In order to increase students’ readiness for East Asia-related careers after graduation, the East Asian Studies Center has developed a portfolio of professionalization programs, from career talks and career days to panel discussions and skills workshops.
Career Events
EASC hosts numerous career events each year, often featuring talks by professionals in various fields to provide students an opportunity to learn how to leverage their East Asia-related language skills and area studies knowledge in their job search. Examples of such events include:
- March 5, 2024: EASC Career Event: Riverside Research, Pursuing a Career in Critical Languages: Supporting National Intelligence in the Midwest
- November 8, 2023: EASC Professional Development Lecture: Paula Curtis, "Looking Ahead: Academic Job Market 101"
- March 23, 2022" IKS Career Talk: Sahie Kang, Middlebury College, “Korean Language Careers and the Required Level of Korean Proficiency”
- March 9, 2022: EASC Career Event with University of Wisconsin-Madison and Indiana University: Midwestern Professionalization Seminar in East Asian Studies, “Careers in Government,” with talks by Nathan Bland, U.S. Department of State, Sue Mi Terry, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars and host Mitchell Lerner, Ohio State
- Feb. 23, 2022: EASC Career Event with University of Wisconsin-Madison and Indiana University: Midwestern Professionalization Seminar in East Asian Studies, “Careers in Journalism,” with talks by Amy Qin, The New York Times, Jonathan Cheng, Wall Street Journal, and Jeremy Goldkorn, Editor in- chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast
- Feb. 22, 2022: EASC Target Language Lecture: Ambassador Masafumi Ishii
- Jan. 27, 2022: IKS Career Talk: John Bolam, U.S. State Department Bureau of Intelligence Research (INR), “How to Apply Your Knowledge of Korea to Work in the Intelligence Community”
- Nov. 10, 2021: IJS/CLLC Career Panel: Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) Alumni on Translation and Localization Management in Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish-Speaking Contexts
- Oct. 11, 2021: "Crossroads: The Japanese Entertainment Industry, My Experiences, and Where We Go From Here" with Brandon Schindewolf, ISARIBI Consulting, Tokyo
- Apr. 9, 2021: "Midwestern Professionalization Seminar for East Asian Studies: Careers in Government" in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin
- Mar. 30, 2021: "Midwestern Professionalization Seminar for East Asian Studies: Careers in Journalism" in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin
- Mar. 17, 2021: "Midwestern Professionalization Seminar for East Asian Studies: Digital Humanities with Javier Cha, Paula Curtis, and Xin Yu" in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin
- Mar. 10, 2021: "Midwestern Professionalization Seminar for East Asian Studies: Careers in Think Tanks" in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin
- Oct. 8, 2020: "Teaching English in Japan" with Ohio State graduate student panel
- Oct. 3, 2019: “East Asian Language Skills and Global Competencies Workshop” with Arts and Sciences Career Services
- Sept. 19, 2019: Career talk by Hideki Hara, Director of The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles: “Are you 21st Century Ready? How to Get the Most Out of Your Japanese Language Skills”
- Nov. 8, 2018: Career talk by Bart Edes, Asian Development Bank: "Career Opportunities with ADB & Briefing on Issues in Asia"
- Oct. 30, 2018: "Japanese Interpretation Observation" at Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
- Oct. 4, 2018: "Chinese Studies in My Life and Career"
- Sept. 7, 2018: Kay Nason, Kenneth Lantz, Koji Sasamoto, "Japanese Interpretation Demonstration"
Career Videos
EASC makes videos of select career events available online. In addition, some Ohio State alumni have created videos about the role of East Asian studies in their life and career which are available online so that students can explore different career paths. Videos are available at https://u.osu.edu/eacareers.