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Home / blog / Student Spotlight: Clay Eaton

Student Spotlight: Clay Eaton

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to present a Student Spotlight video series that introduces viewers to Columbia University students whose research involves East Asia and Southeast Asia. This video features Clay Eaton, a doctoral student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures who studies the history of the Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II.

More videos in the WEAI Student Spotlight series include:

Lei Lei, PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Area of Focus: Chinese Literature)
Peter Moody, PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Area of Focus: Korean History)
Christopher Peacock, PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Area of Focus: Tibetan Litearture)
Riga Shakya, PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Area of Focus: Sino-Tibetan History)
Norashiqin Toh, PhD student in the Department of Political Science (Area of Focus: Southeast Asian Politics)

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