Paul Carrington

As associate director of the Jackson School’s Division 1 (East Asia), Paul Carrington oversees operational, strategic, and financial management for the East Asia Center, China Studies Program, UW Center for Japanese Studies, JSIS Japan Studies Program, Center for Korea Studies and Taiwan Studies Program. He works with faculty, students and a diverse range of off-campus partners to implement the division’s mission to advance knowledge of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan throughout the UW and wider community. This includes developing K-12, college and university curriculum; hosting academic conferences, public lectures and trainings; facilitating study abroad; and administering FLAS fellowships.

Prior to his current role, Paul served for seven years as assistant director and lecturer for the UW Tacoma Institute for Global Engagement. In this capacity, he oversaw program administration, advising services, and taught Introduction to Global Studies courses that utilized place-as-text frameworks to orient undergraduates to themes in international relations. He also has three years’ experience teaching English in Japan, has co-led study abroad in Canada, and is an alumnus of the Fulbright-Hays Taiwan Seminar Abroad and Fulbright Korea International Education Administrators (IEA) programs.

Paul holds an MA in Comparative Politics and a BA in History & Politics from the University of York, UK.