Tingyu Chen

Email: tingyuc3@illinois.edu

Research Interests

Tingyu Chen is a Ph.D candidate at the Institute of Communications Research with a focus on cinema and media studies. Her research interests include gender and screen cultures, women’s cinema, Chinese cinema, VFX, globalization and cultural modernity. She is also interested in the application of digital tools in humanities research. One of her current explorations is videographic criticism, through which she explores the different ways in which videographic work could complement and combine with moving image studies.

Recent Publications/Presentations

“The Use of Special Effects and Its Political Implication in Main Melody Blockbusters,” presentation at Society of Cinema and Media Studies 2024 (Boston, MA)

Courses Taught

  • MACS 260 Film Production: Teaching assistant 
  • MACS 150 Introduction to Digital Media Production: Teaching assistant 
  • MACS 101 Introduction to Media: Instructor of record 
  • MACS 100 Introduction to Popular TV & Movies: Teaching assistant
Tingyu Chen