Faculty Directory
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Education
| TEFL Certificate | Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University of Toronto (2013) |
| M.A. | English Literature, University of Toronto (2013) |
| B.A.(Hon) | Cornell University (2000) |
Work Experience
| 2014-pres. | English lecturer, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 2012-2014 | Instructor, University of Toronto, St. George Campus |
| 2007-2008 | Instructor, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus |
| 2002-2007 | Instructor, Phillips Academy: Andover, MA |
| 2004-2012 | Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto |
| 2001-2002 | Tutor, The Institute for Vocational Education: Hong Kong, China |
| 2000-2001 | ESL Instructor, NOVA Corporation: Tokyo, Japan |
Awards
- Graduate Student Travel Fund, U of T Department of English (2010)
- University of Toronto Thesis Completion Grant (2007-2009)
- University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship (2003-2008)
- Teaching Assistants’ Training Program – nominated and finalist for Award (2006-2007)
- Teaching Assistants’ Training Program – certificate earned (2004-2005)
Publications
- “Empire, Nation, and Time in Kenneth Liu’s The Grace of Kings.” LA Review of Books, Science Fiction Section. 2015 (novel review)
- “The Two Japans of Spirited Away.” International Journal of Comic Art. 12:1. Spring 2010. 435-52.
- “Globality in Comics” (Canadian Literature #197 (Summer 2008), pg. 193-194; invited)
- “Old and Middle English Plant-Names” (January 2005; non-refereed)
Conference Proceedings
- “Laurence Yep’s Unhyphenated America” 31st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA), The International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) (March 16-20, 2011; refereed)
- “The Korean Writer and Tradition: Minsoo Kang’s Of Tales and Enigmas” ICFA-31, IAFA (March 17-21, 2010; refereed)
- “Harriot’s Fantastic Virginia” Early Modern Studies Seminar Colloquium, University of Toronto (March 2006; refereed)
- “Paradise Lost and Season of Mists: Postmodern Sequential Art in Discourse With the Literary Canon” ACCUTE Conference, University of Western Ontario (May 2005; refereed)
- “Middle-Class Masculinity and Aestheticized Violence in William Morris’ ‘The Gilliflower of Gold’” The 2005 McGill Graduate Symposium on Language and Literature (March 2005; refereed)