My second informational interview was with Olivia Kent, the Communications Director of the Japan-America Society of Washington DC, who is currently living in Tokyo as a Japan-Representative of the organization. It was an incredible opportunity to speak with her, and was made possible by a friend of mine, Moi Nee (’24), who interns […]
CS – Interview 1: Intergenerational Community Building
My first networking interview was with my managers at 椎の実ハウス (Shiinomi House), the local community center I volunteer at for my Ted Wang internship. Due to the fact that most of the time I spend at the center is spent with children, I was interested to learn more about my lovely managers, Masako […]
Clementine Starck – Introduction
はじめまして (Hajimemashite・It’s nice to meet you)! My name is Clementine — 日本語で、みかん — and I am a EALC/Japanese and Education Studies double major at Wellesley College, currently studying abroad at International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan! I have been in Japan since late August, and plan to return back to Wellesley just in […]
TW- Networking Interview 4: “Do what you can do best”
2/28 Hello hello everyone and welcome to my fourth networking interview! This time, I was able to interview 신효필 교수님 or Professor Hyo-Pil Shin, a professor of computational linguistics and NLP at Seoul National University! Similarly to my previous interviewee Wonik Cho, I found out about Professor Shin through research he’d done previously. In 2018, […]
Audrey Sun – An Introduction
嗨！My name is Audrey Sun and I’m a junior at Wellesley College majoring in East Asian Languages & Cultures (Chinese concentration) and Biology. I’m one of the 2023 Ted Wang Fellows for Taiwan and am very excited to be spending the next six months here! This semester, I’ll be studying at National Taiwan University (NTU) […]
Bernice Sun – Introduction!
你好！I’m Bernice Sun, a Media Arts & Sciences and Chinese double major at Wellesley College and the 2023 Ted Wang Fellow in Taiwan. Right now, I’m in my junior year and the semester has just started at National Taiwan University (NTU), where I am studying abroad! Although I’m in the Chinese Literature Department here, I’m […]
TW- Networking Interview 3- 그럴 수도 있지
2/12 안녕하세요~~~! Welcome back to my Networking Interviews! For my third interview, I will be talking with 조원익 or Wonik Cho! Wonik is a recent Seoul National University grad, where he studied Electrical Engineering (EE) and Mathematics for his undergraduate and EE again for his graduate degree. Now for those of you who know […]
LL – Introduction
Dear all, It’s snowing in Tokyo today, which makes this the perfect time to sit still for a second, something I could not manage during zazen this morning. I’m writing from a Zen temple in Shinagawa, a large suburb, where I arrived yesterday, marking the start of a two week stay. My room is in […]
TW- Networking Interview 2- “Why Say No To Life?”-DT
2/1 Hello hello everyone! Welcome to my second networking interview!! This time, I’m interviewing the endlessly talented (and endlessly busy) Professor David Tizzard! Professor Tizzard is currently an assistant professor of Korean Studies at Seoul Women’s University and a visiting professor of Korean Studies at Hanyang University. He was actually my first professor in Korea […]
TW- Networking Interview 1- On Your 막구
1/26 When I started my search for people to interview, I thought of people I had already met during my previous visits that had impacted/helped me during my time in Korea. So, I decided to start with my program teacher from my internship in Korea last summer, Mark (마크) Brazeal, or as we know him, […]