WHO AM I? 自我介紹

I graduated from Colby College with honors in American Studies and a minor in Chinese.  American Studies is an interdisciplinary major, and it teaches students to critically examine America's cultural history.  As my thesis adviser always told me, it involves a close analysis of "the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves."  For my honor's thesis, I explored the representation of Chinese men in Kung Fu films and the way such representation construct notions of masculinity.  Thus, I watched all of Bruce Lee's movies and Jackie Chan films that were ever made, as well as some transnational films - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Shaolin Soccer.   

I had a great four years living in rural Waterville, Maine, but I'm very happy that my hometown is in New York City, where there is public transportation.  Currently, I am in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (高雄,台灣) on a Fulbright Fellowship.  I will be working as an English Teaching Assistant for the year in a local elementary school.  Upon returning to the States, I will begin my Masters in Childhood Education and eventually teach in the NYC public school system.  (In the pic is me and my idol, Jonathan Kozol!)

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