Vivian L. Wong, PH.D. |
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education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Department of Information Studies, 2015
Dissertation: Asian Greek Sisterhoods: Archives, Affects, and Belongings in Asian American Sororities, 1929-2015
M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film, and TV, Department of Film, Directing
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, East Asian Studies, cum laude
Dissertation: Asian Greek Sisterhoods: Archives, Affects, and Belongings in Asian American Sororities, 1929-2015
M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film, and TV, Department of Film, Directing
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, East Asian Studies, cum laude
appointments
Research Data Alliance (RDA) Fellowship, May 2017 – present, RDA Data Share Fellow
Special projects, Gender Studies Department, UCLA, 2016 March – present, Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for EthnoCommunications, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2015 Summer, Interim Assistant Director
Undergraduate Research Center for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, UCLA, 2015 January – 2015 June, Program Representative
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, Department of Special Collections, 2009 –2014, Subject Specialist Archivist and Consultant
– University Archives, 2010 – 2014
– Collecting Los Angeles Project, 2012 – 2013
– Center for Primary Research and Training, 2009 – 2010
Asian American Studies Department, UCLA, 2002 – 2009, Teaching Assistant
Center for EthnoCommunications, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2001 – 2007, Assistant Director
Film and Television Department, UCLA, 1998 – 2000, Teaching Assistant
Special projects, Gender Studies Department, UCLA, 2016 March – present, Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for EthnoCommunications, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2015 Summer, Interim Assistant Director
Undergraduate Research Center for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, UCLA, 2015 January – 2015 June, Program Representative
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, Department of Special Collections, 2009 –2014, Subject Specialist Archivist and Consultant
– University Archives, 2010 – 2014
– Collecting Los Angeles Project, 2012 – 2013
– Center for Primary Research and Training, 2009 – 2010
Asian American Studies Department, UCLA, 2002 – 2009, Teaching Assistant
Center for EthnoCommunications, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2001 – 2007, Assistant Director
Film and Television Department, UCLA, 1998 – 2000, Teaching Assistant
Publications
Scholarly journals, proceedings, & chapters in edited volumes
- “Asian American Greek Life,” in Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia, edited by Mary Yu Danico (New York: Sage Publishing, 2014).
- “Archives (Re)imagined Elsewhere: Asian American Community-based Archival Organizations,” in Through the Archival Looking Glass, edited by Kathi Neal and Mary Caldera, with Tom Ikeda, Ellen-Rae Cachola, and Florante Ibanez (Chicago, IL: Society of American Archivist Press, 2014).
- “Journeys To and Fro: Recalling and Writing ‘Home(s)’,” CSW Update (UCLA Center for the Study of Women, 2012). http://eprints.cdlib.org/uc/item/1t05000k
- “Making the Record from Memory: A Case for Documenting the Personal,” Proceedings of the 2009 Housing Memory Conference, Toronto, Canada, in special issue of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Quarterly Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3 (2009). http://fiq.ischool.utoronto.ca/index.php/fiq/article/view/15447
- “What about a Ph.D.? APA LIS Doctoral Student Research, Experiences, and Perspectives, part II,” in Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Newsletter, by Clara M. Chu, Liladhar Pendse, Elisabeth Rodriguez, and Vivian Wong (APA Librarians Association: 2008)
Films
- Community of Friends, Producer and Director, Documentary film about the early history of the Chinatown Branch Library in Downtown Los Angeles and the founding members of the Friends of the Chinatown library, premiered at the Chinatown Branch Library, Los Angeles, CA, 2011. https://vimeo.com/78488520
- Homecoming, Writer, Director, and Editor, Intimate documentary recalling the filmmaker’s personal experiences as a second-generation Malaysian Chinese American and her relationship with her grandmother from Malaysia, premiered in 2005.
- Awarded Best Short Documentary, Houston World Fest, TX;
- Best Documentary, Berkeley Video and Film Festival, CA
- Opening Night Film at he GLOBIANS Potsdam World Culture Documentary Film Festival, Germany
- Opening Night Film at the Asian Poster Exhibit, Track 16 Gallery, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA. https://vimeo.com/78483712
- My LA, Writer, Director, and Editor, Auto-ethnographic video diary about the filmmaker’s relocation to the U.S. West Coast and Southern California, premiered in 2001
- Lauren, Writer, Director, and Editor, Haunting film about a young woman’s painful childhood, premiered in 2000, and PBS 2000. https://vimeo.com/82597202
- Dinner, Writer, Director, and Editor, Whimsical film about a meal going awry in the kitchen, premiered in 1998.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships
- Research Data Alliance (RDA) Fellowship, 2017 – 2018
- UCLA Department of Information Studies Travel Grant, 2011 – 2014
- Archival Education and Research Institute Doctoral Scholarship, 2011 – 2014
- UCLA Center for the Study of Women Travel Grant, 2011
- Society of East Asian Anthropology Conference Travel Award, 2011
- Society of American Archivists Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award, 2010
- University Graduate Fellowship, UCLA, 1999, 2000, 2010, and 2011
- UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program Fellowship, 2008 and 2009
- UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Travel Grant, 2008 and 2009
- 21st Century Graduate Fellowship, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2008
- Chinese American Library Association Scholarship, 2008
- Asian Pacific American Library Association Scholarship, 2008
- UCLA Information Studies Diversity Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, for “Making Records from Memory: A Case for Documenting the Personal,” 2008
- American Library Association Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship, 2008 – 2011
- Open Night Film, for Homecoming, GLOBIANS Potsdam World Culture Documentary FilmFestival, 2005
- Best Short Documentary, for Homecoming, Houston World Fest, TX, 2005
- Best Documentary, for Homecoming, Berkeley Video and Film Festival, CA, 2005
- UCLA Institute for American Culture Research Grant, 2000 and 2005
- Carroll Sax Award, UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television, 2000
- Bill Lan Lee Award, UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television, 2000
- Edna and Yu-shan Han Award, UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television, 1998 and 1999
- Motion Picture Association of America Award, UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television, 1997
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
- Member, Society for the Social Studies of Science, 2017
- Founding Member, Cultural Heritage, Archives, Libraries, Information Studies section (CHALIS), Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), 2013-present
- Member, Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), 2003, 2005, 2008-present
- Member, Association of American Anthropology (AAA), 2012
- Member, Society for American Archivists (SAA), 2008-2010, 2012
- Member, Association of American Studies (ASA), 2012
- Member, Asian Pacific American Library Association (APALA), 2008, 2012-2013
- Member, Chinese American Library Association (CALA, 2008, 2009
- Member, Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), 2008, 2009
- Member, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC), 2004, 2005
- Member, Independent Feature Project (IFP), a non-profit independent film organization, 2004, 2005
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
- Consultant, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Nov. 2014-present
- Member, Executive Board of the Friends of the Chinatown Library, 2013-2014
- Lifetime Member, Friends of the Chinatown Library, 2011 – present, honored with lifetime membership in 2011
- Project Director/Producer, Chinatown Library Digital Archives Project, 2009-2011 Oral history and visual documentation project with the Friends of the Chinatown Library (FOCL); the organization founded the Chinatown Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library in Downtown Los Angeles.
- Programing Committee, Feature Films, Visual Communications FILMFEST 2009, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Winter/Spring 2009.
- Programing Committee, Feature Films, Visual Communications FILMFEST 2008, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Winter/Spring 2008.
- Consultant, “Chinatown Remembered” Oral History Project, Chinese American Historical Society of Southern California, Fall 2007 – Fall 2008.
- Programing Committee, Feature Films, Visual Communications FILMFEST 2007, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Winter/Spring 2007.
- Programing Committee, Feature Films, Visual Communications FILMFEST 2006, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Winter/Spring 2006.
- Programing Committee, Feature Films, Visual Communications FILMFEST 2005, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Winter/Spring 2005.
