The ASEEES Exploring Career Diversity Conversation Series

ASEEES is pleased to announce the 2022 Exploring Career Diversity Conversation Series for graduate students or recent graduates who are interested in broadening their career horizons. Please join us this year for informal conversations in Zoom breakout rooms with SEEES professionals in career fields outside of academia or within academia outside the professoriate.

To register for any of the below sessions, please visit the members’ site.

To view the previous series, visit our archive.


Spring 2022 Program

Please Note: Due to the war in Ukraine, listed panelists will be present, circumstances permitting.

Exploring Careers in Journalism and Professional Writing (Tuesday, 26 April: 4-5:30 PM Eastern)

Michele Berdy, The Moscow Times

Emily Joan Elliott, Acting Executive Director and Publisher, East Lansing Info

Reid Standish, Eurasia Correspondent at Radio Free Europe

Terrell Starr, Journalist/Entrepreneur

Exploring Careers in Think Tanks and Consulting (Monday, 2 May: 10-11:30 AM Eastern) 

Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Research Scientist, CNA

Melinda Haring, Deputy Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council

Christopher A. Hartwell, ZHAW School of Management and Law (Switzerland) and Kozminski University (Poland)

Claire Kaiser, Head of Strategy & Regional Director, Eurasia | McLarty Associates

Natalia Savelyeva, Center for European Policy Analysis

Leslie Rogne Schumacher, FRSA,The Lauder Institute, Wharton | School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Exploring Careers in Libraries and Library Sciences (Wednesday, 11 May: 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern)

Jurij Dobczansky, Library of Congress

Christine Jacobson, Harvard University

Joseph Lenkart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brendan Nieubuurt, University of Michigan

Exploring Careers in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance (Wednesday, 18 May: 1:30-3 PM Eastern)

Svitlana Budzhak-Jones, Independent Translator

Harriet Parker, UBS

Daniel Peris, Federated Hermes

Svetlana Tcareva, justeattakeaway.com