Skye VanValkenburgh (吴思凯) manages all aspects of the Visiting Scholar Program at the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS). She earned her B.A. in Chinese from San Francisco State University and is an alumni of the Chinese Language Flagship Program. As part of the Flagship Program, Skye studied Chinese language and culture intensively at National Taiwan University, conducted several summer internships in Taiwan, and completed a yearlong intensive language capstone at Nanjing University, which included a six-month internship as the Program Assistant for the American Councils Chinese Language Flagship Nanjing Center. She previously worked as a student assistant at San Francisco State University’s Office of International Programs where she cultivated her skills and passion for a career in International Education Management.
At the Institue of East Asain Studies, Skye is the Program Coordinator for the U.S.-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group.