Coffee & Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!
Join us for an informal coffee chat with EALC alum Audrey Chun to learn about career opportunities in the academic sectors with a degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures!
Audrey Chun is the Korean Studies Librarian at the University of Chicago Library. She holds an MS in Information Science and an MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures, both from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she graduated in 2017. After completing her studies, she moved to Pasadena, California, to join the Fuller Theological Seminary Library as the Reference and Korean Studies Specialist. Over time, she advanced to become the head of the department and later the Assistant Director of the library. During those years, she served as the president of the Southern California American Theological Library Association while actively contributing to the Committee on Korean Materials of the Council on East Asian Libraries. In January 2025, she returned to Chicagoland to join the University of Chicago Library.
During her time at Illinois, she taught several Korean language courses and received the Ralph Tyler Award for Best Korean Language Teaching Assistant in 2015. Additionally, she worked as a graduate student assistant at the Asian American Cultural Center and held various roles within the University Library.