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.