EDUCATION
In Progress. Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, University of California, Davis (ABD)
2021. M.A. in Ethnomusicology, University of California, Davis
2019. M.A. in Musicology, Taipei National University of Arts
2014. B.BA. in International Trade and Business, Shih Chien University, Taipei
APPOINTMENTS
2024 Lead Editor, Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology Journal, Society for Ethnomusicology
2023–24 Associate Editor, Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology Journal, Society for Ethnomusicology
2023, 24 Associate Instructor, Department of American Studies, University of California, Davis
2022–24 Teaching Assistant Consultant, Center for Educational Effectiveness, University of California, Davis
2020–Present Graduate Teaching Assistant, Multiple Departments, University of California, Davis
2018 Research Assistant, Research Center for Music Technology and Health, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
2016 Research Assistant, Department of Traditional Music, Taipei National University of Arts
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
Referred Articles
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2024 “Hakka Blues and Jazz: The Inspiration of Black Music in the Hakka Traditional Folk Revitalization Movement in Post-Dictatorial Taiwan.” in Asian Music, 55(2).
Texas: University of Texas Press. pp. 114-149.
2019 “Rethinking Taiwanese Hakka Popular Music Studies (2000–2017): On Current Methods of Analyzing Music” in Formosan Journal of Music Research, 26.
Taipei: Taiwan Society for Music Studies. pp.71–98.
In Progress “Ethno or Sino-Musicology? Coloniality and Modernity in History of Taiwanese Ethnomusicology” in Ethnomusicology Forum
Book Chapter
2024 Co-authored with Daisy Underhill. “Equitable Syllabus Design Series” in Just-in-Time Teaching Guide, Center for Educational Effectiveness, University of
California, Davis.
Other Journal Articles
In Progress Co-authored with Chun-Chia Tai. “Marginalized Invisibility: Struggles of International Graduate Students in Ethnomusicology in the US Institutes” in Rising
Voices in Ethnomusicology, 20(2). Illinois: Society for Ethnomusicology.
2022 Co-authored with Asturizaga, V., Lopez, A., Kumer Neupane, S., Yang, S., Tai, C. “Fluid Identity: International Students Network in Betweenness” in Rising
Voices in Ethnomusicology, 18(1). Illinois: Society for Ethnomusicology.
AWARDS (Selected)
2024 Student of the Month Spotlight Award, Society for Ethnomusicology.
2022 Leader of Taiwan Independence Movement Peng Ming-Min Memorial Award, The Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles.
FELLOWSHIPS (Selected)
2023 Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Dissertation Writing Fellowship, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and Science & Technology Policy Research
and Information Center (STPI), Taiwan.
2023 Widening Circle Global Social Impact Study Abroad Award, Global Affairs at University of California, Davis, and Ann E. Pitzer Foundation.
2022 Dean’s Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Letter & Science Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, University of California, Davis.
2020–24 Music Graduate Fellowship, Department of Music, University of California, Davis.
2019–21 Ministry of Education Study Abroad Fellowship, Taiwan Government.
2019–20 Provost’s 1920 Fellowship in the Arts, Humanity, and Social Science, University of California, Davis.
2017–18 Performing Arts Critics Grant, The National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan.