Peer Mentor
The Peer Mentor of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is an upper-level undergraduate majoring in East Asian Studies and can provide advice from a student perspective.
Contact the Peer Mentor if you are a prospective or current student pursuing the major or minor and have any questions about the program.
Tyler Ho
Major: East Asian Studies
Year: Class of 2025
Email: tylerho [at] stanford.edu (tylerho[at]stanford[dot]edu)
Hi! My name is Tyler, and I am a senior from Fresno, CA doing a BS/BA dual degree in Mathematics and East Asian Studies and a coterm in Computer Science. I started as a frosh, with minimal experience in the humanities and social sciences, wanting to study math while also being interested in Korean language and Korea-related courses and slowly stumbled into this degree program! This past summer, I worked in Seoul, South Korea at Mirae Asset Securities in their Trading department. This year, I'll be writing my thesis on K-pop fan-created media, and the life that they take on within fandoms (ex. Wonyoung airplane meme). Outside of the department, you can see me dance in Stanford XTRM (K-pop dance) and playing flute in the Stanford Flute Ensemble.
Feel free to ask questions about my Stanford journey to East Asian Studies, what it's like to manage 3 completely separate degree programs at once, taking multiple languages in the same quarter, what it's like to major/minor in EALC, what EALC events are happening in the department (affiliated talks and conferences, socials, etc.), and anything else!