Position:
Founding Co-Director, Digital Humanities Institute at George Washington University, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English at George Washington University, Professor of English, Theatre, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Int'l Affairs at George Washington University, Director, Dean's Scholars in Shakespeare Program at George Washington University, Early Modern Studies Faculty at Lincoln College Oxford / Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English, Sigur Center for Asian Studies Affiliated Faculty and Paper Series Co-Editor at George Washington University, Book Review Editor at Chinese Literature Today, Member, Executive Committee on East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 at Modern Language Association, Chair, Committee on the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare at Modern Language Association, Performance Editor at Internet Shakespeare Editions, General Editor at Shakespearean International Yearbook, Research Affiliate in Literature at MIT, Co-Founder and Co-Editor at Global Shakespeares
Location:
Washington, District Of Columbia
Industry:
Higher Education
Work:
George Washington University - Washington, D.C. since May 2013
Founding Co-Director, Digital Humanities Institute
George Washington University - Washington, D.C. since May 2013
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English
George Washington University - Washington D.C. Metro Area since May 2013
Professor of English, Theatre, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Int'l Affairs
George Washington University since Apr 2012
Director, Dean's Scholars in Shakespeare Program
Lincoln College Oxford / Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English - Oxford, England since 2012
Early Modern Studies Faculty
Education:
Stanford University 1999 - 2004
Ph.D., Comparative Literature
Goethe-Institute Muenchen 2000 - 2000
National Tsing Hua University 1992 - 1997
BA, English
Harvard University
University of Oxford
Universität Trier
Skills:
Translation
Critical Theory
Literature
Theatre
Editing
Writing
Research
Teaching
Public Speaking
Higher Education
Microsoft Office
French
Books
Curriculum Development
Blogging
History
Mentoring
Copy Editing
English
PowerPoint
Creative Writing
Excel
Word
Proofreading
Writing Skills
Non-profits
Event Planning
Adobe Creative Suite
Photoshop
Grant Writing
Strategic Planning
Curriculum Design
Fundraising
HTML
Administration
E-learning
German
Film
Chinese
Shakespeare
Taiwanese
University Teaching
Interests:
Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, and 20th-century interpretations and critical theory; modern literature, drama and film of China and the Chinese diaspora; the theories and practice of digital humanities
Honor & Awards:
MLA (Modern Language Association) Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies for "Chinese Shakespeares"
NYU's Joe A. Callaway Prize for the Best Book on Drama or Theatre, Honorable Mention (for "Chinese Shakespeares")
International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) Colleagues' Choice book award for "Chinese Shakespeares"
ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) fellowship, 2010
Folger Fellowship, Folger Institute, Washington, D.C., 2012
Pennsylvania State University Institute for the Arts and Humanities faculty research grant, 2010
Folger Institute Grant, 2009 (Washington, D.C.)
Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Comparative Literature, Penn State University, 2009 and 2011
Folger Institute Grant, 2008
International Shakespeare Association Travel Grant, 2006
Penn State University President's Fund for Involving Undergraduates in Faculty Research, 2006-2010
Penn State University Institute for Arts and Humanities Faculty Research Grant, 2005
Languages:
English
Mandarin Chinese
German
Japanese
French
Latin
Taiwanese
Classical Chinese
