Yu Yin Isabella To
(607) 232-1575
[email protected]
Department of Comparative Literature
Library Tower 1503 Binghamton, NY 13902
Binghamton University (SUNY)
PhD
EDUCATION
Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York,
Present
MA
Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York, 2013
BA
English and Philosophy, Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, University of
Redlands, 2009
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Excellence in Teaching Award, Binghamton University, 2014-15
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, 2014-15
Full Tuition Scholarship, Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, 2009 2014
Nominated for Excellence in Service Award, Binghamton University, 2012-13
TEACHING
Instructor of Record, Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, 2009 - 2014
Responsibilities: Create syllabi, grade essays, and teach courses fulfilling General Education
requirements for Humanities, Composition, and Writing courses.
Courses taught
COLI 211B Literature and Psychology, Fall 2013
COLI 214B Literature and Society, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Spring
2014
COLI 111 World Literature II, Spring 2012
COLI 110 World Literature I, Fall 2009 and Fall 2011
Courses taught online via Blackboard
COLI 211Z Graduate School and Job Application, Winter 2012
COLI 211P Literature and Popular Culture, Summer 2011
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Flannery OConnor and the Politics of Faith, The Flannery OConnor Society, SAMLA, November 2014
Glass Stories Reconsidered: Salingers Nonsectarian Pedagogy, Annual Speaker Series, Comparative
Literature Department at Binghamton University, March 2014
Salinger and the Ethics of Reading, Religion and Literature: The Return of the Text Conference, Le
Moyne College, September 2013
Literary Criticism and the Postsecular, Comparative Studies at Ohio State University, February 2013
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Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony and the Sacred Landscape, PAMLA, Seattle University, November
2012
Marilynne Robinson responds to the Postsecular, Religion, Literature, and the Arts Conference,
University of Iowa, August 2012
DIGITAL PROJECTS
Co-creator & Administrator of The Digital Manifesto Archive, hosted by Omeka,
<http://digitalmanifesto.omeka.net/>
Interviews
Professor Jeffrey Schnapp, Romance Languages & Literature @ Harvard University,
Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrfiAuI4Og
Dr. Yuk Hui, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana
Universitt Lneburg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsCaXWejPcU
Rosa Menkman, Glitch Artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeJYwBxw73U
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Creator of the COLI Grad blackboard page. I create and compile teaching and professionalization
resources for graduate students.
Organizer and facilitator of the Annual Teaching Pedagogy Workshop Series, 2013-2014. Topics include
Teaching Philosophy and Syllabi Construction.
Conference organizer, Literature Politics, and Aesthetics: The Production of Knowledge and the Future of the
University. Binghamton University Comparative Literature Graduate Conference. March 2013.
Conference organizer, Forms of Life. Binghamton University Comparative Literature Conference. March
2012.
SERVICE
Web Representative of the Department of Comparative literature Graduate Student Organization
(COLI GSO), Binghamton University, 2014-15
President of COLI GSO, Binghamton University, 2012 2013
Senator Representative of the larger Binghamton University Graduate Student Organization (GSO),
Binghamton University, 2010 2011
AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA)
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
LANGUAGES
Native Reading and Writing ability: Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), English
Beginner: French, German, Spanish
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REFERENCES
Brett Levinson
Professor of Comparative Literature, Co-Director PLC (Philosophy, Literature and the Theory of
Criticism)
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.4962
Email: [email protected]
William Haver
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.3327
Email: [email protected]
Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit
Professor of Comparative Literature
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.6031
Email: [email protected]
Luiza Franco Moreira
Chair and Professor of Comparative Literature, Director of Graduate Studies
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777-3673
Email: [email protected]
Gisela Brinker-Gabler
Professor of Comparative Literature
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.2890
Email: [email protected]
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