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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2022 - 2024

Shih-Hsin University

Lecturer - Department of Radio, TV & Film

  • Designed and taught introductory courses for first-year students, including Basic Photography for Film and Video and Video Production.

  • Designed and taught intermediate courses for second-year students, including Cinematography, Video Editing, and The Seminar on Film Production Techniques.

  • Full teaching load (12-14 credit hours per semester); served on the program’s admissions committee.

  • Served as an academic advisor for undergraduate students in the film major, providing guidance on academic and career planning.

2022 - 2023

Hsuan Chuang University

Invited Instructor - Department of Religion and Culture

  • Invited to co-teach the class, Islamic Art & Culture, with Assistant Professor Po Chun (Sophiyah) Liu.

  • Delivered lectures on Islamic art, crafts, literature, music, and miniatures, and discussed contemporary and political issues across multiple sessions.

2019 - 2022

Third World Newsreel

Teaching Artist - Third World Newsreel Senior Media Workshop

Topic: Tell Your Story: Seeing and Making Movies

  • Designed curriculum and motivated participants to make connections between film theories and their own life stories.

  • Taught hands-on shooting exercises and video editing.

2018

Queens Museum

Teaching Artist - Queens Museum New New Yorkers Program

Topic: World Cinema & Culture

  • Delivered lectures on fundamental film theories and the cultural influences in film historyworldwide.

INVITED SPEAKER

2024 - 2025

New York, NY

Activist Filmmaker Bootcamp, Workers Unite! Film Festival

2024

Montclair, NJ

How Film Sound Works: Concepts and Practice.

Introduction to Music course. John J. Cali School of Music

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Expected 08/2026

M.A., Liberal Studies: Film and Media Cultures

CUNY - Graduate Center, New York, NY

2012 - 2014

M.F.A., Media Arts Production

CUNY - The City College of New York, New York, NY

2005 - 2009

B.A., Radio, TV & Film

Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan

Contact Me

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