Current Position:

Instructor:  Department of Applied Foreign Languages
                        National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, 1999~present

Courses taught:

                       * English Drama/Acting
                       * Oral Interpretation & Readers Theater

                       * Discovering Poetry through Performance; Poetry and Verbal Arts
                       * News English (Critical Reading of the News)
                       * Freshmen English (Oral Comm., Public Speaking, Guided Reading)   

            Initiated and Developed: the department's English Theater Course Sequence

Areas of Expertise in Education

1. Oral Communication: Voice & Speech; Voice to Text; Verbal & Vocal Arts; Discussion and Debate; Workshop Organization & Facilitation

2. Performance-enhanced Learning: English Drama & Acting; Oral Interpretation & Readers Theater; Poetry Performance; Teaching Literature Using Performance-based Approaches

3. Theater Directing/Production

4. Journalism/Critical Reading: Critical Analysis of the News; Journalistic English; Interviewing for News and Research Projects

5. Critical-Creative research and presentation; Project-based Teaching

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
    M.A., Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia

    B.A., English and Art History, University of Missouri-Kansas City

    University of Southern Maine: Advanced Readers Theater Classroom Methodologies (18 hrs. graduate-level credit)

    Readers Theatre Institute, San Diego, CA: Basic/Advanced Training Certificates in Oral Interpretation and Readers Theater (110 hours), at the 38th/39th Readers Theatre Workshops, Chicago/London—(attended on Taiwan National Science Council grant and Taiwan Tech Univ. grant)

 

THEATER & PERFORMANCE TRAINING

Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, Mass., USA
     Month-long Shakespeare Acting Intensive, Jan. 2025 (200 hours)

     Playing Shakespeare: Voice, Text, Clown, Aug. 2019 (50 hours)

Taipei Meisner Studio, graduated from 2-year Meisner Training Program, 2020-2023

Nordic Performance Masterclass-Advanced, Taipei, taught by Harald Emgard (Lund University, Sweden), April 2024 (120 hours)
Nordic Performance Masterclass: Body to Voice with Shakespeare, Taipei, taught by Harald Emgard (Lund University, Sweden), November 2023 (80 hours)

Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD), London, July 2018: Acting with Text (32 hours), Voice Fundamentals (65 hours) (attended on Taiwan Ministry of Education grant)

Linklater Center for Voice and Language, New York, Natural Voice, Levels 1 & 2, 2017, 2020

Williamson and Chekhov Movement Technique, Taipei, taught by Janice Orlandi (HB Studio, NYC), continuing online classes, 2021~2025 (have also audited in-person classes with Janice at HB Studio)

Grotowski movement, Meisner Drama Academy, Netherlands, June 2021 (online)

Voice training with Barbara Houseman, Drama School Mumbai, Sept-Oct 2020 (online)

The Acting Lab and Butterfly Effect Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014-2018: Acting classes (100+ hours); workshops in Meisner, directing, Shakespeare (80+ hours)

 

EMPLOYMENT in EDUCATION – TEACHING EXPERIENCE

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Dept. of Applied Foreign Languages, Taipei, Taiwan, full-time lecturer, 1999~2023; part-time (retired), 2023~present (See top of resume for courses taught)

National Taiwan Normal University, Dept. of English, part-time, 2019/1995~2003: English Drama; Guided Reading; Discussion & Debate

National Taiwan University, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literature, part-time, 2011~2012: Freshmen English; English Listening

National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Journalism, part-time, 1995-1996: English Newswriting, Feature writing

National Chengchi University, Dept. of Journalism, part-time, 1995: English Newswriting & Editing/Publication

Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Services Institute, part-time, 1996-2005, 2008: English Oral Communication

 

THEATER DIRECTING and PRODUCING EXPERIENCE in EDUCATION

Research-based performances

   “Cupid's Rescue":  series of awareness-raising performance activities on dating abuse,

        Advisor/Director/Producer for talk-show role-play performances; adapted from student research/interview project  ("An Exploration in Raising Awareness of Relationship Abuse Among Young People in Taiwan: A Two-Part Qualitative Study Combining Research and Performance”[提升台灣年輕人 「親密伴侶暴力」之意識:結合訪問與表演的質 性研究]), 2015, funding provided by Taiwan Ministry of Science & Tech Grant (MOST):

               1. Taiwan Tech University (NTUST), in cooperation with NTUST Counseling Services Division

               2. Taiwan Tech University, in cooperation with Taiwan NGO Modern Women's Foundation 現代婦女基金會

              3. Shihlin Senior High School 士林高中, Taipei, in cooperation with the school's Counseling Center

 

Drama productions, Taiwan Tech University, Taipei

Director and Acting/Voice Coach: 2012~present

• In a Grove: Four Japanese Ghost Stories, by Eric Coble

• Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind: 30 plays in 60 minutes, by Greg Allen (Chicago Neo-Futurists)

• Comedy, Drama, Crime: 12 scenes in 60 minutes, scripts by David Dalton & Chad Schnackel

• Check, Please, by Jonathan Rand

• Trifles, by Susan Glaspell

• Suppressed Desires, by Susan Glaspell

• All About Eve, by Joe Mankiewicz, selected scenes (Zoom performance)

• Thelma and Louise, by Callie Khouri, selected scenes

• The Brute (The Bear), by Anton Chekhov

• Sure Thing, by David Ives

• Beauty, by Jane Martin

• Death Knocks, by Woody Allen

 

Enhanced Readers Theatre productions, Taiwan Tech University, Taipei

Director and Acting/Voice Coach: 2012~present

• In the Eye of the Beholder, by Rod Serling (Twilight Zone)

• The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, by Rod Serling (Twilight Zone)

• Open the Portal Wide: The Stories of Kate Chopin

• The Story of Echo and Narcissus, adapted by William Adams

• The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

• The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe; The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs

• The Possibility of Evil, by Shirley Jackson

• Alice in Wonderland, selected scenes and poems, by Lewis Carroll

 

SELECTED WORKSHOPS TAUGHT / CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Using vocal warm-ups and theater-based techniques in a multimodal ESL classroom – Workshop conducted at the International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT), Taiwan Tech University, Taipei, 2018

• Research as outward exploration: Expanding the goals of undergrad projects through creative and socially oriented approaches (combining research + performance) ––paper presented at International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching, Taiwan Tech University, Taipei, 2016

• Studying English literature through performance: Using Readers Theater and Drama as a support for studying prose, drama, and poetry —5 workshops for high school students (held in conjunction with an advanced high school English literature class), Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University 國立師大附中, Taipei, 2014~2015

• The Application of Readers Theater in the English Classroom: Developing group performance techniques for a unique EFL oral-aural experience—workshops for high school teachers:     1) Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University 國立師大附中, Taipei, 2015;       2)  Oriental Institute of Technology, Applied Foreign Languages,亞東技術學院應用外語系, Taipei, 2011

• A Theoretical Grounding for Readers Theater in EFL—paper presented at International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching , Taiwan Tech Univ., 2012

• Teaching EFL Students to Appreciate Poetry through a Process of Scripting, Rehearsal and Performance—paper presented at Hwa Kang Conference on English Language and Literature, Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, 2011

• Developing Readers Theater-based Activities to Promote Critical-Creative Response in Literary Analysis among EFL students—research paper awardedTaiwan Science Council Grant, presented at the 39th Readers Theater Conference and Workshop, London, 2011

• Project-based Teaching & Learning: A critical and creative process—paper presented at International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT), Taiwan Tech University, 2010

 

ACADEMIC HONORS: GRANTS & AWARDS

• ROC Ministry of Education (MOE) grant for developing skills in EMI applications: attended courses at Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England, 2018, sole grant recipient

• ROC Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) College Student Research Grant, faculty advisor for year-long research project: “Selling Beauty Online: A Quantitative-Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of YouTubers Using Various Business Models on College Students in Taiwan” 定量與質性 分析 YouTubers 的商業模式 及其對臺灣大學生之影響, 2017

• ROC Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) College Student Research Grant, faculty advisor for year-long research project: “An Exploration in Raising Awareness of Relationship Abuse Among Young People in Taiwan: A Two-Part Qualitative Study Combining Research and Performance”[提升台灣年輕人 「親密伴侶暴力」之意識:結合訪問與表演的質性研究], 2014

• Taiwan Science Council Grant for research paper presented at the 39th Readers Theater Conference and Workshop (paper title: Developing Readers Theater-based Activities to Promote Critical- Creative Response in Literary Analysis among EFL students), London, 2011, sole grant recipient

• NTUST grant for attending 38th International Readers Theatre Conference & Workshop, Chicago, 2010

• Outstanding Teaching Award, NTUST (university-wide), 2008-2011 (three-year award)

• Outstanding Advisor Award, NTUST, 2010

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: EDITING, WRITING, JOURNALISM + Publications

International Journal of Design (SSCI, A&HCI), National Taiwan Univ. of Science & Technology, Department of Design, Taipei: Copy Editor, 2012~2022

Hanlin Publishing Co., Taipei, Textbook author and editor: Writing, editing for English high school textbooks: 2017~2019

Far East Publishing Co., Taipei, Textbook author and editor: Writing, editing for English high school textbooks, 1997~2018; Most recent publications:

    1) 2nd Author: Far East English Reader for Vocational High Schools, 4th ed., 6 volumes

    2) 2nd Author: Far East English Reader for Vocational High Schools, 3rd ed., 6 volumes

    3) 4th Author: Far East  English Readers for Senior High Schools, 3rd edition, 6 volumes

Taiwan Review (monthly magazine), ROC (Taiwan) Government Information Office, Taipei, Full-time: Editor and writer

Taiwan News (English daily newspaper), Taipei, Full-time: Editor, copyeditor, writer

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE in THEATER: STAGE, FILM, RADIO DRAMA

Stage Acting & Film

As You Like It, by W. Shakespeare,“Rosalind”
Shakespeare & Co., Lenox MA, USA, 2025

God of Carnage, by Yasmina Reza, "Michael”
Harald Emgard's Adanced Acting Class Showcase, Taipei, 2024

Damnation, by Barry Hall,  "Judith Stein”
Guling St. Avant-garde Theatre Elsewhere Theatre Co, Taipei, 2023

night, Mother, by Marsha Norman, "Thelma Cates”
Taipei Meisner Studio Grad Showcase, 2023

Nuclear Family, by Barry Hall, "Martha," ​S​​tage version: Taipei Shorts, Fu-jen Univ Theater, Taipei, 2020, Film version: Crepuscular Films, 2021
(Best Independent Film, Ukrainian Indie Film Festival)

Open, by Barry Hall (short film), "Woman," Crepuscular Films, 2021 (various film festival awards)

Diary of Anne Frank, by Wendy Kesselman, "Mrs. Frank”
Butterfly Effect Theatre Co., Taipei
Touring production, Taiwan, 2017~18

Sylvia, by A.R. Gurney,“Kate”
Butterfly Effect Theatre Company, Taipei, 2015

Taipei Shorts, 2019-2020 (biannual series of original one-acts), Fu-jen University Theatre;  Red Room International Village

   “Boze,” 1) The Memory Stratagem, 2) Your Country Needs You, 3) Return of the Hero, by Shashwati Talukdar

   “Arlene,” Swipe Right, by Deni Carson

   “Woman,” Little Moons, by Emily Haver

Romeo and Juliet (bilingual adaptation),“Prince, Tybalt, Friar Lawrence, Capulet,”Let's Play Theater, touring production at schools around Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung, Hualien, 2016~2018

 

Radio Dramas: Staged and Broadcast versions

 20+ shows with Red Room Radio Redux, staged/enhanced radio-style dramas + studio-recorded broadcasts:

Founding member, associate producer, stage and voice actor, foley effects performer

Staged versions: Red Room Radio Redux, with Red Room International Village, Taipei, 2012~2017
Radio versions: Red Room Radio Redux with ICRT-FM, Taipei, 2012~2017

       

              Selected list of performances and acting roles

• Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, condensed version, Taipei Fringe Festival:

  “Lady Macbeth,” “Lady MacDuff,” “Witch”

• Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mechanicals, Taipei Fringe Festival: “Quince”

• Chimes at Midnight, Shakespeare/Orson Welles: “Doll Tearsheet,” “Justice Shallow”

• Dracula, by Bram Stoker, adapted: “Mina Harker”

• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens: “Mrs. Cratchit,” “Ghost of Christmas Past,” “Narrator”

• Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, various roles

• Three Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, enhanced Foley effects performer