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Shaohua Guo

(September, 2020)

Department of Asian Languages and Literatures Carleton College One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057 [email protected] (507) 222-5957

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT Fall 2020-Present Associate Professor Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, Carleton College 2014-2020 Assistant Professor Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, Carleton College 2012-2014 Visiting Assistant Professor Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Colgate University

EDUCATION Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

M.A., Comparative Literature Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

B.A., Chinese Language and Literature Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS Cultural Studies of Digital Media Chinese Literature, Film, and Culture Popular Cultures in East Asia

PUBLICATIONS (all single-authored unless otherwise noted) BOOKS The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public. Stanford: Stanford University Press, forthcoming 2020. Jiedu Tangji kede (Introduction to Don Quixote). Co-authored with Yang Mei and Liu Yingmei. Beijing: Jinghua Press, 2001.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES Forthcoming 2021. “You Tube, We Comment: I Am a Singer and Geopolitical Encounters of Sinophone Communities.” ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts 28(1).

Forthcoming 2021. Belinda Kong, and Shaohua Guo. “Introduction to the Special Edition on Imagining Geopolitics across Media and Artforms in Asia and Beyond.” ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts 28(1). 2020. “Cinderella Stories Retold: Geopolitics of Taiwanese Idol Dramas.” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 32(1): 73-107. 2018. “‘Occupying’ the Internet: State Media and the Reinvention of Official Culture Online.” Communication and the Public 3(1): 19-33. 2018. “Wenyi, Wenqing and Pure Love: The European Imaginary in Xu Jinglei’s Films.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas 12(1): 41-58. 2018. “The Politics of Love in Contemporary China: Cosmopolitanism and Competing Masculinities in Best Time.” China Information 32(1): 88-106. 2017. “Acting through the Camera Lens: The Global Imaginary and Middle Class Aspirations in Chinese Urban Cinema.” Journal of Contemporary China 26(104): 311-324. 2017. “When Dating Shows Encounter State Censors: A Case Study of If You Are the One.” Media, Culture & Society 39(4): 487-503. 2016. “The Appeal of Style: Han Han and Microcultural Contention in Digital China.” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 28(2): 90-138. 2016. “Ruled by Attention: A Case Study of Professional Digital Attention Agents at Sina.com and the Chinese Blogosphere.” International Journal of Cultural Studies 19(4): 407-423. 2015. “Startling by Each Click: ‘Word-of-Mouse’ Publicity and Critically Manufacturing Time- Travel Romance Online.” Chinese Literature Today 5(1): 74-83.

PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTER Forthcoming 2020. “Farewell, China Nostalgia: A Case Study of Commercial Cinema in Taiwan.” In Paul G. Pickowicz, and Yingjin Zhang eds., Locating Taiwan Cinema in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Cambria Press.

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Forthcoming 2020. “Xiaojie richang: Wangluo zhibo de kunjing yu qianjing” (Consuming mundanity: The promise and perils of live streaming). In Yong Hu ed., Zhongguo wangluo nianjian (China’s Internet industry yearbook). Beijing: Zhongxin chubanshe. Forthcoming 2020. “Diyuan zhengzhi de shijian: xiandangdai dianying yu wenhua piping” (Geopolitical practices: Modern and contemporary film and cultural criticisms). In Hongtao Liu ed., Hanxuejia yu zhongguo dangdai wenxue haiwai chuanbo (Sinologists and overseas dissemination of contemporary Chinese literature). Nanchang: Jiangxi Education Press. 2015. “Yezhi” (W.B. Yeats). In Hongtao Liu ed., Xifang xiandaipai wenxue xinbian jiaocheng (New course of western modernist literature), 52-59. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 2004. “Jiedu ‘Shixiang Baizhanting’” (A reading of Sailing to Byzantium). In Hongtao Liu ed., Waiguo wenxue zuopin daodu (Introductory readings of foreign literary works), 295-303. Beijing: China Renmin University Press. 2004. “Jiedu ‘Qiangshang de bandian’” (A reading of The Mark on the Wall). In Hongtao Liu ed., Waiguo wenxue zuopin daodu (Introductory readings of foreign literary works), 304-311. Beijing: China Renmin University Press. 2002. “1919-2000: Bodelaier zai zhongguo” (1919-2000: Baudelaire in China). Suihua shizhuan xuebao (Journal of Suihua Teachers College) 22(2): 42-47. 2002. “Pingxing yanjiu zhiwojian” (My viewpoint on parallel study). Xuchang shizhuan xuebao

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(Journal of Xuchang Teachers College) 21(4): 66-67. 2001. “Pingxing yanjiu” (Parallel study). In Xiangyu Liu ed., Bijiao wenxue (Comparative literature), 75-103. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY “Online Encyclopedias and Wikis.” Literary Information in China: A History (co-edited by Jack W. Chen, Anatoly Detwyler, Xiao Liu, Christopher Nugent, and Bruce Rusk). Invited contribution. Under contract with Columbia University Press.

INVITED BOOK REVIEWS 2019. Book Review of Contesting Cyberspace in China: Online Expression and Authoritarian Resilience, by Rongbin Han, New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. Chinese Journal of Communication 12(1): 1-3. 2017. Book Review of China’s Contested Internet, edited by Guobin Yang, Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2015. Frontiers of Literary Studies in China 11(3): 563-566.

DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP 2015. “Taking Stock of the Chinese Blogosphere.” Invited contribution. Asia Dialogue, published by Asia Research Institute, the University of Nottingham. Published on June 30, 2015. Available at: http://theasiadialogue.com/2015/06/30/a-peek-into-the-bustling-blogging- scene-in-china/

GUEST EDITORSHIP Forthcoming 2021. Guest Editor, “Imagining Geopolitics Across Media and Artforms in Asia and Beyond,” a special issue comprised of six articles, ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts 28(1) (co-edited with Belinda Kong).

EXTERNAL GRANTS 2019 Faculty Career Enhancement Grant, Associated College of the Midwest 2019 Stanford East Asia Library Travel Grant, Stanford University 2017-2018 The Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 2017 Teddy Amoloza Conference Travel Award, ASIANetwork 2012 Haas Junior Scholars Conference Travel Grant, University of California, Berkley

INTERNAL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2020 Mellon Public Works Initiative Grant, Carleton College 2020 Curriculum Development Grant, Carleton College 2020, 2019 Gilman Grant, Small Faculty Development Endowment Award, Carleton College 2019 Curricular Innovation Grant, Carleton College 2018 Faculty Research and Assistance Fund, Carleton College 2018 Slow Teaching Mini-Grant, Carleton College 2018, 2017 Gilman Grant, Small Faculty Development Endowment Award, Carleton College 2018 Asian Studies Research Travel Grant, Carleton College 2018 Broom Public Scholarship Project Grant, Carleton College 2017-2018 Large Faculty Development Fellowship Award, Carleton College

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2017-2018 Future Learning Technologies Group Incubator Grant, Carleton College 2017 Global Engagement Initiative Grant, Carleton College 2016 Small Faculty Development Endowment Award, Carleton College 2016, 2015 Humanities Center Student Research Assistant Grant, Carleton College 2015-2018 Headley Travel Fund, Carleton College 2012-2013 Colgate Research Council Discretionary Grant, Colgate University 2012-2014 Faculty Travel Grant, Colgate University 2012, 2011 Louise J. Faurot Memorial Endowed Fellowship in Chinese Studies, UT Austin 2011, 2007 China Endowment Conference Travel Grant, UT Austin 2009 Taiwan Studies Travel Grant, UT Austin 2009 Emily Knauss Graduate Scholarship for Liberal Arts, UT Austin 2009, 2008 Tom and Martha Ward Endowed Fellowship, UT Austin 2009, 2008 East Asia Graduate Fellowship, UT Austin 2009 Graduate School Bruton Fellowship, UT Austin 2008-2009 University Continuing Fellowship, UT Austin 2008, 2007 Graduate Student Professional Development Award, UT Austin

AWARDS 2014 Torch Medal for Teaching Excellence, Colgate University 2008 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, UT Austin 2003 Graduation with Distinction, Beijing Normal University

INVITED TALKS AND WORKSHOPS Forthcoming 2020. “How Chinese Netizens Use the Internet” (Webinar). The Long US-China Institute, the University of California Irvine, October. 2018. “‘Occupying’ the Internet: State Media and the Reinvention of Chinese Official Culture Online.” Macalester College, MN, November. 2018. “Culture Meets Geopolitics: Transpacific Dynamics Projected on Taiwan Screens,” Interdisciplinary Research Workshop, the University of California, San Diego, August. 2017. “‘Occupying’ the Internet: State Media and the Reinvention of Official Culture Online,” Symposium on Digital Formations and Chinese Experiences: Creation, Appropriation, and Circulation, Penn Wharton China Center, co-hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, Zhejiang University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Beijing, China. June. 2015. “Acting through the Camera Lens: The Global Imaginary and Middle Class Aspirations in Chinese Urban Cinema,” the Alliance to Advance Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC) Workshop on Chinese Cinema, Reed College, Portland, OR. October. 2014. “Liberalization of Cultural Space: Progressive Trends, Popular Media, and Micropolitics in China’s Digital Public,” The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. November. 2014. “Liberalization of Cultural Space: Progressive Trends in China’s Digital Public,” the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. February. 2013. “Cultural Trends in the Age of Media Convergence,” Jiangnan University, Jiangsu, China. May. 2013. “From Kanke to Weiguan: The Attention that Matters,” the Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan, China. June.

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2012. “Love in the Age of the Internet: Romance Fever, Synergic Industry, and Time-travel Novels,” the Southern Chapter of North American Chinese Writers’ Association, Houston, TX. April. 2012. “The Eyes of the Internet: Emerging Trends in Contemporary Chinese Culture,” the University of New Mexico, NM. January.

INVITED GUEST LECTURES 2020. “Streaming China in Times of Precarity” (Webinar), for course “Introduction to China,” taught by Dr. Li Yang. The University of Texas at Austin. April 29. 2019. “Changing China and China’s Changing Media” (Webinar), for course “Chinese Research (International Studies),” taught by Dr. Jun Lei. Texas A&M University, TX. March 20. 2019. “Literati, Swordsman, and Chinese Calligraphy,” for course “The Art of Calligraphy: Techniques and Appreciation,” taught by Dr. Ying Zhou. St. Olaf College, MN. January 21. 2018. “Social Media in China” (Webinar), for course “Chinese Pop Culture,” taught by Dr. Yue Zhang. Valparaiso University, IN. November 12.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED PANELS 2020. “China-US Transcultural Communication: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives,” the 79th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Boston. March. (cancelled due to COVID-19) 2019. “Technologies and Cultural Ramifications in Contemporary China,” at the 6th AAS-in-ASIA Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. July. 2018. “Of Performativity and Parody: The Cultural Politics of Contemporary China,” at the 77th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, DC. March. 2017. “Digital Culture in China: Emerging Trends, Enduring Contestations,” at the 76th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada. March. 2016. “The Internet with ‘Chinese Characteristics’: Looking through the Cultural Lens,” at the 75th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. March-April.

CHAIRED CONFERENCE PANELS 2019. “Chinese Literature and Film since 1900-Session V: Twenty-First Century Chinese-Language Cinema: Nostalgia and Discontent,” at the 73rd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, El Paso, Texas. October. 2018. “Chinese Literature and Film since 1900-Session IV: Genre Experiments and Gendered Subjectivity across Media Platforms,” at the 72nd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Cheyenne, Wyoming. October. 2017. “Digital Culture in China: Emerging Trends, Enduring Contestations,” at the 76th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada. March.

CONFERENCE PAPERS 2020. “You Tube, We Comment: Geopolitical Encounters of Sinophone Communities,” at the 79th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Boston. March. (cancelled due to COVID- 19)

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2019. “Farewell, China Nostalgia: A Case Study of Commercial Cinema in Taiwan,” at the 73rd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, El Paso, Texas. October. 2019. “Between Hope and Disillusionment: A Case Study of Live Broadcasting in China,” at the 6th AAS-in-ASIA Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. July. 2018. “Writing in the Age of WeChat: The Myth of Mi Meng,” at the 72nd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Cheyenne, Wyoming. October. 2018. “Performed Losers Win: A Case Study of WeChat Public Accounts,” at the 67th Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs Annual Meeting, Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis, MN. October. 2018. “From Witnessing to Spectating: The Promises and Perils of Webcasts,” at the 16th Chinese Internet Research Conference, Leiden University, The Netherlands. May. 2018. “Romanticizing Geopolitics in Greater China: A Case Study of Fated to Love You,” at the 26th Annual ASIANetwork Conference, Philadelphia, PA. April. 2018. “Cinderella Stories Retold: Geopolitics of Chinese-language Idol Dramas,” at the 77th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, DC. March. 2017. “Cosmopolitanism and Its Consequences: Competing Masculinities in Best Time,” at the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature Biennial Conference, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. June. 2017. “The Becoming of An Idol: Reinvention of State Media Sectors Online,” at the 15th Chinese Internet Research Conference, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX. June. 2017. “Digital Populism @ Sina Weibo: A Case Study of the Leon Dai Incident,” at the 25th Annual ASIANetwork Conference, Oak Brook, Illinois. April. 2017. “Digital Populism across the Taiwan Strait: The Leon Dai Incident @ Sina Weibo,” at the 76th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March. 2016. “Mock Fandom and ‘Word-of-Mouse’ Notoriety: Tracking Playfulness on the Chinese Internet,” at the 75th Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. March- April. 2015. “Wenyi, Wenqing, and Pure Love: European Imaginary in Xu Jinglei’s Films,” at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. October. 2015. “The Appeal of Style: Taboo Breakers and Cultural Contention in China’s Digital Public,” at the 13th Chinese Internet Research Conference, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. May. 2015. “Instant Celebrity, Mock Fandom: Furong Jiejie and the Banal Cultural Turn of Chinese Society,” at the Kentucky Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference, the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. April. 2014. “Capturing Cultural Implications: Using Authentic Materials to Teach Advanced CFL Learners,” at the Annual Convention of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, in San Antonio, TX. November. 2012. “Enhancing CFL Learners’ Understanding of Language Use through Scenarios,” at the Annual Convention of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Philadelphia, PA. November. 2012. “From the Party Line to the Attention Rule: Celebrity Blogs of Sina.com,” at the Haas Junior Scholars Conference on Multi-disciplinary Interrogations of State and Society in China, University of California, Berkeley, CA. October.

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2010. “Troubled Homeland, Unsettled Identities: Overseas Chinese Demonstrations over the 2008 Olympics Torch Relay,” at the Association of Asian American Studies Annual Conference, Austin, TX. April. 2009. “Spaces of ‘Remediation:’ Celebrity Blogs, Femininity, and ‘Cultural Brokers’ in Contemporary China,” at the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature Biennial Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. June. 2008. “Writing in Cyberspace: ‘Internet-Celebrity’ Blogs and ‘Celebrity Blogs’ in Contemporary China,” at the Southwest Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. September. 2008. “Modern Woman in Conflict: Chinese Feminism and the Stardom of Xu Jinglei,” at the International Conference on Gender and Chinese Cinema, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. June. 2008. “In Search of Reality: The ‘Truth Claim’ in Contemporary Chinese Cinema,” at the Rethinking Film Criticism and Theory Conference, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. June. 2007. “Transnational Stardom of Zhang Ziyi in the Age of Globalization,” at the Southwest Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. September.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2014-Present Carleton College Chinese Cinema in Translation Chinese Popular Culture Digital China: Media, Culture, and Society Contemporary Chinese Short Stories Chinese Classic Tales and Modern Adaptation Advanced Chinese: The Mass Media Classical Chinese Elementary Chinese 101 Elementary Chinese 102 Elementary Chinese 103 Intermediate Chinese 204 Intermediate Chinese 205 Chinese in Cultural Context Chinese Literacy Republican Era Shanghai Moms in Ads (independent study)

2012-2014 Colgate University China through Literature and Film Readings in Modern Literature Core China Chinese Popular Culture Films and Broadcasts Readings in Social Issues Reading Chinese Newspapers

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SERVICE Services to Academic Professions Member, editorial board, Communication and the Public, 2019 –

Co-organizer, the 73rd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, October 10-12, 2019, El Paso, Texas Convened five panels on “Chinese Literature and Film since 1900”

Co-organizer, the 72nd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, October 4-6, 2018, Cheyenne, Wyoming Convened four panels on “Chinese Literature and Film since 1900”

Journal Referee for Continuum, Men and Masculinities, Chinese Journal of Communication, Journal of Popular Romance Studies, Public Culture, East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Communication and the Public, International Journal of Communication, International Communication Gazette, Media, Culture & Society, The International Journal of Press/Politics, ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, Information, Communication & Society, International Journal of Cultural Studies, International Feminist Journal of Politics

Grant Proposal Reviewer Xi’an Jiaotong-Livepool University, China

University and Community Service 2020-Present Faculty Judiciary Committee (elected), Carleton College 2020-2021 Third-Year Special Review Committee, Department of Middle Eastern Languages, Carleton College 2020-2021 Continuing Review Committee, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, Carleton College 2019-2020 Department Hiring Committee (visiting assistant professor position in Chinese), Carleton College 2019-2020 Department Hiring Committee (visiting assistant professor position in Japanese), Carleton College 2019 Presenter, Faculty Retreat, Carleton College 2019-Present Supervisor, Chinese Peer Tutoring Program, Carleton College 2019-Present Supervisor, Chinese Fulbright Language Associate, Carleton College 2018-Present Off-Campus Studies Initiative, Carleton College 2018-Present Student Fellowships Committee, Carleton College 2018-Present Diversity Lunch, Carleton College 2018 Panelist, JFAC Tenure and 3rd-Year Review Info Session, Carleton College 2018 Panelist, Faculty Retreat, Carleton College 2017 Global Engagement Initiative, Carleton College 2017 Presenter, LDC Homegrown Lecture Series 2016-2017 Department Hiring Committee (tenure-track position in Chinese), Carleton College 2016-2017 Language Center Advisory Committee, Carleton College 2016 Presenter, Carleton Connects Guest Lecturer Program, Carleton College

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2015-2016 Advising Circle, Carleton College 2015-2016 Teaching Circle, Carleton College 2015, 2016 Reader, Sophomore Writing Portfolio, Carleton College 2015 Presenter, Faculty Retreat, Carleton College 2015-Present Academic Advisor, Carleton College 2015-Present International Film Forum Steering Committee, Carleton College 2014-Present Asian Studies Committee, Carleton College 2012-2013 Supervisor, Chinese Peer Tutoring Program, Colgate University 2012-2013 Faculty Advisor, Foreign Language Program, Colgate University

Student Research Supervised Harry Wolff Landau’21. Supervisor of student research assistant. Chinese. Summer 2020. Saraswati Vadnais’22. Supervisor of student research assistant. English. Summer 2020. Tony Qiang’23. Supervisor of student research assistant. Undeclared. Spring Break 2020. Claire Guang’21. Supervisor of student research assistant. Psychology. Spring Break 2020. Marianne Gunnarsson’22. Supervisor of student research assistant. Chinese. Winter/Spring 2020. Sophia Wang’19. “Social Obstacles for Chinese Youth Golfers.” Senior Integrative Exercise (Comps), Asian Studies. Cindy Chen’18. “Intersection and Multiplicity: Searches for Identity in Wong Kar-Wai’s Trilogy.” Senior Integrative Exercise (Comps), Asian Studies. Melanie Danmei Xu’17. “Of Exigencies and Erasure: Becoming Lala in Queer Urban China.” Senior Integrative Exercise (Comps), Women’s and Gender Studies. Sawyer Middleleer’16. “‘Imagineering’ the Good Life: Gated Community Construction in Suburban Hangzhou.” Senior Integrative Exercise (Comps), Chinese. Madeline Geitz’17. Supervisor of student research assistant. Asian Studies. Winter break 2016. Sawyer Middleleer’16. Supervisor of student research assistant. Chinese. Winter break 2015. Sawyer Middleleer’16. “Building a Better Chinese Suburb.” Supervisor of student’s research in China. Chinese. Summer 2015. Enrique CuUnjieng’14. Honors Thesis, Chinese. 2014. Colgate University. “Manhua as a Symbol for China’s Turbulent Transition from the Hundred Flowers Campaign to the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957” (second reader)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS The Association for Asian Studies The Chinese Language Teachers Association The Association of Internet Research Chinese Internet Research Group ASIANetwork

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