Asian Studies Program

Nathan Haft in Peru.

Asian Studies at Georgetown boasts a distinguished group of alumni many of whom maintain active correspondence with and support of the program. Asian Studies certificate alumni work now in a wide range of fields: banking, non-profit, government, entertainment, international consulting, and medicine.

Alumni Updates:

Nathan Haft (SFS 07'): is currently volunteering for the Peace Corps in Peru as a Small Business Development Volunteer. He works with shrimp farmers and artisan groups in a small rural town in the Peruvian Andes, helping them improve organization, better their products, find markets, locate microfinance and understand basic business practices.

Dayea Diana Park (SFS 09'): is currently participating in the “James A. Kelly Korean Studies/Fellowship Program,” established by the Pacific Forum CSIS. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the fellowship serves to promote academic study, research, and professional career development, with a concentration on Korean Peninsula studies. She will participate in the Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders program and perform in-residence research at the Pacific Forum.

2008-2009 Award Winners:

Joseph S. Sebes, S. J. Medal in Asian Studies
Casey H. Oswald, SFS 09'

Donald Macdonald Prize
Dayea Diana Park, SFS 09'

Henry Chen Memorial Scholarship
Bryan Klein, SFS  09'
Mariel Reed, SFS 10'

2008-2009 Asian Studies Undergarduate Certificate Recipients:

David Childers, Ah-Hyun Cho, John Dougherty, Uttara Dukkipati
Jonathan Feng, Sooji Kim, Casey H. Oswald, Dayea Diana Park
Nathan Pinkus, Michala Sabnani, Cameron Stainken, and Shelly Zhao