A key element of supporting scholarship is directly preparing graduate students for their careers. Providing systematic professionalization programs that meet on a regular basis permits PhD students across USC Dornsife to access valuable mentors and networks. Topics include public speaking, work-life balance, and the profession itself.
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April 18, 2024
Mireya Solís, Director of the Center for Asia Policy Studies, Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy for the Center for Asia Policy Studies, and Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies at Brookings Institution
Derek Grossman, Senior Defense Analyst at RAND focused on a range of national security policy and Indo-Pacific security issues, Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations at USC
Moderated by Saori Katada, CIS Director
January 25, 2024
Tine Paulsen, Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Relations
Taylor Dalton (POIR 2022), Assistant Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law
Brian Palmer-Ruben, Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Moderated by Saori Katada, CIS Director
September 29, 2022
Jenny Chio, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Anthropology
Victoria Chonn Ching, Postdoctoral Scholar in POIR
Benjamin Uchiyama, Associate Professor of History
Moderated by Sonya Lee, EASC Director
Diverse Career Paths After a PhD
November 17, 2022
Melissa Chan, Engagement Manager at TalentCompass
Ellen Kim, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderated by Gregory Treverton, CIS Director
Navigating Grad Life: Funding & Building Networks
February 23, 2023
Adrian De Leon, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
Youngmin Choe, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Moderated by Sonya Lee, EASC Director
Job Search: Succeeding in Academia
April 20, 2023
Jenny Lin, Associate Professor of Critical Studies
Audrye Wong, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Wayne Sandholtz, Professor of International Relations and Law
Moderated by David Kang, KSI Director
