EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University (2023)
• M.A., Graduate Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Cheng Kung University (2010)
• B.A., Department of Foreign Languages, National Chiayi University (2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (January 2024 – present)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Academic Writing and Education Center, National Taiwan University (December 2023 – present)
• Adjunct Instructor, Academic Writing and Education Center, National Taiwan University (January 2023 – November 2023)
• Sponsored Ph.D. Candidate, National Science and Technology Council (September 2018 – August 2019)
• Visiting Student, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (September 2017 – August 2018)
• Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Applied English, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (February 2013 – June 2014; September 2015 – February 2016)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Contemporary Literary Theory
• Cultural Studies
• Comparative Literature
• Film Studies
• Gothic and Science Fiction and Film
• Victorian Fiction

PUBLICATIONS

Dissertation

• (2023) To Learn to Live with Ghosts: Becoming the Spectral We in the (Im)possible Work of Mourning. National Taiwan U, Ph.D Dissertation, August.

M.A. Thesis

• (2010) The Return of the Cultural Repressed: The Rise of Victorian Ghost Stories. National Cheng Kung U, MA Thesis, January

Journal Paper

• (Accepted for Publication) “From K to Joe: (Dis)symmetrical Epiphanies and Messianic Becoming in Blade Runner 2049.” Film-Philosophy. (A&HCI, Scopus, MLA International Bibliography, ABELL, British Library Zetoc, and other esteemed indexes)

• (2020) “Haunting from within and beyond Memory: from Impossible to Possible Mourning in DeLillo’s The Body Artist.” Review of English and American Literature. 36 (2020.1): 27-58. (THCI Core) DOI：10.6711/REAL.202006_(36).0002

Textbook

• (Upcoming) Li, Wei-Yan and Shu-Han Yang. From Five Practical Approaches to One Optimal STEM Paper: Poptimal = 5 x Apractical. Crane.

Conference Papers

• (2025) 〈纏繞的代際斷裂: 《喜福會》與《虎媽的戰歌》中的親子衝突與失落敘事 〉 。全國亞美研究會議「亞美文學中的情感與照護」。台北，台灣：中央研究院。Jan 9-10
• (2024) “‘More Human Than Human’: K’s Messianic Becoming in Blade Runner 2049.” The 32nd Annual Conference of the English and American Literature Association. Hsinchu, Taiwan: National Tsing Hua University, October 19
• (2024) 2nd Author.Lee, Wei-Yan, Yang, Shu-Han, & Shiung, Yi-Jiun. “Writing with AI: An AI-Human Approach to Feedback on Writing.” Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) 2024 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings. Seoul, Korea: Korea University, August 29-31
• (2018) 〈「懷孕」的生命經驗與醫療參與: 以李欣倫的《以我為器》為例〉。第四十一屆 全國比較文學會議。新竹，台灣：國立交通大學。June 22.
• (2017) “‘Living upon the Non-living’: from Memory, Mourning to Mutualization of Beings in Don DeLillo’s The Body Artist.” The Twelfth Quadrennial International Comparative Literature Conference. Taipei, Taiwan: Tamkang University. December 15-16
• (2016) “Beyond Mourning and Melancholia: Spirit Possession and the Mutualized Coming-to-Be for the Living and Non-living in The Red Violin.” The 24th Annual Conference of the English and American Literature Association. Hsinshu, Taiwan: National Chiao Tung University. October 29.
• (2012) “The Influence of Ideology and the Obstacle of Ethics.” The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy. Osaka, Japan: The Ramada Osaka, March 30 - April 1

Academic Newsletter Article

• (2024) 〈《顧爾德的32個極短片》：藝術中的孤寂、科技與無限〉。《中華民國比較文學學會電子報》，vol. 45，June。https://claroc100.wixsite.com/website-3/%E8%AA%AA%E6%9B%B8%E8%AB%96%E7%90%86-%E6%A5%8A%E6%B7%91%E6%B6%B5

Speech

• (2024) “Human Writer and AI Tool: Notable Skills to Polish Your Academic English Writing” (淬鍊改寫技巧：為學術成功鋪路). The International Bachelor Program in Electrical and Communication Engineering, Yuan Ze University, June 7

Book Chapter

• (2012) 〈文學中的生命經驗與視野〉。《椰林論壇：教與學經驗分享＝iTeach ＆ iLearn》， 邱于真編。國立臺灣大學教學發展中心規劃研究組，頁136-139。