What can I do with a degree in Asian Studies?
Asian Studies Alumni
- Steven Chapman '76, Group VP-China and Russia, Cummins, Inc.
- Liv Hustvedt '79, Principal/President, Liv Concepts, Inc.
- Jonathan Stromseth '85, head of Beijing office of the Asia Foundation
- Armstrong Wong '85, Hewlett Packard
- Michael Cole, '86, RightSiteAsia Managing Director
- Doug Bond '87, CEO, B & W Specialty Coffee Company
- Eric Halvorson '87, Hitachi Research Institute, Tokyo
- Marc Conrad '88, librarian, Chicago Public Library
- Erica Burull-Araneta '88, veterinarian
- Kari Groth Swan '88, J. P. Morgan Chase
- Michael Christiana '89, vice president for Mission and Identity at the Bebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis
- Paul Larson '90, country manager, TDI Thailand
- John Redick, '90, Director, Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong
- Paul Swenson '90, U.S consulate, Shanghai
- Kaomi Takami Natsume '91 , fiber artist
- Kari Roe '91, Senior Product Manager, amazon.com, Beijing
- Nancy Cullinan '91, National Security Council
- Kevin Cheatham '92, academic support, TRiO program, Augsburg College
- Luyen Phan '92, Associate Director, Intercultural & International Life, Carleton
- Karl Jacobson '92, Assistant Professor of Religion, Augsburg College
- Pam Brondos '93, attorney
- Yee Chang '93, realtor
- Kenneth Sacks '93, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force
- Raina Young-McGowan '93, physician
- Jennifer Waslien Peattie '94, Transplant I.S. Manager, Baylor U Med Center
- Norie Negishi '95, Senior Operations Manager, Disney Character Voices International, Inc., Hong Kong
- Yu Sakikabara '95, Associate Director, Corporate Communications, Barclays Services (Japan) Limited
- Xuan Quach '96, Asst. Director, Rotary Center, Int'l. Studies in Peace/Conflict Resolution, UC Berkeley
- Paul Boruta '98, Senior Director, Yahoo
- Trina Alvero Iijima '97, attorney
- Ann-Marie Dunbar '99, visiting lecturer, Indiana University
- Henry Adams '00, Buddhist priest, Oxnard Buddhist Church, Oxnard CA
- Justyna Swica Kottke '00, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Adam Davis '00, US Foreign Service
- Mee Vang '00, Assistant Director of Admissions, College of St. Catherine
- Timothy Hildebrandt '00, postdoctoral fellow, University of Louisville
- Avery Udagawa '01, Japanese-English translator
- Sara Luttio Johnstone '01, physician
- Michael Hill, '02, clinical psychologist in Hibbing MN
- John Phan '02, graduate student, Cornell University
- Nicolas Wallace '02, Associate Director of Admissions, University of Minnesota Law School
- Anna Goldammer '02, Refugee Resettlement Caseworker, Lutheran Social Services
- Tong Xiong '02, registered nurse in Seattle
- Sean D'Evelyn '03, working on PhD at the University of Hawaii
- Alex Potter, '03, Equity Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray Companies
- Kristopher Lee '04, judicial clerk, Minnesota Court of Appeals
- Wilhelmina Roepke '04, Interim Education Director, Congregation Beth Emeth, Alexandra VA
- Sam Lee, '05, Pearson Education Korea, Seoul, Korea
- Carl Gellert '05, working on PhD in art history at the University of California - Berkeley
- Lauren Christiansen '05, working on PhD in art history at the University of Kansas
- Brendan Eagan '05, working on PhD in education at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Peter Johnson '05, completed MA, University of Washington
- Kirk Sandvig '05, graduate student, University of Edinburgh
- Kristin White, '05, law school
- Jonathan Xiaaj '05, Senior Community Health Worker, Hennepin County Community Health Department
- William E. Young '05, working on PhD, Princeton University
- Sarah Hallgren '06 is working in Japan as a translator
- Leigh Billings, '07, is in Shanghai working as consultant to environmental NGOs
- Nick Anderson, '07, is in Shanghai working as a model, esee Model Management
- Gretchen van der Linden, '07, graduate student pursuing a PhD in psychology at the University of Minnesota
- Andrea Horbinski, '07, graduate student working on PhD in history at the University of California - Berkeley
- Anning Yang, '07, Marketing Analyst, Delta Airlines
- Arisa Iizuka, '08, working on MA, University of Glamorgan, Wales
- Amanda Wood, '08, just returned to MN from working several years at a human rights NGO in DC
- Sarah Kirby, '09, graduate school in film studies at the University of Southern California
- Guillaume Carmes, '09, graduate school for business at University of Rennes
- Jack Adams, '09, Best Buy
- Ilse Peterson '09, Science and Policy Analyst, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Chris Mohler-Morgan, '10, Target Company
- Eliza Wilcox, '10, teaching English in Shenzhen, China
- Maya Shah, '08, Coordinator for Dan Powers for Congress campaign, MN