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Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | Wooyenyen@Mac.Com Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | [email protected] 31-50 140th St, #3D Flushing, NY 11354 Yen Yen WOO Mobile: +886-0974-230-036 +1-917-332 8931 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: /in/YenYenWoo PROFILE Professor, Filmmaker, Playwright, Graphic Novelist, App Instructional Designer HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, Taiwan EXPERIENCE College of Liberal Arts Visiting Professor | 2017-2018 LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY (C.W. POST), Brookville NY College of Education and Information Technology, Department of Curriculum & Instruction Associate Professor | 2009-present Assistant Professor | 2004-2009 TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY Department of Curriculum and Teaching • Lecturer | 2002-2004 • Adjunct Instructor | 2000-2002 COURSES TAUGHT DOCTORAL LEVEL Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods Teachers College, Columbia University | 2001 MASTERS AND UNDERGRADUATE LEVELS 从集体故事到⽂化故事 From Collective Stories to Cultural Stories National Central University, Taiwan | 2018 (forthcoming semester) 如何抓住观众的注意⼒ The Problem of Attention National Central University, Taiwan | 2018 (forthcoming semester) Introduction to Educational Research Long Island University | 2009 Curriculum Development for Teachers Long Island University | 2004-present Social, Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Education Long Island University | 2007-present Masters Action Research Project Teachers College, Columbia University | 2002-2004 Youth Studies: Possible Selves in Multiple Worlds Teachers College, Columbia University | 2000-2001 EDUCATION Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Doctor of Education, Curriculum & Teaching, 2004 Interdisciplinary Emphasis: Curriculum Studies, Youth Studies and International Education Page !1 of !10 Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | [email protected] EDUCATION - CONT’D Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Master of Education, Curriculum & Teaching, 2000 National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Teaching of English in Secondary Schools, 1995 National University of Singapore, Singapore Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Literature in English, 1994 ACADEMIC Spencer Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1999-2002 AWARDS Teachers College, Columbia University Project Milestone Fellowship, 1999 Teachers College, Columbia University International Scholarship, 1999-2002 Teachers College, Columbia University SELECT THEATRE CREATIVE WORK Playwright & Producer Woo, Y.Y. & Goh, C. (Book and Libretto) (2017). 《点⼼侠》⾳乐剧 （Dim Sum Warriors The Musical). Performed at Theatre Above, Shanghai, China. In 2018, Dim Sum Warriors The Musical will go on tour in major cities in China. Artistic Director: 赖声川 （Stan Lai) Music by Du Yun (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 2017) • “《点⼼侠》通过中式点⼼的⼈设、中国武侠的打⽃，再加上这种中国⻛为主 的旋律，成为了真正意义上中国⾃⼰的现代⾳乐剧。” - 吴旭颖，新⺠晚報 , August 12, 2017. (“Through the use of Chinese snacks as characters, the kung fu genre and a score influenced by traditional Chinese melodies, Dim Sum Warriors truly demonstrates what a modern Chinese musical can be” — Wu Xuying, Xin Min News, August 12, 2017.) • “《点⼼侠》当晚以超现实的服装设计、带有魔幻⾊彩的舞美和中⻄混搭⾳乐 惊艳亮相，博得中国观众的好评。” - 中国新闻⽹, August 11, 2017 (“With surreal costume design, magical choreography and music that blends the wonders of Chinese and Western music, Dim Sum Warriors has truly earned the Chinese audience’s praise” —chinanews.com) Page !2 of !10 Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | [email protected] SELECT FILMMAKING CREATIVE WORK - CONT’D Director Woo, Y. Y. (Director). (2013). Reclaiming the Conversation on Education. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lddvJB0Dnuc Series of interviews with US activists (including union leaders, teachers, parents) against standardized testing. • Interview with Barbara Madeloni: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=j7gBgHR-xDQ • Interview with Brian Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=MVFmGwtrTkE • Interview with Nancy Carlsson-Paige: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YxuMFfkvrbU • Interview with Kris McBride: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=IYGZ8IJQEVc • Interview with Zakiyah Ansari: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=IYGZ8IJQEVc • Interview with Ceresta Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=0R10IVrLqvg Screenwriter, Director and Producer Woo, Y. Y., & Goh, C. (2006). Singapore Dreaming. [Motion picture]. Singapore. Narrative Feature (105 mins.) Winner of the following awards: • Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award, 20th Tokyo International Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2007 • Audience Award for Narrative Feature, 30th Asian American International Film Festival, New York, 2007 • Montblanc New Screenwriters Award, 54th San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain, 2006 • Best Screenplay Award Inaugural Asian Film Archive Jury Awards, 2007 Select Reviews: • “…a delightful story of family ties, status anxieties and a rapidly changing metropolis. Boasting an ensemble cast of the highest order, this comedy of errors recalls the early films of Ang Lee and the work of Taiwanese director Edward Yang.” - San Francisco Film Society • "...the best movie this little red dot has produced in a decade. ... a beautiful tale about Singaporean family life that is almost flawless in its verisimilitude. ...” - Neil Humphreys, TODAY • “a graceful satire about western capitalism in the east.” - Variety Page !3 of !10 Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | [email protected] SELECT Singapore Dreaming has been screened at, inter alia: CREATIVE WORK - • Aichi International Women’s Film Festival, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 2008 CONT’D • Brooklyn Museum, New York, June 7th, 2008 • Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, • Washington DC, October 28, 2007; • Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan, 2007; • Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan, 2007; • Asian American International Film Festival, New York, 2007; • Belgium Cinema Novo Film Festival, 2007 (In Competition, Camera Novo Prize); Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2007 • (In Competition, Most Promising New Director); • Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea, 2007; • San Francisco International Film Festival, USA, 2007; • Philadelphia International Film Festival, 2007; • Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 2007; • San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain, 2006 • (In Competition, Best Director and Best New Screenplay); • Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2006; • Inaugural ASEAN Film Festival, selected by government of Singapore, 2006 Screenwriter, Director and Producer Woo, Y. Y., & Goh, C. (2002). TalkingCock The Movie. [Motion picture]. Singapore. Narrative Feature (83 mins.) Select Reviews: • The film that “stayed with me most beyond the festival … it has a joy more sincere than (films) with many more production techniques at its disposal…. it is truly the film that left the biggest impact on me.” - Adam Hartzell, American Film Journal, 2003. • “The comedy hinges on puerile humour, proudly amateur production techniques and cameos by Singapore heroes like rock legend Ramli Sarip. But out of the absurdity emerges an awareness of the grotesque as a political tool that viewers – of a pre-social media age or today – can wield to laugh at ourselves darkly.” - Singapore International Film Festival, 2017. TalkingCock the Movie has been screened at, inter alia: • Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2002 • Cinemanila, Philippines, 2002 • Third Eye, India, 2003 • Gwangju International Film Festival, South Korea, 2003 • Far East Film Festival, Udine, Italy, 2003 • Festival du Film Asiatique de Deaville, France, 2003 In 2017, the Singapore International Film Festival hosted a 15th anniversary screening of TalkingCock the Movie, calling it an “iconic Singapore film”. Page !4 of !10 Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | [email protected] SELECT MULTIMEDIA APP PRODUCTION CREATIVE WORK - CONT’D Interactive Designer Woo, Y. Y. (2012). Dim Sum Warriors 点⼼侠 (interactive bilingual iPad app). New York: Yumcha Studios. GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS Creator & Writer • Goh, C. & Woo, Y. Y., (2014). Dim Sum Warriors Volume 2: Feast of Fury. New York: Yumcha Studios. • Goh, C. & Woo, Y. Y., (2012). Dim Sum Warriors Volume 1: Enter the Dumpling. New York: Yumcha Studios. Select Reviews: • #5 on Fast Company’s Top 10 Coolest Original Digital Comics of 2012 “This bilingual English-Mandarin digital manga is that rarest of creative triumphs: an educational comic that’s actually fun to read.” • Honorable Mention, Publishers Weekly Critics Poll of Best Graphic Novels of 2012 "With Lee’s delightful illustrations and Goh and Woo’s engaging narrative, the characters could have been ingredients in a Waldorf salad and still been interesting.” • “a boon to parents who’ve got their kids studying Mandarin.” - The New York Times • “What a great app! My kids and I loved tapping the interactive word balloons and switching back and forth between the languages!” - Gene Luen Yang, MacArthur Fellow and Eisner Award-winning writer, American Born Chinese • “It is great for children, treating them respectfully by engaging their interests and current concerns while still providing doses of humor, action, intrigue, and invention.” - Assoc. Prof. Sterg Botzakis, Graphic Novel Resources WEB Co-Founder, Co-Editor & Writer Goh, C. & Woo, Y. Y. J. (Eds. & Writers) (2000 - 2010). TallkingCock.com. The most popular satirical web site in Singapore during that time. • “TalkingCock has become the country’s equivalent of The Onion or MadCowCulture — a smart, savvy, and occasionally raunchy humor zine that delights in poking fun at Singaporean culture and politics.” - Declan McCullagh, Wired, 7/9/01 • “TalkingCock.com,
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