current-phd-students

Sally Greenland

Sally Greenland

Field: Mongolian and Chinese History
Advisor: Robert Hymes

Sally Greenland studies the complexities of the Mongol Empire and its successor states. Her academic interests include the history of military engagement and militarization, the political cultures of Inner Asia, and nomadism on the Eurasian Steppe. Her current focus on elite Mongol women evolved from her master’s dissertation, which scrutinized the contributions of female leaders in the Mongol Empire during the early imperial and imperial periods.

Sally holds an M.A. from Columbia University and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics (with distinction) in international history. She also earned a Bachelor of Business from QUT in Brisbane, Australia. Prior to joining Columbia, she worked in both the finance and entertainment sectors. Sally prefers to spend winters in the basement of Starr Library and summers riding across the Steppe.

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Albert E. Errickson

Albert E. Errickson

Field: Vietnamese Studies
Advisor: John Phan
Email: aee2126@columbia.edu

Albert Errickson is a Ph.D. student with a focus in Vietnamese Studies. His current research examines the relationship between language and writing in pre-modern Vietnam. He is interested in issues of vernacularization, writing script history, book history, and literacy in Vietnam and pre-modern East Asia more broadly. Prior to beginning the Ph.D. program, he received his B.A. from Rutgers University and M.A. from Columbia University. 

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Yi Deng

Yi Deng

Field: Japanese Literature
Advisor: Haruo Shirane
Email: yd2366@columbia.edu

Yi is a PhD student in early modern Japanese literature. Some of her interests include historical narratives, classical poetry, Noh plays, ghost stories, revenge tales, and legends of demon-slaying. Her primary focus is late Edo yomihon, where many of these elements converge. Beyond that, she is also interested in the publishing industry, contemporary media, and literary translation.

Yi received her BA in Neurobiology & Behavior from Cornell University (2011), MI in Library and Information Science from Rutgers University (2018), and MA in Japanese Literature from Columbia University (2022).

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