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Kevin Xu 4732 7th Rd. ● Arlington, VA 22203 ● (401)339-7090 (cell) ● [email protected] EDUCATION Brown University, Providence, RI Class of 2008 Bachelor of Arts in International Relations; GPA overall: 3.7/4.0; in concentration: 4.0/4.0 Received the Eva A. Mooar Prize for highest academic achievement in International Relations Asian American Alumni Association, Asian American Community Service Award, Honorary Mention (1 of 3) International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan Intermediate Japanese Accelerated Program, received Freeman Scholarship Summer 2006 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Brown University, Independent Research Project, Tibet/Nepal/Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan/Xinjiang May 2007 – April 2008 Received the Leach Fund Grant from the East Asian Studies Department of Brown University Conducted field research to study the ethnic relations between Tibetans/Turkic Uyghurs and Han Chinese Interviewed over 30 subjects, including local residents, business owners, prostitutes, lawyers and rights activists Zhong Lun Law Firm, Legal Intern, Shanghai, China Dec. 2006 – Jan. 2007 Researched Chinese legal statutes related to land development and establishing foreign invested holding company Prepared due diligence report for two real estate investment cases Translated legal documents from Chinese to English to be presented to U.S. clients COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE Brown University, Administrative Support/Translator for Professor Wenli Xu, Providence, RI Dec. 2005 – May 2008 Translate and edit professor’s autobiography, op-ed articles, and daily correspondence from Chinese to English Conduct oral translation of professor’s public speeches, interviews, and meetings with government officials and legislators on democracy and human rights issues in China Draft grant proposals and coordinate fundraising initiatives with upward amount of $50,000 ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE Strait Talk Dialogue Project, Coordinator, Providence, RI March 2006 – May 2008 Coordinated one-week conferences on U.S.-China-Taiwan relations in 2006 and 2007 Invited eight scholars and policymakers from the U.S., Mainland China and Taiwan to speak about the issues surrounding the Taiwan Strait Selected 10 student delegates from Mainland China to participate in Interactive Conflict Resolution discussions Organized three keynote speeches and four panels China Care Brown, President, Providence, RI Sept. 2006 – May 2007 China Care Brown is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of Chinese orphans and adopted children in the U.S. Tripled the amount of funds raised from $14,000 to approximately $47,000 Funded two foster care programs and three urgent surgery cases in China Managed an executive board of 13 people and a general body membership of over 80 people BUSINESS EXPERIENCE Accenture, Consulting Intern, Guangzhou, China May 2006 - July 2006 Improved the employee management and organizational structure of the project by developing operational guides in areas of Charges/Invoice, Retention Strategy and Contract Management Facilitated smooth deployment and transition of overseas training session for fellow employees by analyzing Immigration/Visa process Researched the Accenture Development Method to develop a quality assessment approach for the client team SKILLS Language Skills: English and Chinese (Native), Japanese and French (Proficient) Computer Skills: Java, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint INTERESTS Hockey, Traveling, Reading, Singing, Swimming, Basketball, Making Dumplings