Stories from the Field From Current Fellows

Find out what our Fellows have been up to in their sites by reading stories from the field! Highlights include running a marathon in Jakarta, climbing a mountain in northern India, learning how to play the Koto in Japan, practicing softball in China, and much more.

• Water or Rock: In Which I Give Up on My Dreams and Find Something Better (Maisy Byerly, Taigu, China)

• Mountains Beyond Music and the Etymology of Belonging (Christian James, Himachal Pradesh, India)

• “A More Onerous Citizenship”: Exploring Health, Community, and Sickness in Rural India (Emmanuel Greenberg, Himachal Pradesh, India)

• Taigu Chronicles (Theo Carney, Taigu, China)

• Chinese is Hard (Nathan Michaelson, Taigu, China)

• Encountering ‘Islam Nusantara’ (Ruby Saha, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

• Awkward Social Situations and the Rewards That Follow (Chul Kim, Machida, Japan)

• Rural: From 3,000 to 300,000 People (Liam Leslie, Taigu, China)

• Jogja, with Love (Teresa Tippens, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

• Lessons in Many Classrooms (Christopher Nguyen, Machida, Japan)

• Every Day Is New, Every Month Is Different (Jeremy Rubinstein, Beijing, China)

• A Little Bit of Madurai In My Life (Vanessa Champagne, Madurai, India)

• Running for My Life (Leila Goldstein, Banda Aceh, Indonesia)

• The Shansi Index (Patrick Gilfether, Banda Aceh, Indonesia)

• This Too Shall Pass (Ariel Powell, Machida, Japan)