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Public-facing Scholarship







 

Through my academic research on accessible services in theatre, I have cultivated a connection with disabled and neurodivergent people. As a non-native, female BIPOC studying and teaching in the U.S., I see how ableism is profoundly intertwined with and exacerbated by racism, sexism, and xenophobia. I have received so much—if not too much—care and love from disabled and neurodivergent community. In return, I hope my research contributes to a world that makes their lives more accessible and inclusive.


PODCAST

“Let’s Relax! Audience Access in the U.K. and U.S.,” Positions, an academic podcast produced by  Cultural Studies Association, October 23, 2023.
 
Theatre scholar Dr. Hanhha Simpson from the University of Edinburgh, Leigh Jackson, then Director of Accessibility and EDI Programming at People’s Light, and I discussed various accessible practices in different cultural contexts.

This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by theatre scholar Dr. Patrick McKelvey.
TOOLKIT

I was awarded the PublicsLab Summer Public Research Fellowship, during which I developed an accessible theatre toolkit, which included anti-ableist strategies, community agreements, and training guidelines. I also explored how a wider audience—including non-native speakers, senior citizens, and parents with young children—can benefit from relaxed performance.
COMMUNITY

I am a committee member of the International Relaxed Performance Network, where we host bi-monthly global conversations for cultural institutions, artists, and access workers to discuss the constructive practices of relaxed performance and how to make the experience of neurodivergent spectators more accessible.






   Access as Aesthetics
Access is an Equity-oriented Tool
Access as Justice




I Agree
I Can’t Agree More




“Where are you really from?”                                                                                                      
As a nomad studying in Europe and the U.S. for the past decade, I have often received this question. At first, I felt uneasy and then pretended not to care, but now I have came a stage where I am ready to confront my identity crisis. Inspired by theatre scholar Donatella Galella’s “Feeling Yellow,” I write about the affective experiences of Asian women overseas to better understand my identity-in-flux.

Korea Art Forum

Many Audiences, Many Participations: A Field Note on ‘Shared Space, Shared Dialogue’ Events, April 6, 2024



The Center of Humanities, CUNY

Exploring the Liminal Space of the Inter-Rituals by Three Chinese Female Artists, May 25, 2023 , co-written with Dohyun Gracia Shin. 

  •                                                                                                                   Photographed by Tianqi Liao

  •               Alaya-Vijnana by Yin Zhang and Caiyi Feng (performer).Photographed by Yuan Gao









I’ve been having Zoom coffee chats with friends since the pandemic. If you’re interested in joining us, please feel free to send me an email. It’d be cool to have coffee together across different time zones!
                                         



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