The Global East Asia Blogs have officially begun!

Global East Asia China 2012 is well under way. The students arrived in Shanghai on May 19 and immediately immersed themselves in the local culture. See photos and read all about their experiences during their first few days at the Global East Asia China Blog. The program will continue until June 17, so please be sure to check back for the latest updates on their travels in China.

Global East Asia Japan and Global East Asia Korea will also feature regular blog contributions from the students. Please visit the blogs below during the program dates to follow the students' academic and travel adventures in Japan and Korea.

• Global East Asia Japan (May 25-June 24)
• Global East Asia Korea (June 29-July 29)

This program was made possible by a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation, with additional support from USC Dornsife College, USC Korean Studies Institute and USC U.S.-China Institute.

Min (Rita) Rui | East Asian Area Studies M.A. (2008)
Rita currently works as a high level language instructor at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Services Institute in Washington, D.C., where she teaches Chinese to officers and support personnel of the U.S. foreign affairs community.

Chelsea Mason | East Asian Area Studies M.A. (2009), FLAS Fellow (2007-2008, 2008-2009)
Chelsea is the Marketing Director for the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA, which is one of the few institutions in the United States dedicated to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Trong (Shawn) Ta | East Asian Area Studies M.A. (2009), FLAS Fellow (Summer 2008)
Shawn is in his second year of doctoral study of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. His research concerns modern Chinese literature in a transnational Sinophone context, with an emphasis on colonial history, gender, sexuality, consumption, and rhetorical nation-building.

Peter Winter | FLAS Fellow (2009-2010)
Peter Winter currently serves as Director of Operations for the USA National Pavilion at the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. Before heading to Korea, Winter served as Managing Editor of US-China Today.

Miri Song | East Asian Area Studies, Socioloy, and Philosophy B.A. (2009)
Miri is a third year law student at Columbia University, where she is also Managing Director of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.

Andrew K. Chung | East Asian Area Studies and Communication B.A. (2011), Global East Asia Scholar (2010)
Andrew is currently teaching English in South Korea as part of the Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK) program, which is sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

We love to hear back from our alumni, so please let us know of any new positions, degrees, publications or other activities at easc@dornsife.usc.edu.