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The Asian Studies Program was incredible because most professors were undertaking their own research, passionate about their subject of study, and enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge with students. It felt fresh and profound at the same time. Inspiring!
I was able to delve deep and focus on the areas of Asian Studies that truly interested me, and therefore gained a much more thorough and developed understanding of my fields of interest, which are applicable to my current career path. Also, the professors are extremely helpful and want their students to succeed. They were very supportive both while I was at UH and after I graduated.
Check out CALL’s three-part video following Carol Li at a Conversations with Former UK Prime Minister Pacific Forum event. Carol Li is an Asian Studies Alumni who works as a Program and Publications Manager of Pacific Forum. She shared why…
Kim Sluchansky Hometown: Maryland, USA Degree & Year: BA, 2017 Area Focus: Japan Current Employment: Coordinator for International Relations, JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Programme (Japan) What was the best part of the Asian Studies program for you? I had incredibly…
Annie Reynolds graduated from the Asian Studies program with an MA focusing on Southeast Asia, and continued on to complete a PhD in Asian Theatre here at UH Mānoa. Now the curator of the East-West Center Gallery, in this video she welcomes new students to the Asian Studies program, and talks about how the program helped shape her career trajectory.
Stevie Suan (MA Asian Studies, 2012) is now Assistant Professor of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies at Hosei University in Tokyo. He recently guest-edited an issue of the Asian popular culture journal Mechademia (University of Minnesota Press). The theme of this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azi5nvayj8g&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3OBxOASD-1wsJj-zCT3GlTKrNb8lMWRtT0ON9nOaidjqUOyKA4cehoqLM Aaron Clark (BA Asian Studies, 2008), Global Operations Director and Managing Partner at NEXSTEP Thailand, shares his appreciation for UH Manoa and the Asian Studies program. He shares how the amazing professors and staff and extra curriculars provided enormous…