As the Director of Graduate Career Development, Gaeun (Gwenn) Seo provides leadership for the career development of Master’s and Ph.D. students. Dr. Seo develops and scales strategic opportunities and programs to empower graduate students to enhance their career and professional development, identify career paths, and secure internships, with the goal of finding career success upon graduation. She also oversees the Graduate Internship Program.

Previously, Dr. Seo served as the Senior Associate Director for Graduate Student Career Development at Princeton University, where she spearheaded all career development initiatives for Ph.D. students. Before her tenure at Princeton, she provided graduate student career development services at various institutions such as Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Seo also has an impressive research and publication history of doctoral students, including her recent peer-review publication, “Pursuing careers inside or outside academia? Factors associated with doctoral students’ career decision making.” She has also held leadership positions in the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC).

Dr. Seo received a B.A. and M.A. in International Office Administration from Ewha Womans University and a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.