2026–2027 academic year

[on research leave at Academia Sinica: neither teaching nor accepting new advisees]

2027–2028 academic year (expected)

Climate Fiction and Ecocriticism
graduate seminar
Open to MA and PhD students 

20th Century US Literature through Black Literature
upper-level undergraduate course
Open to undergraduate students

Literary Theory: Critical Theories
upper-level undergraduate course
previously co-taught with Dr. Tzuchien Tho from the University of Bristol Philosophy Department, with a special guest lecture from Prof. Sheila T. Cavanagh of Emory University. 

Open to undergraduate students from NTU, NTNU, NCCU, and exchange students. 

Critical Reading and Cultural Analysis (critical theories module)
undergraduate survey course co-taught with my DFLL colleagues
Open to undergraduate students from NTU, NTNU, NCCU, and exchange.
Taught primarily in English (some modules from my colleagues may be in Mandarin).

Oral Training I
required undergraduate course. Enrollment by placement test only.

other courses taught 

Ethics and the Short Story  (19–20 Cen. US Literature)
upper level undergraduate seminar

Literature of Love (19–20 Cen. US Literature)
undergraduate lecture course

Water = Life / Silence = Death: Religious and Social Movement Theory
undergraduate course

Discourses of Religion: Research Methods in Critical Theory of Religion
undergraduate course

Love, Power, and Truth: Approaches to Literature from Philosophy and Religion
undergraduate course

Composition II
undergraduate course. Enrollment by assignment only. 

Global Queer Literature
graduate seminar cross-listed with Women and Gender Studies.
Open to MA and PhD students 

Queer Theory
graduate seminar cross-listed with Women and Gender Studies.
Open to MA and PhD students 

AI in SF: Artificial Intelligence in Speculative Fiction
graduate seminar
Open to MA and PhD students 

Graduate Supervisees

Maya Rubin (graduated 2026)
MA thesis: "A Place Unknown: Autotheory as Crossing the Borders of Language and Nation in Paul Preciado’s Testo Junkie and Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre"

Luke Springett (graduating 2026)

MA thesis: "A Kind of Christopher: Isherwood's relationship to fiction, truth, himself, and telling (good) stories"

Lainey Hsu 徐蕾 (graduating 2026)

MA thesis: “Remembering Tiger, Dreaming Dogs: K-Ming Chang’s Magical Realist Queer Diaspora”

Prospective Advisees, Supervisees, & Recipients of Letters of Recommendation

I am not currently accepting new undergraduate nor graduate advisees.

To apply for thesis supervision with me, a student must already have completed 2+ semesters in the DFLL graduate program, and performed well in 1+ graduate seminar with me. 

I will consider supervising projects on Anglophone and/or German speculative fiction engaging discourses of religion and/or ecocriticism. 

Requests for supervision must include an abstract of the proposed thesis project, including possible literary and theoretical texts and a provisional thesis statement.

To be clear: I do not support applications (for supervision nor graduate program entry) of candidates who have not already completed courses with me. 

To request a letter of recommendation, you should have performed well in 1+ course with me. Email me at least 3 weeks before the deadline with relevant information, including your completed statement of purpose or comparable application essay if you are applying to a graduate program.