Caren Freeman is an International Student & Scholar Advisor, co-founder of the Citizen Leader Fellowship, and co-facilitator of the International Student Support Circle. Caren earned a BA in East Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Virginia. She studied abroad at Nanjing University and conducted anthropological fieldwork in Harbin, Mudanjiang, and in rural and urban areas across South Korea. Her research culminated in a book, Making and Faking Kinship: Marriage and Labor Migration Between China and South Korea (Cornell 2011). When she is not advising international students or brainstorming ways to help UVA students flourish, Caren enjoys hiking with pack mates, Ixy and Clementine.
Advising Hours
Monday -Thursday
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.