2023 Ph.D. program in anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
I selected my current graduate program because I trusted the professor who recommended it and the professor who interviewed me that it would be a good venue to explore the human dimension of sustainability. After spending one year in the graduate program, unforeseen difficulties and academic bullying made me realize that this program has an unhealthy, conservative climate for interdisciplinary research in sustainability. I love my project on sustainability transformations and I believe it will have a high social impact. I am striving to survive and transfer my project to a friendly program. Now I have a fundraising project to help me go home in December 2023. Your small donation can help me survive the current crises and move on to my next stage: https://gofund.me/989e42bb. I hope I can survive this crisis and have a stronger ability to help people in need in the future. Graduate school should not be traumatic. I deserve a healthy, sustainable education without trauma.
2004 M.A. English, Tamkag University
I had good academic standing (GPA 3.941). However, I had to work on a full-time job to deal with financial hardship, which led to the incompletion of the thesis.
2022 Ph.D. program at Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico
2021 Doctoral Program Environment and Society, the Rachel Carson Center at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The program did not offer funding for students. Although I was awarded a Government Scholarship to Study Abroad in 2021 (USD 3,2000 for 2 years), the scholarship was still not enough to cover the high cost of living in Munich, Germany.
2011 Ph.D. program at the Department of English, University of Texas at Dallas
2023 Ph.D. program at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University (December)
2022 Ph.D. program at the School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
2022 Ph.D. program at the School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
2022 Ph.D. program at the Department of Geography, University of Nevada Reno
2022 PhD program at International Doctorate Program “Rethinking Environment,” Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2021 Ph.D. program at Oslo School of Environmental Humanities, University of Oslo
2021 Ph.D. program in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tromsø
2021 Ph.D. program at the Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg
2021 Ph.D. program at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Ghent University
2011 Ph.D. program at the Department of English, University of Utah
Grants I did not get
2023 Grant Program Level 1, National Geographic Society
2023 Rosenberry Graduate Fellowship, Forest History Society
2023 Travel grant, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
Conference presentation I could not attend
ASLE+AESS 2023 Conference, Portland Oregon
I was unable to obtain travel funds from both the Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. However, I strived to resubmit my research to the Ninth Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development and presented it.
Jobs I did not get
Climate campaigner: Decarbonisation and Divestment, Environmental Justice Foundation
International coordinator, National Applied Research Laboratories
International coordinator, Secretaria, Academia Sinica
International coordinator, Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica
International coordinator, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
Project assistant, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
International coordinator, Office of International Affairs, National Taiwan University
International coordinator, Office of International Affairs, National Taiwan Normal University
Program manager, International Cooperation and Development Fund
Project officer, European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan
American Spaces Program Assistant, American Institute in Taiwan
Education outreach coordinator, American Institute in Taiwan
Public engagement specialist, American Institute in Taiwan
Communication manager, Belmont Forum
Global sustainability scholars coordination and administration officer, Future Earth USA Hub, University of Colorado Boulder
Program director, Center of the American West, University of Colorado Boulder
Coordinator, Office of Sustainability, University of Utah
Program integrator and communication coordinator, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Program and communication coordinator, University of Colorado Boulder
Events and trainings coordinator, Environmental Center, University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant director of energy and climate justice programs, Environmental Center, University of Colorado Boulder
Program manager, Indigenous Resilience Center, University of Arizona
Librarian, Labriola National American Indian Data Center, Arizona State University
Research program manager, Ohio State University Sustainability Institute
Climate justice research program integration specialist, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
Program manager, Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, University of Minnesota
Program coordinator, Sustainability Hub, University of British Columbia
Program coordinator, Environmental Studies, University of Victoria