Meet John Urban, HNC Deputy American Co-Director
Tell us a bit about your roll at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) as Deputy American Co-Director. I do a little bit of everything. This ranges from getting students, faculty, and staff their visas, arranging housing assignments, creating class schedules and academic calendars, and helping organize events and host visitors. Aside from teaching a class, I have likely had a hand in most tasks at HNC in the past five years. What is your background with China and what attracted you to work at the HNC in Nanjing? My first experience in China was in the summer of 2008. I completed a twelve-week summer program ran by the University of Wisconsin in Tianjin. After spending time in China right before the Olympics, I was hooked. I graduated from Wisconsin with a degree in Chinese and International Studies and got my first job working in Study Abroad with CIEE in Beijing. It was fun helping American university students engage with China for the first time. I had heard of the HNC when my predecessor...