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Shuichiro Takeda

Adjunct Lecturer in Japanese

Email: st3377@columbia.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Educational Background

Master of Educational Technology, University of British Columbia
BA, Psychology, Hunter College
BA, English and American Literature, Nanzan University

Research Interests

Japanese Pedagogy

After completing his master’s program in Canada, Shuichiro Takeda contributed to the establishment of a Japanese language program for adults at Centre Japonais de Québec in Quebec City as their first instructor until 2015. He has been teaching language courses at all levels at Hunter College, New York University, The New School, and the Japan Society. He has also developed cultural courses (Japanese Pop Culture, History of Manga and Anime, Society in Japan) and Japanese Business Etiquette workshops. Outside of academic circles, he was the Japanese language coach for the American lead in a TV series filmed in Japan for WarnerMedia Entertainment.

Xinyi Zhao (趙心怡)

Field: Japanese Film and Media
Advisor: Takuya Tsunoda
Email: xz2468@columbia.edu

Xinyi Zhao is a doctoral candidate in Japanese cinema and media; she is also pursuing a graduate certificate through the Center for Comparative Media. Xinyi’s dissertation delves into the history of cinema in Manchuria through the lenses of race/ethnicity, media archaeology, and feminist historiography. This project has been supported by Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship and Donald Keene Research Grant in Japanese Studies. Her other scholarly works can be found in Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Dangdai Dianying (Contemporary Cinema), Humanities, Women Film Pioneers Project, and Routledge Companion to Queer Theory and Modernism (forthcoming).

Prior to the PhD program, Xinyi received her M.A. in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University, M.A. in Chinese Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Joint B.A. in Economics and Japanese from Shanghai International Studies University.

Fran Zhao

Field: Chinese Theater
Advisor: Wei Shang
Email: f.zhao@columbia.edu

Fran Zhao is a PhD candidate in Chinese Theater. Her research focuses on early Ming court theater and its historical context.

She has taught topics in Chinese history, religion, and visual culture, and has contributed illustrations and maps to academic publications.

Education:

BSocSci, Geography – NUS