About
EDUCATION
• Ph.D. in Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2010.
• M.A. in Popular Culture, Brock University, 2005.
• B.A. (Hons.) in Arts and Science, McMaster University, 2003.
RESEARCH AREAS
• Female Representation in Contemporary Hong Kong and Hollywood Film
• Transnational Chinese Stars and Star Systems
• Narratives of Migration and Repatriation
• East Asian and Pan-Pacific Co-Productions
• The James Bond Franchise
• European Art Film Movements (1919-1939)
• British and American Hitchcock
• Gender Studies, Race Studies, Feminist Theory
BOOKS: EDITED
• Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Asian Exchange. Eds. Philippa Gates and Lisa Funnell. New York: Routledge, 2012.
REFEREED ARTICLES
• “The Repatriation of Overseas Chinese Stars in Post-1997 Hong Kong Cinema: Daniel Wu – A Case Study.” Journal of Transnational Cinemas. 2.2 (2012): 163-178.
• “‘I Know Where You Keep Your Gun:’ Daniel Craig as the Bond-Bond Girl Hybrid in Casino Royale.” Journal of Popular Culture. 44.3 (2011): 455-472.
• “Assimilating Hong Kong Style for the Hollywood Action Woman.” Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 28.1 (2011): 66-79.
BOOK CHAPTERS
• “Hong Kong’s It/Ip Man: The Chinese Contexts of Donnie Yen’s Transnational Stardom.” The Transnational Star Reader. Eds. Russell Meeuf and Raphael Raphael. (forthcoming, 2012).
• “Fighting for a Hong Kong/Chinese Female Identity: Michelle Yeoh, Body Performance, and Globalized Action Cinema.” Asian Popular Culture in Transition. Eds. John Lent and Lorna Fitzsimmons. New York: Rouledge (forthcoming, 2012).
• “Migrating West…To the East: Transnational Chinese Canadians in Hong Kong Action.” Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Asian Exchange. Eds. Philippa Gates and Lisa Funnell. New York: Routledge, 2012. 133-146.
• “Negotiating Shifts in Feminism: The ‘Bad’ Girls of James Bond.” Women on Screen: Feminism and Femininity in Visual Culture .Ed. Melanie Waters. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2011. 199-212.
• “From English Partner to American Action Hero: The Heroic Identity and Transnational Appeal of the Bond Girl.” Heroes and Heroines: Embodiment, Symbolism, Narratives and Identity. Ed. Christopher Hart. Kingswinford, UK: Midrash, 2008.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
• “The Prophecy of 1997: Ruptures and Continuities in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema.” Workshop, FSAC Conference (2012).
• “Post-1997 Hong Kong’s It/Ip Man: Donnie Yen and the Re-Framing of Transpacific Connections.” SCMS Conference (2011).
• “Asian American Action Men of the Post-1997 Hong Kong Cinema: Daniel Wu, A Case Study.” FSAC Conference (2010).
• “Migrating West…To the East: Transnational Asian Canadians in Hong Kong Action.” SCMS Conference (2010).
• “Re-Visioning the Asian American Female Body in Action: Maggie Q’s Transnational Performances in Hong Kong and Hollywood.” FSAC Conference (2009).
• “Fighting for a Hong Kong/Chinese Female Identity: Michelle Yeoh, Body Performance, and Globalized Action Cinema.” Globalization: Cultures, Institutions, and Socioeconomics Conference (2008).
• “The Disappearing Asian Body: Exploring the Asian American and Pan-Asian Identities of Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels (2000, 2003) and Kill Bill (2003).” SCMS Conference (2008).
• “Focusing on the ‘Red-Eye’: Hitchcock’s Construction of Female Subjectivity in the Opening Credit Sequence of Vertigo.” Feminism and Popular Culture Annual Conference (2007).
• “Burning Down the House: Exploring the Artistic Limitations and Commercial Expectations of the Hitchcock-Lye Collaboration in Secret Agent (1936).” PCA/ACA National Conference (2007).
• “From the English King of Hearts to the American Queen of Clubs: The Generic and Gendered ‘Modifications’ of Casino Royale (2006).” Southwest Texas PCA/ACA Conference (2007).
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