國籍:美國
學歷:美國哥倫比亞大學東亞語言文化博士
經歷:實踐大學應英系系主任(2003-2005);美國Elmira College講師;美國紐約市立大學皇后學院客座教授
專長:比較文學 、文化研究
學術研究興趣方向:比較文學、文化研究、英語教學
分機:5115
E-mail:diranscu@g2.usc.
l 教授課程 Courses Taught show
Academic Year 102-
Special Topics for Seniors—Drama
Oral Training (2 classes)
Upper Intermediate Writing (2 classes)
Academic Year 101-
Public Speaking/ Speech (2 classes) (semesters 1 and 2)
Special Topics for Seniors—Drama (semesters 1 and 2)
Upper Intermediate Writing (semesters 1 and 2)
Oral Training (semesters 1 and 2)
Academic Year 100-
Public Speaking/ Speech (2 classes) (semesters 1 and 2)
Upper Intermediate Writing (semesters 1 and 2)
Listening/ Speaking (semesters 1 and 2)
Pronunciation (semester 1)
Vocabulary (semester 2)
l 服務 Services
n 裁判 Judges show
Academic Year 101-
Judge/ evaluator, Special Topics for Seniors Thesis Presentations (May 8, 2013).
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Research Discussion Group, Cultural Studies Group, Coordinator
International Exchanges Group, Member
English Corner. Instructor and evaluato
Speaking and Writing Curriculum Subcommittees, Member.
Academic Year 101----------------------------------------------
Class Advisor, Class 4B
Department MOE evaluation report committee (Category 5)
Speaking and Writing Curriculum Subcommittees, Member
English Corner, Voxopop Online Project: Evaluator, Instructor.
Department Hiring and Review Committee, Member
Simulated /Mock English-language Interviews and Evaluations, Ling Tung Senior High School (April 3, 2013).
Reception and promotion—Parents’ Lounge (April 13, 2013).
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Class Advisor, Class 4A
Member, Library Development Committee
Faculty Coordinator, USC English-language Newspaper
Member, Departmental Committees: Hiring Review; Academic Development; Department Development
Member, Department Curriculum Subcommittees: Listening, Speaking, Writing
Simulated/Mock Interview Evaluator, Ling Tung High School, Taichung (March 31, 2011).External Examiner, Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
“Top Articles” (2012-present) ,, Twentieth-Century China, Leeds, England, UK—journal article given special recognition on top articles list.
l 學術研究 Publication
n 期刊論文Journal Papers show
◆“Confucius and the Lady in Question: Power Politics, Cultural Production and the Performance of Confucius Saw Nanzi in China in 1929” in Twentieth-Century China 36, 1 (Jan., 2011): 23-43. First on the “Top Articles” list for Twentieth Century China issued by the publisher (Maney Publishing, UK, 2011-2012.
◆“Contagion of Laughter: The Rise of the Humor Phenomenon in Shanghai in the 1930’s” in positions: east asian cultures critique (Durham NC, USA: Duke University Press). Spring 2007, Volume 15.1: 137-163. ISSN 1067-9847. AHCI (Arts and Humanities Citation Index) publication; given recognition on the monthly updated list of “The 50 Most Frequently Read Articles” (in positions) April 2007, May 2007, July 2007 and May 2009.
n 研討會論文 Conference Papers show
◆“Lin Yutang and the Criticism of Criticism of Criticism: Self-Expression in Modern China and America”: International Conference on the Cross-cultural Legacy of Lin Yutang in China and America. City University of Hong Kong, Department of Chinese Translation and Linguistics, 19-20 December 2011
◆“Lin Yutang and China in the 1920’s: Humor, Tragicomedy and the New Woman” in Zhou Zhiping, et al. Kuayue yu qianjin—Cong Lin Yutang yanjiu kan wenhua de xiangrong/xianghan guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwen ji (Proceedings of A Stride Over/Forward, Cultural Fusion/Function in the Study of Lin Yutang International Conference[at Soochow University]) (Taipei:Lin Yutang guju/ Lin Yutang House, 2007) (English with Chinese translation), 85-142.
◆“Tragicomedy in Shandong” in proceedings of the Shift_Creativity@Management.2004 Conference Kaohsiung: Shih Chien University, 2004. ISBN: 957-9129-29-0
◆“Lao She, Henri Bergson and the Machine: Literary Portrayals of the Coming of the Machine Age in China in the 1930’s” in proceedings of The Fifth Annual Conference on Academics and Praxis at Shih Chien University (Taipei: Shih Chien University, 2002), Volume II, Section I-E1.
◆“Contagion of Laughter: The Genesis of the ‘Humor’ Phenomenon of China in the 1930’s” in proceedings of The Fourth Annual Conference on Academics and Praxis at Shih Chien University (Taipei: Shih Chien University, 2001). Volume II, Section I-C1.
n 專書及專書論文 Books and Book Chapters show
◆The Phantom of the Clock: Laughter and the Time of Life in the Writings of Qian Zhongshu and His Contemporaries” in Jocelyn Chey and Jessica Milner Davis, eds. Humour in Chinese Life and Culture: Resistance and Control in Modern Times ( Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2013), 23-45. ISBN 978-988-8139-24-8.
n 計畫 Projects show
◆Book Chapter: “Lin Yutang’s Criticism of Criticism of Criticism: Self-Expression in China and America” (University of California Press)
◆Conference Paper on writer Qian Zhongshu in Wuxi, China (March 24-26, 2014). Jointly sponsored by Jiangnan University and Exeter College, Oxford University
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ACADEMIC |
SERVICE |
2009, 2012 |
External Examiner Hong Kong Research Grants Council |
2012 |
External Reviewer Modern Chinese Literature and Culture |
Academica Sinica and Tamkang University (Libraries)—Ph.D. dissertation, “The Life and Times of Lin Yutang” (Columbia University) included in library collections.