Jon Kerrigan currently works as an Agricultural Trade Representative for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, where he looks to promote agricultural products abroad. Prior to joining NDA, Kerrigan worked in global affairs for nearly ten years at the University of Nebraska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources in Lincoln.
Kerrigan has worked in mainland China employed at several universities and institutions of higher education throughout the country, teaching both intercultural understanding and English language acquisition for nearly five years.
He also pursued an M.A. in International Political Economy from the University of Kent’s School of International Studies in Brussels, Belgium, where he worked as the Asia-Pacific desk officer at a human rights organization. Kerrigan has also worked as an advisor with the immigrant and refugee community at the International Education Center in Minneapolis.