Skye VanValkenburgh (吴思凯) 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. Currently Skye is also pursuing a Master’s Degree in Public Administration at San Francisco State University with an emphasis in Educational Administration.
At the Institue of East Asain Studies, Skye is the Program Coordinator for the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, the Center for Chinese Studies, the Tang Center for Silkroad Studies, and the U.S.-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group.