SPECIAL THANKS TO…

We would like to thank the following people and organizations for making this study programme a success and an enjoyable one (in chronological order):

Prof. Donald K. Emmerson, Director, Southeast Asia Forum, for initiating this programme in reciprocation to the Overseas Seminar in Singapore in September 2006

Dr Daniel Goh, Assistant Professor of the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, for “chaperoning” us, providing us with valuable insights in the topics of multiculturalism, and of course… for being the coolest professor around  

Ms. Anja Seitz, Program Manager, Bing Overseas Studies Program for organising the welcome reception and interaction session with the Stanford students

Students studying at Stanford University for the warm reception and for their valuable inputs into our research topics

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) for organising the discussion on cultural identity led by Ehito Kimura, Jeong-Woo Koo, and Michael Armacost

Mr. Prakash Chandra, Google Inc. for giving us an almost once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour the premises of one of the world’s leading companies

Haas Centre for Public Service for organising the discussion on service learning programmes led by Scott Sugiura, Bina Zaitsu, Karin Cotterman, and Viet Huynh

Prof. Luis Ricardo Fraga, Director, Diversity Research Institute, who provided us with great insights on racial and ethnic politics in the U.S.

Prof. Ong Aihwa, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, for sharing her astute observations on scholarship on SEAsians in the U.S. with us

Students studying at University of California, Berkeley for the warm hospitality and for giving us the most adventurous and scenic experience throughout the whole programme - climbing up the hill behind UC Berkeley!

Mr. Allan Johnson & Ms. Kalamu Chache, Opportunities Industrialization Center West (OICW) for the wonderful tour around OICW and the sharing which touched all of our hearts

Ms Marguerite Gong Hancock, Associate Director of the Stanford Projects on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPIRE), for sharing her perspectives on re-inventing the Silicon Valley

Mr. Goro Mitchell, Executive Director, Community Development Institute (CDI) for leading a very engaging dialogue with us on the issues faced by the residents of East Palo Alto

Prof. Tom Kosnik, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, for allowing us to tag along with him for a full day in Stanford 

Last but not least, we would also like to extend our gratitude to Ms. Vindy, University Scholars Programme, for putting the two-week programme together and for accommodating our requests before, during and after the study trip=)