The APRU DSN Executive Committee

The APRU DSN is governed by an Executive Committee consisting of 10 elected Board Members, all doctoral students.  The Committee may create other positions to serve the interests of the organization. 

Elected Members

  

Note: A new team was elected during the 9th APRU DSC @ Vladivostok. Details will be uploaded shortly.

 

Naresh Kumar Agarwal

Chairman

Naresh is a PhD candidate in the Department of Information Systems, School of Computing, National University of Singapore. He holds a B.A.Sc. (Computer Engineering) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore which he joined as SIA/NOL scholar from India in 1995. His research interests include Information Searching and Retrieval from the User/Behavioral Perspective, Information Management, Knowledge Management and Human-Computer Interaction. Prior to research, he gained 5½ years of diverse industry experience in multicultural environments in Singapore, USA and India. Naresh has been a debater and likes to paint in oil and watercolor in his free time. 

Email: nareshag AT gmail DOT com

Website:  http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~naresh

Gerardo Gambirazzio

Vice Chairman

Gerardo is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis. He holds a BA from UC Davis in History and an MA from UCLA in Urban Planning with a specialization in Regional Economic Development. He returned to UC Davis for his doctorate in Geography. His research focus is on conflict over natural resources and environmental management practices of land and water among ethnic minorities across the Pacific Rim.

Email: gambig AT gmail DOT com

Yu Hui

Secretary

Yu Hui is a PhD candidate at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, National University of Singapore.

Email: hibiscushui AT gmail DOT com 

  
Lourdes Marie Tejero
Lourdes Marie Tejero
Director of Research and Development
Lourdes is a PhD Nursing candidate at the University of the Philippines, Manila. She is also an Assistant Professor in the same University. She specializes in pediatric nursing and nursing administraton. She teaches research and has completed studies in clinical nursing practice.
 
Email: lourdestejero AT yahoo DOT com
Ahmed Imran
Director of Information Management
Ahmed is a PhD candidate and Research Assistant / Project Administrator (NCISR) at the School of Accounting and Business Information Systems, Australian National University. His research interests include ICT adoption, implementation and strategy in the public sector, ICT in Least Developed Countries (LDC) and e-government. 

Email: Ahmed DOT Imran AT anu DOT edu DOT au

Website: http://www.ictforldc.com/about%20us.htm

Stephen Robert Nagy
Director of Communications
Stephen is a Research Associate at Waseda University’s Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Educated at the University of Calgary, Canada and Waseda University, Tokyo, he is also serving as the President of the Waseda University Doctoral Student Network (WUDSN) and a PhD Candidate at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS). His research is centered on the implications of migration to Japan, the manner integration will take place and future constructs of Japanese identity, nationality, citizenship and Japan’s ability to navigate through this process.

Email: nagystephen AT hotmail DOT com

Website: http://www.waseda.jp/gsaps/WUDSN/WUDSNindex.htm

Anastasia V Kouznetsova
Director of Programs and Publications
Anastasia is a PhD candidate in Law at the Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia. She is the current chair of the forthcoming APRU DSC in Vladivostok.

 

Email: anastasiakouz AT gmail DOT com
Yusuke Takagi
Director of Special Projects
Yusuke is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Law, Keio University. He served as the Chair of the 8th APRU DSC of 2007. Born in Gunma, Japan, he received his Bachelor of Laws from Keio University (Faculty of Law - Political Science) in 2004 and his Master of Laws degree from the Graduate School of Law in 2006. 
 
Email: yusuketak AT yahoo DOT co DOT jp
Hong Lu
Director of Special Projects
Hong Lu is a PhD candidate at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
 
Email: luh03 AT mails DOT tsinghua DOT edu DOT cn
Lauren Movius
Director of Special Projects
Laurenis a PhD student at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. Lauren holds a dual MSc/MA degree in Global Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and USC. She received a B.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in Communication Studies and French. Lauren's areas of study include global media policy, new communication technology and society, and political economy of communication. 

 

Email: lmovius AT usc DOT edu

Other Positions

Raphael Funwa Iluyomade
Raphael Funwa Iluyomade

Adviser / Fellow

Raphael is a PhD from the National University of Singapore. A former chairperson of DSN and the chair of the 7th APRU DSC in NUS, Singapore, he has agreed to stay on as Adviser to the Executive Committee. 

Email: raphkate2 AT yahoo DOT com

Quan Quan 

Webmaster / Adjunct Member

Quan Quan is a PhD candidate from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Brian Bantugan

Adjunct Member

Brian is a PhD candidate at the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines and faculty of St. Paul University Manila.

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