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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.
ASAN 320O: Asia Past and Present: Okinawa Dr. Gregory Smits is the visiting Andrews Chair at UH Manoa this semester, Spring 2022. He will be teaching the course Asia Past and Present: Okinawa (ASAN 320O; see course listings or access…
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…
Cesare Polenghi Hometown: Milan, Italy Degree & Year: BA, 2003 Area focus: Japan and China (and a bit of Southeast Asia) Here I am in Seville, Spain, working for one of my clients (Real Betis, a Spanish football club. I…
Joanna Fagin Hometown: Clearwater, Florida Degree & Year: BA, 2015 Area focus: Japan (Honors thesis: “Image and Identity: Japan’s Adoption of ‘Little Black Sambo’”) Current employment: Student in the MS in Psychology program at the University of Texas at San Antonio What…
Economic Statecraft in the Asia-Pacific Region (Oct 15, ’21) Come join us for a talk with University of California-Berkeley (UC-Berkeley) Professors Dr. Vinod “Vinnie” Aggarwal and Dr. Andrew Reddie. They will present their recent work, the UC-Berkeley Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
Christina Geisse (Kiki Leinch) Hometown: Santiago, Chile Degree & Year: BA, 2013 Area focus: Japan Current employment: I work for the first ever “nomadic hotel,” as cultural advisor for their Japan project, 2020. The hotel is currently based in Cambodia, and…
Iroha Mochida UH News featured Asian Studies major Iroha Mochida’s research on Shimauta folk music, in an article highlighting the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at UH Manoa. Congratulations, Iroha! We are proud of all your accomplishments, and look forward…
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…
Kristi Govella on the National Bureau of Asian Research’s Asia Insight Podcast Podcast Feature Asian Studies Program Assistant Professor Kristi Govella was recently interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research about her research on increasing competition in the outer…
Following the surprising resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Assistant Professor Kristi Govella spoke to The New York Times about his departure and his legacy. Read the article here. Dr. Govella also spoke to Time magazine about the challenges that his successor will face with…