- mwills@ucsd.edu
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Department: Humanities
Matthew Wills
Course Title: Innovative Writing Across Media: An Introduction to the College Workshop (Bi-Lingual - English/Chinese)
- Professional Background
- Education
- Teaching Experience
- Awards
Professional Background
Matthew Wills is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Modern Chinese History from the University of California, San Diego. He took a language course at Peking University in Beijing and can speak both Mandarin and classical Chinese.
Education
- BA in History, Trinity College, University of Oxford
- Ph.D. in Modern Chinese History, University of California, San Diego (in process)
Teaching Experience
- Undergraduate writing sample evaluator, UC San Diego Department of History: January 2017.
- Teaching Assistant, UC San Diego Making of the Modern World program: Fall 2015-June 2017.
Awards
- Fudan University “Fudan Fellow” Fellowship (2017-2018)
- Finalist, University of California, San Diego “Grad Slam” speaking competition (2017)
- University of California, San Diego Dean of Arts and Humanities Travel Award (2016)
- University of California, San Diego Department of History H. Stuart Hughes Prize for the Best Graduate Student Research Paper (2016)
- Stanford University East Asia Library Travel Grant (2016)
- American Council of Learned Societies Program in China Studies/Henry Luce Foundation Predissertation-Summer Travel Grant (2016)
- University of California, San Diego Department of History Travel Grant -declined (2016)
- University of California, San Diego Dean of Arts and Humanities Travel Award (2015)
- University of California, San Diego Katzin Prize (2014-2019)
- University of California, San Diego Regents Fellowship (2014)
- Chinese Government Scholarship (2012-2014)
- Taiwan Government Huayu Enrichment Scholarship - declined (2012)
- Trinity College, Oxford prize for outstanding achievement in final examinations (2012)
- Trinity College, Oxford academic progress prize (2011)