sikang-songSikang Song was awarded the 2016 College of Arts and Sciences Doctorate Student Achievement Award in the Humanities.  He is an all-but-degree PhD Candidate working with former Asia Program Director, Dr. David Pietz. His research fields are Modern China, World History, and Global Environmental History.  His research focuses on the ecological, social, and cultural constructions of tobacco growing and tobacco industry in North China during the early twentieth century.