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Mentoring Experience for Undergraduate Students

The video is my instruction on organizing metadata during pre-trip orientation.

1/  Mentoring Field Work

The University of Arizona      2022-2023                                     

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  • Instruct students on collecting and documenting data for ancient artifacts.

    • Project: Frogbear workshop in Kyoto

    • We documented plaques at Kyoto Buddhist temples for data collection purposes. I have coordinated with one undergraduate student and trained her to collect digital data and compile metadata.

  • Train students on collecting geospatial data for subsequent research applications.

    • Project: Field work in Academia Sinica, Taiwan

    • We collected aerial photos at their WWII achieve for Hangzhou and Taiwan. I mentored an undergraduate volunteer on how to use GIS software to draw study area and edit maps digitally.

2/ Mentoring Data Collection and Visualization

The University of Arizona     2019-2022                                                                

  • Instruct students in converting historical materials into database.

        Project: Regional Religious Systems (rrs.arizona.edu)

  • Mentored 2 undergraduate students in my department to gather historical data from classical Chinese sources. They organized large data in the Gazetteer of Hangzhou and debugged previously made maps.  

  • The result of data gathering by 2 undergraduate students is presented in "Shifting Imperial Walls" of the Storymap of Hangzhou Buddhism, created by the RRS project team. (See storymap on the right; in the below for mobile users) 

3/ Mentoring Career Developments

Fo Guang University      2016-2018      

  • Cultivate students for employment within the Fo Guang network.

    • Collaborated with the department and Fo Guang Shan (a Taiwanese Buddhist organization) to integrate non-academic career paths, training students in English for roles such as temple guides, scriptural studies, and international volunteering. Numerous students successfully secured employment within the Fo Guang Shan system.

  • Lingshan Monastery career speech

    • Delivered a career-focused speech at Lingshan Monastery’s life exploration camp, guiding undergraduate participants in identifying their professional interests and encouraging English proficiency to enhance competitiveness in the Taiwanese job market.

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Nanhua University     2016

  • Foster the academic, social, and professional acclimatization of international exchange students in Taiwan.

    • I volunteered to teach a class of Brazilian exchange students who were once soccer players. I guided them in acclimating to Taiwanese culture and education, with most securing local employment in fields like hotel management and tour guiding post-graduation.

4/ Mentoring Academic Collaboration and Services

The University of Arizona     2022-2023                                     

  • Guided undergraduates in data collection and spatial analysis, presenting findings at the following academic conferences. 

    • 64th American Association of Chinese Studies at University of Denver

    • 30th Pacific Neighborhood Consortium at the University of Arizona

    • Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies at the University of Arizona (online)

    • 29th Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) at Academic Sinica, Taiwan

  • Collaborate with student volunteers for the PNC conference.

    • Trained students in hosting scholars, setting up venues, and proofreading handouts, providing early exposure to academic environments for interested students.
       

Fo Guang University   2016-2019                                               

  • Guide student-assisted research at the Center for Buddhist Studies.

    • I coordinated undergraduate students to use digital archive tools for documenting new-found historical materials. Their collaborative effort in annotation and punctuations paved the foundation for multiple book-length and article publications.

  • Train volunteers for Buddhist Studies Graduate Students’ Conference.

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