EDUCATION
University of Southern California
Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Cultures, May 2019
Dissertation: “Choreographing the Sinophone Body: Hong Kong Martial Arts Media and Embodied Languages”
Digital Media and Culture Graduate Certificate, USC School of Cinematic Arts, 2019
Visual Studies Graduate Certificate, USC Visual Studies Research Institute, 2017
University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. Asian Studies, 2013
University of California, Irvine
B.A. English, 2009
OTHER STUDY
Penn State
Digital Asias Workshop, Summer 2019
National Taiwan Normal University
Mandarin language course, Summer 2015
LANGUAGES
English (native), Mandarin Chinese (near native), Cantonese (near native), Korean (advanced), Classical Chinese (reading proficient), Burmese (advanced speaking), French (reading proficient)
DIGITAL SKILLS
Python, Scalar, Adobe Creative Suites (including After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere), Tableau, Voyant
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
USC Andrew W. Mellon Digital Humanities Ph.D. Fellowship, 2017-2019
USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association Award, 2017, 2018
Graduate Summer Research Grant, Visual Studies Research Institute, 2016, 2017
Award for Excellence in Teaching, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching, EALC, 2015
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Taiwan), 2015
Michael Schoenecke Travel Grant, Popular Culture Association, 2015
Bitzer Family Fellowship, 2013-2014
SERVICE
Chair, Resistance Reimagined Graduate Symposium, USC, 2018
President, Graduates Studying East Asia, USC, 2016-present
Vice President, Graduates Studying East Asia, USC 2015-2016
Organizer, “Memory, Moment, and Mobility in East Asia,” Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Graduate Conference, USC, April 2015
Reader, Goldline Press, 2014
Member, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Graduate Colloquium, UCSB, 2011-2013
Melissa Mei-Lin Chan 