Teaching
Faculty flow diagram: Pictorial representation of movements, conversations and gender of students and instructor (Dr. Ang) in class.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
My teaching philosophy aims to cultivate critical thinking through the active questioning of one’s social world. This focus on active learning through self-critique and reflection of one’s political and social contexts is informed by my strategy of learning with the student (Ranciere 1991). Instead of a banking education (Freire 1970) that requires students to be passive recipients, I co-create safe conditions with and for students to think critically about socio-cultural norms, politics, and histories, and to generate radical ways of relating within and beyond the classroom.
This focus on ways of relating is both a critique of traditional Euro-American ways of producing knowledge and a major concern of Indigenous theories and philosophies. I aim to equip students with the ethics of research and the practice of responsible relation-building. This will require a re-evaluation of classical social theories and students’ beliefs on knowledge and self. Within critical Indigenous philosophies, there is no neutral position in a deeply interconnected world. I equip students with the tools to examine how they relate to various topics within this globally interdependent world. This provides the foundation for students to truly understand the importance of respect towards specific communities and local perspectives on the ground when students are engaged in impact projects.
Instructor of record
2023 - 24 Indiana University, Bloomington. “Indigenous Cultures in Settler Colonial East Asia”
2022 - 25 National University of Singapore. “Globalization, Culture and Identity” "Japanese Mass Media"
Nanyang Technological University. “Culture and Heritage: Perspectives from History” “Public and Applied History”
“Minorities in the Socio-cultural History of Japan”
2020 NYU Shanghai. “Japan and China: Cultural, Political and Population Flows”
2015 – 2017 New York University. Mandarin Language Coach, Speaking Freely Online (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Mandarin)
Recitation instructor
2018 – 2021 NYU Shanghai. “Global Perspectives on Society” College core course
2015 New York University. College Core Curriculum. “Cultures and contexts: Korean Media Culture.”
2012 New York University. College Core Curriculum. “Cultures and Contexts: Introduction to Japanese Culture.”
Grader
2012 New York University. Department of East Asian Studies. “Anime and New Media.”
2007 Hokkaido University. Sociology Department. “Sociological Theories - Societies and Immigration.”
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION (Teaching)
2020 NYU Shanghai, Center for Teaching & Learning: Online Teaching Studios
2018 NYU Shanghai, Center for Teaching & Learning: Course Design Studios
2015 GSAS Teaching Certificate Program: The Art & Craft of Teaching