Join CIS, EASC, and KSI for seminars geared toward preparing graduate students for their careers in academia and the professional world.

An RSVP is required in order to receive virtual meeting links. This series is restricted to USC graduate students.

12:00 – 1:00 PM

RSVP Required

Academic Year 2021-22 Grad Professionalization Series

Spring 2022 Program

Every Talk is a Job Talk: Even on Zoom
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | 12:00PM-1:00PM | Zoom
Jenny Chio, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Anthropology
Sherry Zaks, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Moderated by Saori Katada, CIS Director and Professor of International Relations

Publishing: Articles and Books
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 12:00PM-1:00PM | Zoom
Christian Phillips, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Brett Sheehan, Professor of History and EALC
Moderated by Sonya Lee, EASC Director and Associate Professor of Art History, EALC and Religion


Fall 2021 Program

Job Search: Succeeding in Academia
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | 12:00PM-1:00PM | Zoom
Saori Katada, Professor of International Relations
Ketaki Pant, Assistant Professor of History
Moderated by David Kang, KSI Director and Maria Crutcher Professor in International Relations, Business and EALC

Diverse Career Paths After a Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 12:00PM-1:00PM | Zoom
Rod Albuyeh, Chief Data Scientist, Albell Cloud Labs and Data Science Faculty at UC San Diego
Phillip Bloom, Curator of the Chinese Garden and Director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies, The Huntington Library
Suzie Mulesky, Behavioral Science Researcher, Vanguard
Moderated by David Kang, KSI Director and Maria Crutcher Professor in International Relations, Business and EALC

The Graduate Student Professionalization series is sponsored and organized by the Center for International Studies, East Asian Studies Center, and Korean Studies Institute.