Yu Yin Isabella To

(607) 232-1575
Yto1@binghamton.edu

Department of Comparative Literature

Library Tower 1503 Binghamton, NY 13902
Binghamton University (SUNY)

PhD

EDUCATION
Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York,
Present

MA

Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York, 2013

BA

English and Philosophy, Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, University of

Redlands, 2009
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

The Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, Binghamton University, 2014-15
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, 2014-15
Full Tuition Scholarship, Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, 2009 2014
Nominated for Excellence in Service Award, Binghamton University, 2012-13
TEACHING
Instructor of Record, Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, 2009 - 2014
Responsibilities: Create syllabi, grade essays, and teach courses fulfilling General Education
requirements for Humanities (H), Composition (C), and Writing (W) courses.
Courses taught
COLI 211B Literature and Psychology, Fall 2013
COLI 214B Literature and Society, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Spring
2014
COLI 111 World Literature II, Spring 2012
COLI 110 World Literature I, Fall 2009 and Fall 2011
Courses taught online via Blackboard
COLI 211Z Graduate School and Job Application, Winter 2012
COLI 211P Literature and Popular Culture, Summer 2011
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
The Digital Humanities and The Archive, MLA, January 2016 (upcoming)
Not Even A God Can Save Us Now: The Value of Literature in an Unbelieving Age, Secular Religion,
Sacred Literature, Le Moyne College, October 2015
Flannery OConnor and the Politics of Faith, The Flannery OConnor Society, SAMLA, November 2014
Glass Stories Reconsidered: Salingers Nonsectarian Pedagogy, Annual Speaker Series, Comparative
Literature Department at Binghamton University, March 2014

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Salinger and the Ethics of Reading, Religion and Literature: The Return of the Text Conference, Le
Moyne College, September 2013
Literary Criticism and the Postsecular, Invited Speaker, Comparative Studies at Ohio State
University, February 2013
Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony and the Sacred Landscape, PAMLA, Seattle University, November
2012
Marilynne Robinson responds to the Postsecular, Religion, Literature, and the Arts Conference,
University of Iowa, August 2012
DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECTS
Co-creator & Administrator of The Digital Manifesto Archive. This archive was originally

hosted by Omeka at http://digitalmanifesto.omeka.net/. We have now fully transitioned into

our independent website at digitalmanifesto.net.
Video Interviews
Dr. Jeffrey Schnapp, Romance Languages & Literature @ Harvard University,
Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrfiAuI4Og
Dr. Yuk Hui, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana
Universitt Lneburg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsCaXWejPcU
Rosa Menkman, Glitch Artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeJYwBxw73U
Dr. MeKenzie Wark, Professor of Culture and Media in Liberal Studies at The New School for
Social Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9BD35YUSs
Written Interview
Dr. Geert Lovink, Research Professor of Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam
and Professor of Media Theory at the European Graduate School:
digitalmanifesto.net/LovinkDMAinterview.pdf
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Invited Speaker of Binghamton Universitys Teaching Assistant Orientation, August 2015.
Creator of the COLI Grad blackboard page. I create professionalization content and compile teaching
resources for graduate students. Fall 2014-Spring 2015.
Organizer and facilitator of the Annual Teaching Pedagogy Workshop Series, 2013-2014. Topics include
Teaching Philosophy and Syllabi Construction.
Conference organizer, Literature, Politics, and Aesthetics: The Production of Knowledge and the Future of the
University. Binghamton University Comparative Literature Graduate Conference. March 2013.
Conference organizer, Forms of Life. Binghamton University Comparative Literature Conference. March
2012.

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SERVICE
Web Representative of the Department of Comparative literature Graduate Student Organization
(COLI GSO), Binghamton University, 2014-15
President of COLI GSO, Binghamton University, 2012 2013
Senator Representative of the larger Binghamton University Graduate Student Organization (GSO),
Binghamton University, 2010 2011
AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA)
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
LANGUAGES
Native Reading and Writing ability: Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), English
Beginner: French, German, Spanish
REFERENCES
Brett Levinson
Professor of Comparative Literature, Co-Director PLC (Philosophy, Literature and the Theory of
Criticism)
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.4962
Email: blevins@binghamton.edu
William Haver
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.3327
Email: zenvampires@yahoo.com
Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit
Professor of Comparative Literature
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.6031
Email: zppetit@binghamton.edu
Luiza Franco Moreira
Chair and Professor of Comparative Literature
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777-3673
Email: lmoreira@binghamton.edu
Gisela Brinker-Gabler
Professor of Comparative Literature, Director of Graduate Studies, Co-Director of PLC
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777.2890
Email: gbrinker@binghamton.edu

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