IGI Spring 2023 Career Day Schedule

The Illinois Global Institute’s (IGI) Area Studies and Thematic Centers will be holding a career diversity day on using foreign language, area studies, and thematic studies in the job market. The career day will draw on alumni and former FLAS fellows to present and discuss their current positions and the paths from graduation to employment. The event will be promoted to current and former FLAS fellows and area, thematic, and language studies Ph.D., M.A., and B.S. students. The goals of the program are to empower students in their career search, engender cross-disciplinary and cross-program conversations about career skills and job markets, and to connect current students with alumni who also focused on language, area, and thematic studies.We hope that students will leave the IGI Career Day with new ideas about practical steps they can take in their career search as well as enthusiasm for how they can productively use the skills they have developed during their degree programs in their career searches.

8:30 – 9:00AM	Check-in (1st Floor) Light Breakfast available (3rd Floor)
9:00-9:10	Welcome and Introductions
9:10 – 9:50AM	Resume Workshops Undergraduate Workshop--Room 306 Kirsten Wilcox, Director, LAS Career Services Graduate Student Workshop--Room 108 Derek Attig, Asst. Dean Career & Professional Development, Graduate College
10:00 – 11:00AM	Foreign Language and Area Studies Skills at Work in the US Government Moderated by Janet Husunukpe (Ph.D. student, Urban & Regional Planning) Laura Fyfe: Course Design Specialist (Foreign Service Institute) Eduardo Alvarez: Refugee Officer (US Citizen and Immigration Services) Vernita Pearl Fort: Board Director (Center for United Nations Constitutional Research), Former US Diplomat
11:10AM - 11:50PM	A Look Inside Language & Technology Jobs Moderated by James Coburn (Ph.D. student, EALC) Anthony Chan: Associate Japanese Curriculum Designer (Duolingo) Noriyasu Li: Senior Product Manager (Zoom)
12:00 – 12:50PM	Lunch and open conversation
1:00 –1:50 PM	Informational Interviews Alvarez-Room 131 Arty-Diouf-Room 126 Baptist-Room 201 Chan-Room 211 Chica-Room 225 Estes-Room 105 Fort-Room 109 Fyfe-Room 121 Ghazaleh-Room 125 Henry-Room 208 Li-Room 213 Pakhnyuk-Room 104A
2:00 –3:00PM	Career Paths in Non-Profit Organizations Moderated by Libby Cave (MS student, LIS) Lucy Pakhnyuk: Program Officer (National Democratic Institute) Amir Ghazaleh: Associate Program and Investments (Chicago Public Education Fund) Eisailama Arty-Diouf: Senior Program Officer (San Francisco Foundation)
3:10 – 4:20PM	Working Non-Tenure Track Teaching & Post-Doc Positions Moderated by Morgan Fox (MA/MS student, REEES/LIS) Kyle Estes: Asst. Prof In-Residence (Bradley University) William Baptist: Program Manager & Internship Coordinator, International Programs and PhD Candidate (Florida State University) Lucas Henry: Visiting Instructor of Scandinavian Studies (Augustana College) Lorena Chica: Assistant, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (UIUC)
4:30–5:30PM	Networking Reception Introduction--Jerry Davila, Executive Director (IGI), Jorge Paulo Lemann Chair in Brazillian History (UIUC)