GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE
“My research is an ethnographic study of community based
ecotourism and biodiversity conservation among a Semai
community in Malaysia. The research seeks to bridge the
gap between conservation justice and the empowerment of
Orang Asli in the Malaysian context. I have made it my
mission to share this knowledge (participating in events
such as the 3MT or 3-Minute Thesis Competition) with the
hopes that this can pave the way for more mutually
beneficial sustainable initiatives between these groups in the
future. This research would not have been possible without
the generous grants and funding from SASS and I am
grateful for the opportunity to learn from the Semai people
and forge lifelong friendships and partnerships with them.”
“As a PhD student of Monash Malaysia, I am currently
working to prepare a quality framework of critical English
language pedagogy informed by postcolonial perspectives
with particular reference to Malaysia and Bangladesh. By
providing me a significant four-week stay opportunity at
Monash Australia, the VC’s international PhD student
intercampus mobility scheme has helped me to have an
intercampus experience particularly in a core English
speaking country, to benefit from Monash’s Clayton Campus
library for my thesis and to collect insights from my host
supervisor in Australia. I am proud to be a Monash student.”
Abdullah Al Mahmud
Wong Zhi Hoong
“My PhD journey with Monash Malaysia has been an
amazing and eye-opening one. My research on the café
culture of Penang may be a local study but the
opportunities I had through fellowships and grants during
my candidature have led me to travel to places I had never
thought I could afford while doing my postgraduate studies.
The support and encouragement from my supervisors and
staff at Monash enabled me to travel to Singapore,
Amsterdam, and Australia. These opened doors for me to
meet and learn from other scholars in my field of study and
widened my horizon tremendously.” “As a passionate researcher who has been keen on
understanding the interesting yet complicated phenomenon
of Chinese sub-national engagements with ASEAN
countries, pursuing my PhD in Monash Malaysia has allowed
me the opportunity to fulfil this goal. During my tenure in
Monash, I received much guidance from my supervisor and
other faculty members to study the institutional conditions
facilitating the international engagements of Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region (GZAR) with ASEAN countries — a
topic of much value but not yet fully studied in the discipline
of International Relations (IR). As recognition of the
significance of my research project, I was awarded the
Chinese Government Scholarship (Bilateral Program) to
undertake a nine-month Visiting Fellowship in Nanning (the
capital of GZAR) in 2017.”
Beh May Ting Lee Chee Leong