Hyeju J. Jeong was formerly a doctoral fellow from Duke University at CGA. She completed her Ph.D. degree requirements in December, 2019. For her graduate study, Hyeju explored the connections and networks between East Asia and West Asia through the lenses of religion and diasporas. She received her BA degree from Duke University with a double major in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and History. Since her tenure at CGA in the summer of 2016, she has completed dissertation research in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan with the support of a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and a Center for Chinese Studies Fellowship.