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
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
George Washington University
- Washington, DC since Aug 2011
Sigur Center for Asian Studies Affiliated Faculty and Paper Series Co-Editor
Chinese Literature Today
- Norman, Oklahoma since Apr 2011
Book Review Editor
Modern Language Association
- New York since 2011
Member, Executive Committee on East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900
Modern Language Association
- New York since 2011
Chair, Committee on the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare
Internet Shakespeare Editions
- Victoria, BC, Canada since Feb 2011
Performance Editor
Shakespearean International Yearbook
since Sep 2010
General Editor
MIT
since 2008
Research Affiliate in Literature
Global Shakespeares
since Jan 2007
Co-Founder and Co-Editor
George Washington University
- Washington D.C. Metro Area Sep 2011 - 2013
Associate Professor of English, Theatre, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Int'l Affairs
Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MARAAS)
2011 - 2012
Vice President
Association for Asian Performance (AAP)
2010 - 2012
Vice President
Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English
- St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
Early Modern Studies Faculty
Pennsylvania State University
May 2010 - May 2011
Associate Professor
Seoul National University, South Korea
Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Aug 2004 - May 2010
Assistant Professor
Harvard University
Jul 2002 - Jul 2003
Exchange Scholar
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