Education  

2011 Ph.D., Ohio State University. Research focus: melodic pitches in Mandrain tones.

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2008 Research Associate: Ancient Greece Archaeology in Ancient Corinth, with Ohio State University Department of History

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2007 M.M., Ohio University. Major: Music Composition

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2005 B.A., Chinese Culture University, Taiwan. Major: Chinese music  

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Faculty Development and Certificates ​

2015 National Endowment for the Humanities grant for Summer Seminars and Institutes: Buddhist Asia: Traditions, Transmissions and Transformations, hosted by East-West Center.
2013 Field Travel Award, China’s Encounter with the West: Past Present and Future, funded by the East-West Center. ​

2012 Certified National Coach for Chinese Martial Arts, Taiwan 

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Working Experiences 

2021 to present Professor, Statewide Cultural Extension Program at University of Hawaii 

2016 Chinese Language Instructor, Hawaii Pacific University​

2016  Associate professor, Asian studies, Hawaii Tokai International College​

2016 Diamond Sutra translating project ​

2013- 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian Studies Program, University of Cincinnati
Course taught: Music of the Silk Road; The Chinese music ; Buddhism; Chinese language; Chinese folklore; Chinese martial arts (PE ).

2012 Adjunct Professor, Earlham College
Course taught: World music; Chinese ensemble; Ear training; Music theory; Erhu lesson. 

2011 Music teacher, AIDS camps for new-born to age of 6, South Africa ​

2008-13 Chinese Language Instructor, Summer Language Study Abroad Program, National Taiwan University of Physical Education 

 

Awards 

2018 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award, best instrumental album of the year 

2011 Ohio State Medical Center, Research funds for dissertation on music and language research. Award amount: $10,000 USD

2011 National Science Foundation (Taiwan), Cognitive Research on Music, Language and Brian. Award amount: $125,000 USD
2004-11 Sing-Tian-Gong Long-Term Scholarship, for Gifted Artists Award amount: $15000 per year, Total amount: $105,000 USD

2005 First Place, Tai-Chi, National Martial Arts Competition 

2004 First Prize, Erhu Solo, National Music Competition, Taiwan

 

Publications 

2016 Hung, T.-H (2015).  The Lion's Roar in Taiwan: Genealogy of a Traditional Dance. Education About Asia, volume 20: no. 3 Winter 2015.​

2011 Hung, T.-H (2011). One music? Two musics? How many musics? Cognitive ethnomusicological, behavioral, and fMRI study on vocal and instrumental rhythm processing. Ph.D. dissertation. Ohio State University. Retrieved from https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap:10:0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_ NUM:osu1308317619

2008 Lee, C.-Y., & Hung, T.-H. (2008). Identification of Mandarin tones by English speaking musicians and non-musicians. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 3235-3248. Retrieved from http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19045807

2008 Hung, T.-H., & Lee, C.-Y. (2008). Identification of Acoustically Modified Mandarin Tones by English- Speaking Musicians and non- musicians. In Proceedings of the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, vol. 1 (NACCL-20, Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, 2008), p 139-146. Retrieved from http://naccl.osu.edu/sites/naccl.osu.edu/files/NACCL-20_Vol-1.pdf

2008 Poss, N., Hung, T.-H.,& Will. U. (2008).The Effects of Tonal Information on Lexical activation in Manda- rin. In Proceedings of the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, vol. 1 (NACCL-20, Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, 2008), p 205-211. Retrieved from http://naccl.osu.edu/ sites/naccl.osu.edu/files/NACCL-20_Vol-1.pdf

2007 Hung, T.-H (2007). A wish to the moon. A music composition for erhu and orchestra. Master thesis. Ohio University. Retrieved from https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap:10:0::NO:10:P10_ETD_SUBID:60573 

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Conference Presentations 

2015 “A Legendary Lion in the Contemporary World--Development and Changes of the Lion Dance in Taiwan.” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, Pittsburgh, PA

2015 “The Impact of Governmental Policies on Contemporary Three Teachings (Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism) Practices in Taiwan.” East West Center National Conference, Springfield, MO

2014 “Social and Economical Impacts on Court Music in Pre-Tang and Tang Dynasty China.” East West Center National Conference, Houston, TX

2013 “Buddhism and the Transformation of Court Music in Tang Dynasty.” Association for Chinese Music Research, Indianapolis, IN

2009 “EEG study on tone priming in Mandarin: what do behavioral and electrophysiological data tell us about the underlying processes.” International Conference for East Asia Languages, Beijing, China

2009 ”How do music and language experience impact the processing of pitch contours?” International Con- ference for East Asia Languages, Beijing, China

2009 ”Listen with your eyes. Perspectives on contemporary Chinese music performance practice.” European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Milton Keynes, UK

2009 ”Change and Development in Nanguan Practice, with Implications for Suzhou Pingtan.” Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, Chicago, IL

2008 ”Processing linguistic and musical pitch by English-speaking musicians and non-musicians.” Music, Lan- guage and the Mind, Tufts University, Medford, MA

2008 ”Let’s Play! San Fen Sun Yi Fa三分損益法: A Musical Practice, Theory, and Philosophy in Ancient China.” History conference, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

2008 ”Identification of Acoustically Modified Mandarin Tones by English-Speaking Musicians and non- musi- cians.” With Lee, Chao-Yang. The 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Ohio

2008 ”The Effects of Tonal Information on Lexical activation in Mandarin.” With Poss, Nick, Will, Udo. The 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Ohio

2007 ”Identification of Acoustically Modified Mandarin Tones by English-Speaking Musicians.” With Lee, Chao-Yang. 12th International Conference on the Processing of East Asia Related Languages, Taiwan 

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