Curriculum Vitae

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Last Updated: September 7, 2023

Education

The Ohio State University (OSU)

M.A. awarded in 2022

  • East Asian Languages and Literatures
  • Thesis: Taiwanese Southern Min: Identity and Written Sociolinguistic Variation. (Advisor: Marjorie K.M. Chan)

The University of Texas at Austin (UT)

B.A. awarded in 2020

  • Asian Culture and Languages, Chinese, Honors
  • Linguistics
  • Iberian Language and Culture, Spanish
  • Honors Thesis: The Third Space in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: A Reconceptualization of the Conventional Pedagogical Approach. (Advisor: Dr. Chiu-Mi Lai)

Professional Experience

January 2023 – Present 

Graduate Research Associate, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University

August 2022 – Present  

Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures

2022-2024 – Individualized Instruction Instructor – Levels One to Three 

January 2020 – May 2020

Learning Assistant, Department of Asian Studies, UT Austin

July 2018 – August 2020

Lead Research Assistant, Latino Research Initiative, Latino Studies, UT Austin

June 2017 – June 2020    

Undergraduate Research Assistant, LLAMA: Psycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic Laboratory, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, UT Austin

Fall 2018 – Summer 2019     

Lab Manager, LLAMA: Psycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic Laboratory, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, UT Austin

Fall 2017 – Spring 2018       

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Education, Life Choices, and Injury Risk Study, Latino Research Initiative, UT Austin


Research Interests

Chinese Linguistics, Taiwanese Culture and History, Chinese Dialectology, Language Policy and Standardization, Chinese Sociolinguistics, Chinese Historical Linguistics


Honors, Fellowships, & Awards

The Ohio State University

2023-2024

  • 2023 Postgraduate Grant for the Study of the Tainan Region, International Center for Tainan Area Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Taiwan

  • Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship, OSU

2022-2023

  • Louise Zung-Nyi Loh Memorial Scholarship; East Asian Studies Center, OSU
  • Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Travel/Research Grant; CLLC, OSU
  • Graduate Research Small Grants Program; College of Arts and Sciences, OSU
  • 2023 Travel Grant Award; North American Taiwan Studies Association

2021-2022

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship; East Asian Studies Center, OSU

2020-2021

  • University Fellowship; The Ohio State University

The University of Texas at Austin

2019-2020

  • Dean’s Distinguished Graduate, College of Liberal Arts
  • Outstanding Student in Chinese Studies, Department of Asian Studies
  • Outstanding Chinese Language Student, Department of Asian Student
  • Louise J. Faurot Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Chinese Studies; Department of Asian Studies
  • Special Honors; Department of Asian Studies

2018-2019

  • Taiwan United States Sister Relations Alliance Scholarship; Ministry of Education; Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Christopher G. Ellison Scholarship; College of Liberal Arts and Liberal Arts Honors
  • Initiated into Phi Beta Kappa
  • Eva Stevenson Woods Endowed Presidential Scholarship

2017-2018

  • Marion Burke Smith Scholarship; College of Liberal Arts and Liberal Arts Honors
  • Sharon Dies Scholarship; College of Liberal Arts and Liberal Arts Honors
  • Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, College of Liberal Arts

Publications

Forthcoming

 

  1. Expected Late 2023. Utilizing Printed Media for Sociolinguistic Study of Variation: A Case in Taiwanese Southern Min. Proceedings of the 34th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Bloomington.

2023

  1. Taiwanese Southern Min Tone and Melody Interaction. Buckeye East Asian Linguistics 7 (BEAL 7). 42-51. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.
  2. Reanalyzing Variation in Written Taiwanese Southern Min: Proposing a Three Camp Framework. Buckeye East Asian Linguistics 6 (BEAL 6).15-33. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.

Invited Talks

2022

  1. (November 11, 2022). Variation in Written Southern Min: Taiwan Through the Three Camps Perspective. Center for Taiwan Studies. The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX.

Conference Presentations

Upcoming

  1. December 1, 2023. (Un)Broken Heritage: A Comparative Analysis of Sociolinguistic Attitudes on Cantonese and Taigi. The 27th International Conference on Yue Dialects. Conference Presentation. Columbus, OH.

2023

  1. October 13, 2023. Who Speaks Taiwanese? Language Variation, Standardization, and Creation. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 51. Conference Presentation. Queens, NY.
  2. June 23, 2023. More than ‘Dialect’ Writing: Repositioning the Language Debate and the Localist Resistance. North American Taiwan Studies Association 28th Annual Conference. Conference Presentation. Irvine, CA.

2022

  1. October 28, 2022. Taiwanese Tone and Melody Interaction. Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum 5. Conference Presentation. Columbus: OH.
  2. September 24, 2022. Written Taiwanese Southern Min: Utilizing Printed Media for a Sociolinguistic Study of Orthographic Variation. The 34th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics. Conference Presentation. Bloomington, IN.
  3. with Xuan Ye, Ka Fai Law, and Marjorie K.M. Chan. May 27, 2022. Writing in Translation: A Cross-Dialect Comparison of Chinese Translations of The Little Prince. The 6th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-6). Conference Presentation. Columbus, OH.
  4. February 26, 2022. What’s in a Standardized Language: Multiple Voices on the Story of Taiwanese Southern Min. Texas Asia Conference. Conference Presentation. Austin, TX.

2021

  1. March 5, 2021. Reflecting Identity through Song Lyrics: Usage of Variant Graphs in Popular Taiwanese Southern Min. Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum 4. Conference Presentation. Columbus, OH.

2020

  1. August 1, 2020. The ‘Third Space’ Instruction Approach: Communicating in Cultures at the Beginning Level. Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas. Conference Presentation. Online. 

2019

  1. with Andrea Tovar, & Belem G. Lopéz. January 4, 2019. The Role of Brokering Experience in Divergent Thinking: Individual Differences in Nonverbal Creativity Measures. Linguistic Society of America. Poster presentation. New York City, NY.

2018

  1. with Belem G. López. November 17, 2018. Informal Translation Practices and Divergent Thinking: Does Language Brokering Experience Make You More Creative? Psychonomics Society. Poster presentation. New Orleans, LA.
  2. with Adolfo Hermosillo, Amalia Merino, Eva Gonzales, and Belem G. López. April 18, 2018. Bilingualism and Brokering: Examining Individual Differences in Verbal and Nonverbal Creativity. University of Texas at Austin Longhorn Research Bazaar. Poster presentation. Austin, TX.
  3. with Adolfo Hermosillo, Amalia Merino, Eva Gonzales, and Belem G. López. April 16, 2018. Bilingualism and Brokering: Examining Individual Differences in Verbal and Nonverbal Creativity. University of Texas at Austin Department of Linguistics Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Poster presentation. Austin, TX.

Service

August 2023 – Present

  • Vice President, Graduate Association of Chinese Linguistics, The Ohio State University
  • Program Commissioner, North American Taiwan Studies Association (2024)
  • Graduate Student Co-Chair, The 27th Conference on Yue Dialects (2023); The Ohio State University

August 2022 – August 2023

  • Treasurer, Graduate Association of Chinese Linguistics, The Ohio State University

August 2021 – August 2023

  • Webmaster, Graduate Association of Chinese Linguistics, The Ohio State University

October 2022

  • Committee Member, Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum-5 Organization Committee

Membership

  1. Linguistics Society of America (2023-)
  2. Chinese Language Teachers of America (2023-)