHANG, Irene Delegating Implementation: How Firms Supply Video Surveillance to Chinese Local Governments China Andrew Walder Sociology