Chia-ju Chang
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages and Literatures
Location: 4107 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x6635
Fax: 718.951.4235
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Chia-ju Chang has taught at several universities, including the University of Florida at Gainesville; Trinity University, Texas; and Washington and Lee University, Virginia.
Education:
Ph.D., Rutgers University - New Brunswick - 2004 (Literature, Comparative)
M.F.A., Rutgers University - New Brunswick - 1995 (Painting)
Areas of Expertise:
Chang's primary research area is Zen aesthetics, ecocriticism, ecofeminism and film studies. In addition, she is interested in looking at literary productions as well as cultural forms from an environmental, animal ecofeminist, nonhuman or subaltern's perspective.
Books and Publications
"傾聽大地萬物：琳達‧荷根的生平與作品介紹." Journal of World Literature, March. Taipei, Taiwan. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
"從《美女廚房》到《三花》：淺談華人動物虐待與動物意識覺醒." Journal of World Literature, March. Taipei, Taiwan. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
"海瑟的生態世界主義論述"，生態美學與生態批評通訊 Newsletter on Ecoaesthetics and Ecocriticism, 2. (山東大學文藝美學研究中心) (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2013
<食色與動物>, Journal of CTLA. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
"台北的野狗與狗媽媽社會現象：一個生態女性關懷論述、實踐與批判," 生態美學與生態普遍通訊， 2012年第十期. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"臺北的狗媽媽與野狗：談狗媽媽運動和都市空間裡的性別與動物歧視." Voice of Animals, August (Taiwan). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"The Art of Self-emptying and Ecological Integration: Bae Yong-kyun's Why Has Bodhidharma Left for the East as a Case Study." Screening Nature. Berghah Books. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
"Trans-species Care: Taiwan's Feral Dogs and Dog Mother Activism." International Journal of Humanities and Social Science 2.3, January. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
Poetry translation, four poems by Anannya Dasgupta. Poetry Sky 29, Spring. http://poetrysky.com/quarterly/29/gasgupta.html. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
Poetry translation, four poems by Daniella Gioseffi. Four poems, Poetry Sky, Fall/Winter 2012, 《詩天空》，第31期：http://www.poetrysky.com/quarterly/31/toc.html (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
Poetry translation, four poems by Susan Hawthorne. Animals' Voice of Taiwan, April. http://www.lca.org.tw/avot/2138. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
Poetry translation, two poems by Shenchong Lai. Poetry Sky 29, Spring. http://poetrysky.com/quarterly/29/laixianzong.html. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"Cinematic Ecology and Emptiness: A Chan Pedagogical Approach to Film" [电影里的生态与空观：以禅宗方式来教电影[. Journal of Chinese Language Teaching and Research, Summer. CTLA-GNY. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011
Poetry Translation, "Train Passing through Nan'ao?Reminiscing Kexiao," by Liu Kexiang. Poetry Sky Journal. http://www.poetrysky.com/quarterly/28/liukexiang.html. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
Poetry translation: "After the Eighth Naphtha Cracker Industrial Park," by Liu Kexiang. ISLE (Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"'I am insubstantial in the universe. But in the universe, there is nothing which is not me': Toward a Chan Ecocriticism, Ecology and Experience of Film." ISLE (Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
"An Eco-Mystery in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Film Viewing from a Chan Gong'an Perspective. Journal of Jiangxu University (in Chinese). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Teacher Talk." Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy 21.1, Spring/Summer. Special issue on "Teaching Earth." (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Ang Lee." Encyclopedia of Modern China, Volume 4. (Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"Putting Back the Animals: Ecological-Feminist Discourse and Woman-Animal Meme. Contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese Cultural Imagination." Hong Kong University Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2009
"Featuring Antelope: Subalternity, Ethnicity, and Aesthetics in Lu Chuan's Kekexili." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
"Chinese Odyssey: Innovative Chinese Courseware, Vol.1." NECTFL Review 59, Fall/Winter. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006
"Tell It Like It Is! Natural Chinese for Advanced Learners." NECTFL Review 58, Spring/Summer. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006
"Fault-lines in East Coast America." Performing Arts Review, August: 73-75 (Taiwan, in Chinese). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
New Faculty Development Grant. $592. (Awards and Honors) 2011
New Faculty Development Grant. $517.76. (Awards and Honors) 2010
Travel Grant. $353. (Awards and Honors) 2010
New Faculty Development Grant. $350. (Awards and Honors) 2009
Travel Grant. $870.87. (Awards and Honors) 2009
New Faculty Development Grant. $338.96. (Awards and Honors) 2008
PSC-CUNY grant. $2,500. (Awards and Honors) 2008
Travel Grant. $940. (Awards and Honors) 2008
Curriculum and Faculty Development Grant, Association of the South Environmental
Initiative. $1,500. (Awards and Honors) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
「救鯊行動」：生態紀錄片的生態世界主義想像與全球正義, 淡江大學英文系. Jan. 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Eco-translatology: An Ecocritical Critique." Tamkang University. June 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Literature...What Is It Good For?" Hua-fan University. Taipei, Taiwan, June 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
「四海一家」：二十一世紀行星為單位的生態世界主義想像, 「全球華語文化」國際研討會. ACCL Global Sinophonia Conference. Dec. 19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Animals Behind the Scenes: Teaching Contemporary Animal Literature and Animal Cultural Studies in U.S. colleges." CTLA-GNY. Rutgers University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Classical Cultures: Classical China," Core Conference, Brooklyn College, June 1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Reading Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as a Gong'an (koan) Film." Fifth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse. / 亞太生態論述：反思現代，重回自然？. Tamkang University. Taiwan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Teaching Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in Chinese Culture or Film Course." CLTA-GNY 2010 Annual Conference & 8th New York International Conference on Teaching Chinese. Pace University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Chinese Language Teachers Association of Great New York, CLTA-GNY 2010 Annual Conference & 8th New York International Conference on Teaching Chinese. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"從"動物倡導"文藝批評視野看陸川的《可可西里》" Roundtable on Transforming Eco-cannons. Taipei University. Taipei, Taiwan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2009
"The Cypress in the Front Yard: Film Practice as Spiritual Practice as Eco-aesthetic Practice." International Conference on Ecological Aesthetics and Environmental Aesthetics in Global Perspective. Shandong University. China. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Ecology of Reading: Embracing Politics of the Shallow and Aesthetics of the Deep in Lu Chuan's Kekexili." Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse. 織理文字與世界：生態批評、危機與再現, Tamkang University. Taiwan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Ecology of Reading: Embracing Politics of the Shallow and Aesthetics of the Deep in Lu Chuan's Kekexili." International Conference on Beyond Thoreau: American and International Response to Nature. Tsinghua University. China. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Strategies of Co-writing Animals, Children and Women: Li Ang's Shafu and Wang Xiaodi's Mofa Ama." Taidong University. Taiwan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Putting Back the Animals: Woman-Animal Configurations in Contemporary Chinese Women's Fiction and Animation." ASLE / Animal Eyes: Seeing With and Through the Eyes of Animals. University of Connecticut, Spartanburg, S.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Ten Thousand Things Are As They Are, or Imagining Intimacy: From the Erotic to Interbeing to Emptiness to the World." ACCL / Ecocriticism II. Sichuan University. Chengdu, China. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Roach Lady, Mermaid, Peony and Their Lovers: An Environmental-Feminist Reading of Urban Topophobia in Two Chinese Language Films." CEA / Identity East and West. San Antonio, Texas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Whose Story of Survival? A Comparative Study on the Cinematic Narratives of the Endangered Animals and Their Human Guardians." ACLA / Animal Other in Literature, the Arts and Culture Session." Princeton, N.J. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Whose Story of Survival? A Comparative Study on the Narratives of Endangered Animals and Their Human Guardians." ALSC / Literature and Environment. San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Masculine (Re)Vision of the Shakti Power in the 1980s Taiwan: Hou Chün-ming's Woodblock Prints." Engendering Community and Diversity. University of La Verne. Louisiana. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Strange Women in Strange Worlds: Urban Topophobia in Chinese-language Speaking Films." SWCAS / Asian Cinema Session. Denton, Texas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"The Haunting Voice of Mother Earth: An Eco-feminist Reading of Transnational Chinese Cinema." RMMLA / Ecocriticism Session. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Return of the Snake Goddess? Toward an Eco-feminist Reading in Chinese Cinema." 13th Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia. Columbia University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"The Ambivalent Snake in Dojooji Monogatari." Teaching Mythology, Theorizing Mythology. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, N.J. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999
"Peter Stroud's Color-field Painting and Chinese Ch'an Art." 6th Comparative Literature Annual Conference. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, N.J. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1997
Professional Leadership
Supervisor for Association of Animal Equal Rights Promotion in Taiwan. 擔任理監事, 台灣動物平權促進會，臺灣. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2013
Member, ASLE Travel Awards Selection Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Campus Planning Committee, fall 2011-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2011
Departmental secretary, Modern Languages and Literatures, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Core Curriculum Committee, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Modern Languages and Literatures Grade Appeal Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Executive officer, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, 2009-11. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Other Professional Activities
Co-editor, "Ecocriticism" column, Journal of Jiangsu University, 2009-present. 2009
