Yen Yen Woo 胡恩恩 | [email protected]

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PROFILE Professor, Filmmaker, Playwright, Graphic Novelist, App Instructional Designer

HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, 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

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EDUCATION - CONT’D Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Master of Education, Curriculum & Teaching, 2000 National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 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)

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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

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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”.

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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, an irreverent website that relentlessly pokes fun at the Singapore "gahmen" (government), gets 4 million hits per month in a country of 4.4 million” - Geert De Clercq, Washington Post, 12/20/06.

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SELECT PRACTICAL LEXICOGRAPHY CREATIVE WORK - CONT’D Editor & Compiler: Goh, C. & Woo, Y. Y. J. (Eds.) (2002/2009). The Coxford Singlish Dictionary. Singapore: Angsana Books.

Select Reviews:

• “Lovingly chronicles the comic eccentricities of Singapore’s argot” — Hwee Hwee Tan, TIME Magazine, 3/12/05

• “Invaluable” — Mark Abbey, The Times of London, 3/12/2005

EVENTS

Organizer and curator: The first spoken word event to be held in Singapore’s former parliamentary chambers, pulling together people from different walks of life to tell stories about being in the margins of Singaporean life. Some of the recordings of the event have been circulated very widely amongst Singaporeans.

TalkingCock in Parliament 3: “Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue”, May 17, 2014. Organized as part of Translate Singapore, Arts House, Singapore.

TalkingCock in Parliament 2: “Malu lah Singapura”, July 14, 2012, Arts House, Singapore.

TalkingCock in Parliament 1: “We The Citizens”, August 25, 2006. Organized with People Like Us, Arts House, Singapore. Retrieved: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqyKZsknmw

SELECT ACADEMIC Woo, Y. Y. (Forthcoming). Film as public scholarship. In P. Leavy (Ed.), The PUBLICATIONS Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship. Oxford University Press. Woo, Y. Y. (2017). Putting critical public pedagogy into practice: reorienting the career path of the teacher-artist-scholar. In M. Cahnmann-Taylor & R. Siegesmund (Ed.), Arts-Based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice (2nd Edition)(pp.19-31). New York: Routledge.

Woo. Y.Y. & Goh, C. (2016). A dream within a dream. In HK. Wee & Chia, J. (Eds.), Singapore Dreaming: Managing Utopia (pp.214-230). Singapore: Asian Urban Lab.

Woo, Y. Y. (July 3, 2013). Choice. Teachers College Record. Retrieved from: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=17174 Woo, Y, Y. (2011). Age. In N. Lesko and S. Talburt (Eds.), Youth Studies: Keywords and Movements (pp.110-115). New York: Routledge. Woo, Y. Y. J. (2010). Getting past our inner censor: Collective storytelling as pedagogy in a polarized media environment. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 1(2), 132-136. Retrieved October 18, 2010, from http://jmle.org/ index.php/JMLE/article/view/46/23

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SELECT ACADEMIC Woo, Y. Y. J. (2008). Engaging new audiences: Translating research into PUBLICATIONS - popular media. Educational Researcher, 37(6), 321-329. CONT’D Woo, Y. Y. & Simmons, J. (2008). Paved with good intentions: Images of textbook development in Afghanistan. Asian-Pacific Journal of Education, 28(3), 291-304.

Woo, Y. Y. (2008). Youth temporalities and the cost of Singapore’s educational success. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 29(2), 159-178.

Woo, Y. Y, J., & Goh, C. (2008). Curious Connections: TalkingCock.com and PM Goh. In B. Welsh, J. Chin, A. Mahizhnan, T. H. Tan (Eds.), Impressions: The Goh Years (pp. 451-458). National University of Singapore Press.

Woo, Y. Y. J., & Goh, C. (2007). Caging the bird: TalkingCock.com and the pigeonholing of Singaporean citizenship. In K. P. Tan (Ed.), Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture and Politics (pp. 95-113). Singapore: National University Press.

Woo, Y. Y. J. (2005). ‘Remaking citizens: Perspectives from the lived temporalities of four Singaporean youths’. In G. Holm & H. Helve (Eds.), Contemporary Youth Research: Local Expressions and Global Connections (pp. 173-184). Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.

GRANTS AND Principal (2017-2020), Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism grant to develop RESIDENCIES and research the impact of Little Hearty Tales, a transmedia bilingual comic series for young readers. Grant administered by The Ministry of Education, Singapore. USD$260,000.

Playwright (2017), Market and Audience Development Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore. USD$15,000.

Playwright (2016), Creation Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore. USD$21,000.

Artist-in-Residence (2015-2016), University Settlement, New York, NY.

SELECT PAPER Woo, Y. Y. (October, 10, 2013). How to make educational comics that kids OR PANEL actually want to read. Presented at New York Comic Con, New York. PRESENTATIONS Woo, Y. Y. (2013). In Full Color: Reflections on the Changing (and Unchanging) Representations of Asians in American Comics. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Woo, Y. Y. & Rhee, J. E. (2008). Interrogating teaching discourses in US university classrooms. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Conference, New York City.

Woo, Y. Y. (2008). “Inspired by true events”: a journey from dissertation to movie-making. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York City.

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SELECT PAPER Woo, Y. Y. J. (2006). ‘The citizen within constructivist discourses in OR PANEL Singapore’s education reforms’. Paper presented at the Second World PRESENTATIONS - Curriculum Studies Conference, Finland. CONT’D Woo, Y. Y. J. & Simmons, J. (2005). ‘The lived histories of curriculum development in Afghanistan’. Paper presented at the conference of the Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, Montreal, Canada.

Woo, Y.Y. J. (2005). ‘Citizen 2.0: The Discourse of Citizenship-Preparation Through the Perspective of Youth Temporalities’. Paper presented at the conference of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Woo, Y. Y. J. (2003). ‘Awakening interpretive possibilities: a researcher’s process’. Paper presented at the conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Woo, Y. Y. J. (2002). ‘Investing in ‘futures’ - a qualitative examination of the time-experience of Singapore youth through the lens of their futures’. Paper presented at the conference of the International Association for Time-Use Research, Lisbon, Portugal.

Woo, Y. Y. J. (2002). ‘Cracking the time code: making issues of temporality in curriculum visible’. Paper presented at the conference of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Woo, Y. Y. J. (2001). ‘Time bomb: how power functions in the temporal discipline of adolescents’. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle

SELECT SPEAKING/ Invited Panelist, “Singapore Cinema: Then and Now.” Singapore WORKSHOP International Film Festival, Scape at National Library, Singapore. November ENGAGEMENTS 25, 2017. Invited Speaker, “Using Popular Culture to Change the World”. College of Liberal Arts, National Central University. November 14, 2017.

Invited Speaker, “教心為上： 讓學生的個人故事翻轉你的教室”(Teaching With Soul: Personal Stories as Curriculum). Office of Academic Affairs, National Central University, Taiwan. November 14, 2017

Invited Speaker, Multilingual Singapore, at the launch of the Singapore issue of Words Without Borders, Teachers College, Columbia University. October 15, 2016

Invited Speaker via Skype, Film As Scholarly Research, in Dr. Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor’s Doctoral Seminar, “Arts-based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice”, University of Georgia. September 13, 2016

Invited Speaker via Skype, Digital Comics, in Rob Salkowitz’s Graduate Class, “Comics as Media,” University of Washington Department of Communication, Communication Leadership Program. May 14, 2016

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SELECT SPEAKING/ Invited Speaker, ‘Dim Sum Warriors: A Study in Translation Frustration’, WORKSHOP Singapore International Translation Symposium 2014, The Arts House, May ENGAGEMENTS - 16, 2014 CONT’D Invited Speaker, ‘Dim Sum Warriors: The Tasty Manga App That’s Changing the Way Kids Learn Languages’, Comics and Digital Culture, Emerald City Comic Con & University of Washington Communication Leadership Graduate Program, Seattle, March 30th, 2014

Invited Speaker, ‘Singlish: An Authentic or Broken Voice’, Cinema Pacific, University of Oregon, April 17-21, 2013 Invited Speaker, ‘Working and creating in the Sinophonic world, Global Sinophonia, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, December 18th, 2012

Invited Speaker, ‘Visual Literacy for the 21st Century’, English Language Institute of Singapore, Ministry of Education, July 10th, 2012

Invited Panelist, ‘Women in the TV and ’, School of Continuing Education, Chinese Culture University, as part of the Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan, October 16, 2007

Invited Speaker, ‘Social Commentary Via Cinema’. Singapore Speaker Series, Club Singapore, University of Pennsylvania, March 24, 2007

Invited Speaker, ‘Singapore Dreaming as a quintessentially Singaporean film’. National University of Singapore, September 22, 2006

Invited Speaker, ‘Who are “We, the citizens”?’ Singapore Lecture Series, Brown University, RI, April 16, 2005

SELECT • Co-Chair, Campus Faculty Personnel Committee | 2016-2017 DEPARTMENT & • General Education Task Force | 2014-2017 UNIVERSITY • Faculty Advisory Group, Creation of Interdisciplinary Majors in the College SERVICE | 2014-2015 • Member and sometimes Chair, Department Curriculum Committee | 2010-2017 • Member, Council for Prejudice Reduction | 2012-2015 • Member, Committee for the planning of DSL21: Design, Systems and Learning for the 21st Century | 2010-2011 • Member, Department Personnel Committee | 2007-2017 • Chair, Athletics, Orientation and Student Life Committee | 2008-2009

CONSULTING Principal Instructor, ‘Translating Stories to Screen’ EXPERIENCE Ministry of Education, Singapore, May 29, 2007 Professional development workshop for elementary and secondary level teachers.

Principal Instructor, ‘Writing a Narrative Short Film’ Ministry of Education, Singapore, June 4, 2007 Professional development workshop for elementary and secondary level teachers.

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CONSULTING Principal Instructor, ‘Facilitating Video Production Groups’ EXPERIENCE - Ministry of Education, Singapore, July 28, 2006 CONT’D Professional development workshop for elementary and secondary level teachers.

Curriculum and Teacher Education Consultant UNICEF and Teachers College, Columbia University Afghanistan Education Development Project, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

SKILLS LANGUAGES English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese/Hokkien

MEDIA Final Cut Pro, Final Draft, Fade-In

SOFTWARE Microsoft Office, Wordpress, iWork

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