Chee-Hann Wu
Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow
Chee-Hann Wu received her Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre from the University of California, Irvine, a joint doctoral program with UC San Diego. She holds an MA in Drama from the University of Alberta, Canada.
She is drawn to performance by and with nonhumans, including but not limited to objects, puppets, ecology, and technology. Her research focuses on a puppet’s life, being, and ability to embody and reenact memories that have previously been suppressed. Chee-Hann’s current book project considers puppetry a mediated means to narrate Taiwan’s cultural and sociopolitical development, colonial and postcolonial experiences, as well as Indigenous histories. Her most recent work explores video games and VR through the lens of theatre and performance. Chee-Hann is also drawn to Asian and Asian American theatre and dramaturgy.
Chee-Hann is an editor of Taiwan Insight, an online academic magazine of the University of Nottingham's Taiwan Studies Programme. She was the president of the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA), and currently serves on its board of directors.