East Asian Languages and Cultures 35th Anniversary

Tentative Schedule

• 8:30 a.m. – Morning coffee & tea
  
  
• 9 a.m. – Opening remarks by Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen, School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics director Mariselle Melendez, and Antony Augoustakis, associate dean for humanities & interdisciplinary programs for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 
  
  
• 9:30–10:45 a.m. – After EALC: Educators and Global Impact (roundtable)
  • Mark Frank, assistant professor, Fulbright University, Vietnam
  • Barbara Greene, associate professor, Jissen Women's University, Japan
  • Jinhee Lee, professor of history and chair of Asian Studies, Eastern Illinois University
  • Hui Xiao, professor and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Kansas
  • Shaodan Zhang, associate professor, Xi'an International Relations University, China
• 10:45–11 a.m. – tea break
  
  
• 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.– Beyond the Classroom: Alumni Career Journeys
  • AJ Brewer, Japanese interpreter
  • Grace Cho-Adams, program manager, Amazon
  • Leigh Deusinger, director of Grainger College of Engineering Career Services 
  • Grace Mitchell, program associate, USHCA
  • Ryan McCarthy, HR business partner, HoYoverse
  • David Mungenast, language instructor, GABA Corporation; former CEO of Gogolak 
  • James Noonan, academic director of the Master's of Science in Technology Management Program, Gies College of Business
  • Lawrence Walker, former diplomat stationed in China, Germany, and other countries, currently a translator of Chinese novels
  • John Wheeler, director of production, XSEED JKS
    
    
• 12:30–2 p.m. – Lunch reception
  
  
• 3–5 PM – Campus tour (for in-person guests)

If you have any questions, please contact: 
SHAO Dan
head, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Jeeyoung Ha
chair of EALC 35^th Anniversary Committee