Yuwen Hsiung

Yuwen Hsiung is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Languages and Cultures where she will teach courses in Chinese Studies and contribute to the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program.

She holds a B.A. in English with a minor in Education from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University. Before returning to Purdue, she taught at Swarthmore College and Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, offering courses in Chinese literature, philosophy, and language pedagogy.

Her interdisciplinary research focuses on Sinophone cultural production—particularly in Taiwan—through visual analysis, ecocriticism, semiotics, cultural politics, and transnational dialogism. Her recent article, “Competing with Urban Verticality: Cinematic Landscapes in Seediq Bale and Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above” (International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 2021), examines how Taiwanese cinema challenges urban verticalism through visual and spatial strategies. She is also dedicated to Chinese language pedagogy, with an emphasis on integrating literature and developing learners’ language proficiency.