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Tuesday

Science Hall (4F)

10:00 – Luck Is a Skill: A Real-Time Framework for Navigating Uncertainty and Creating Better Outcomes
Krystal Chryssomallis is an internationally recognised photographer, cultural producer, visual storyteller, and educator whose work is devoted to amplifying the good through stories and experiences that foster trust, empathy, connection, and lived impact.
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Session 1

Room A (4F)
Sociology and Politics
Session Chair: Mark Beeman

11:20 – From Structural Critique to Cultural Renewal: Reassessing Critical Race Theory (111912)
Ms. Rheagan Humphrey is a doctoral candidate at Southern Methodist University. Her research explores agency and personal responsibility in African American communities while critiquing contemporary victimhood frameworks.
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11:45 – Art as Advocacy: College Students’ Perspectives on the Philippines’ Socio-political Climate (109067)
Dr Blenn B Nimer is currently the Director for Research, Planning, Innovation, and Development of the Notre Dame of Kidapawan College, Kidapawan City, Philippines.
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12:10 – Banning African American Studies and the Lost Cause Tradition (113853)
Professor Mark Beeman is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at in United States
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Room B (4F)
Language and Cultural Studies
Session Chair: Laura de Almeida

11:20 – Technology-Supported Reflection: AI-Generated Picture Books as Language Journey Narratives in High School English (108823)
Mr. Ralph Artugue is currently a graduate student in Linguistics with a focus on TESOL at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. His interests are incorporating the Arts and Language in Language learning.
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11:45 – The Story of Nala in Mahabharata as a Sanskrit Grammar Exercise (111366)
Dr Nawin Bosakaranat is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Chiang Mai University in Thailand
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12:10 – Beyond Entertainment: Crimson Desert as a Platform for English Language Learning (113918)
Laura de Almeida is currently working at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), teaching Literature, methodology and other subjects
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Room C (4F)
Development Issues in Design and Communication
Session Chair: Wann-Ming Wey

11:20 – Data-Driven Storytelling for Place Identity in Creative City Transformation: Evidence from Nantes, France (113111)
Mr Ackapol Lamuang is a University Doctoral Student at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand
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11:45 – Gasping for Breath: The Racial Politics of Air and Aeromobility (113091)
Marzia Milazzo is Associate Professor of English at the University of Johannesburg and serves as associate editor for the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.
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12:10 – Climate-Responsive and Culturally Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development: Urban Microclimate Strategies for the Lungshan Temple District in Taipei (112896)
Dr. Wann-Ming Wey is Professor (Full) and Dean, Department of Real Estate and Built Environment and International College of Sustainability Innovations (ICSI) at National Taipei University, Taiwan.
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Room D (4F)
Arts and Ageing Studies
Session Chair: Tami Gavron

11:20 – The Living Archive: Revitalising Embodied Folklore and Cultural Memory in Southeast Asia (112166)
Inessa Kalabekova is a PhD researcher at Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research focuses on cultural memory, folklore, heritage, and embodied performance. Her current project explores how cultural memory is transmitted and revitalised through practic
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11:45 – Ageless Afterlives: Ageing, Mortality, and the Digital Resurrection of the Dead Bodies in the Era of AI (109723)
Mytha Eliva Veritasia, MA. is a lecturer in the Communication Department, Faculty of Social
and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. She is passionate about studying and
teaching media and cultural studies, particularly in the representation of gender and minority
groups, the discourse of the body and the debates on the constructions of identity. Her recent research interests focus on Ageing and Gerontology in the context of media and cultural discourse which she plans to continue explore this study for her PhD in the future. She currently works on a book chapter project "Ageing Asia" and the collection is expected to be printed in the first half of 2026.
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12:10 – Community Art-Based Intervention During Wartime Displacement: Older Women’s Experiences of Creativity, Continuity, and Resilience (112284)
Dr Tami Gavron is currently an associate professor and the head of the graduate art therapy program at Tel-Hai, University of Kiryat Shmonah in the Galelee
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Room G (4F)
Negotiating Cultural Authority in Contemporary Southeast Asia: Ethnic Resistance, Digital Governance, and Heritage Politics (Symposium)
Session Chair: James W.Y. Wang

11:20 – Selective Heritage Governance in Malaysia: A Comparative Study of the Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Cemetery and the 24 Festive Drums (111240)
Yih Pey Tan is currently a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at National Chi Nan University
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12:35 – New Media Culture Among Vietnam’s Generation Z: Platform Affordances, Governance, and Cultural Production (112783)
De He Chang is a doctoral student at National Chengchi University and a civil servant in Taiwan. His research focuses on digital governance, new media, and youth culture in Southeast Asia.
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12:35 – Silenced Voices: Ethnic Identity, Resistance, and Cultural Politics in Vietnam’s Highlands (111209)
Professor James W.Y. Wang is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Head of Department in Taiwan
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Session 2

Room A (4F)
Culture in Architecture and Urban Studies
Session Chair: Mieko Tarrius

13:50 – The Aesthetics of Windows in Modern Finnish Architecture: Focusing on the Architecture of Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto (113824)
Ms. Ai Nomoto is a graduate student in University of Tsukuba.
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14:15 – Interpreting Heritage in Contemporary Design: Cultural Representation in the Works of Gen-Z Philippine Architecture Students (108725)
Bryll Edison Par is the Studio Cluster Chair of the College of Architecture of the National University Manila specializing in Architectural Design and Planning, his current project highlights integrating environmental sustainability in Design.
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14:40 – Tech Futures, White Futures: Tech-led Gentrification in Philadelphia’s University City and Montreal’s Parc Extension (110236)
Dr. Mieko Tarrius is currently Head of Engaged Science and Associate Researcher at Université Paris-Est Créteil. Her research focuses on technology, urban policy, futurity, and racial and gendered systems of domination.
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Room B (4F)
Language and Communication
Session Chair: Gladys Mangada

13:50 – Intercultural Communicative Competence Among Thai Ship Port Staff for International Cruise Lines: An Empirical Mixed-Methods Assessment (110950)
Chariti Khuanmuang is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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14:15 – Translanguaging, Linguistic Capital, and Language Maintenance in Urban and Rural Bali (113495)
Adrian Rasyki is an Assistant Professor in the English Education Program at Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia. His research interest includes, but not limited to, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis.
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14:40 – Beyond Grammar: Investigating the Impact of Communicative Language Teaching and Task-based Learning on English Language Proficiency and Learners’ Motivation (111345)
Dr. Gladys Gayola- Mangada is a full-fledged professor and her teaching career st started back in 1988. Her general interests include teachers' pedagogical approaches and students' English proficiency. She also handles major courses in the graduate
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Room C (4F)
Communication, Education and Pedagogy
Session Chair: Yuko Kato

13:50 – Inquiry-Based and Debate-Oriented Pedagogy in Enhancing Critical Thinking Competence in English Among Freshman Students: A Mixed Method Study (111347)
Currently, she is the Director of the Student Services Office, performing a vital role in supporting students throughout their academic journey.
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14:15 – Reading Readiness Among Elementary Pupils: Basis for a Media-Enhanced Reading Intervention Program (113635)
DR. GINA DE ASIS-GALVEZ is currently an Associate Professor V of the University of Eastern Philippines, University Town, Catarman Northern Samar, Philippines
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14:40 – Developing Intercultural Communication Skills Through Video Materials: An Analysis of a Workshop for Japanese Corporate Employees Facing Growing Cultural Diversity (111536)
Dr Yuko Kato is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Jin-ai University in Japan
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Room D (4F)
Communication and Differences
Session Chair: Wei-Lin Chen

13:50 – Shared Descent, Different Grammars of Belonging: Narrating Co-ethnic Return Migrants in Japan and Korea (113861)
Ms Seung Min Lee is a University Doctoral Student at Waseda University in Japan
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14:15 – Rhetoric, Risk, and Reputation: the Impact of Destabilizing Policy Rhetoric on International Students’ Intentions to Study in the U.S. (112097)
Nkem Nwankwo is a Ph.D. student in Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. His current research examines how political rhetoric influences international students' intentions to study in the U.S.
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14:40 – Designing Inclusion, Reproducing Stereotype: a Content Analysis of Microaggressions in Indigenous Student Program Admission Posters at Taiwanese Universities (110973)
Wei-Lin Chen is an associate professor in the Center for Teacher Education at National Sun Yat-sen University. His current projects focus on adverse experiences and disadvantaged conditions occurring within family or educational settings.
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Room G (4F)
Designing the Modern: Japanese Crossovers in Indian Visual Culture (Panel)
Session Chair: Takashi Oishi

13:50 – Designing the Modern: Japanese Crossovers in Indian Visual Culture and Ephemera (1920-1950) (111169)
Ms Amita Kini-Singh is a Independent Scholar at Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India
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Session 3

Room A (4F)
Gender, Identity and Culture
Session Chair: Kenji Kaneko

15:20 – “Such Was the Origin of the Sort of Intimacy”: Music and Female Homoerotic Potential in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park (112522)
Ms. Aoi Ishizuna is currently a Master's student in the Degree Programs in Humanities and Social Sciences within the Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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15:45 – Beyond the Suffering Heroine: How Modern Indian Media Is Rewriting Female Agency (112612)
Padmavathy Dhillon I am currently working as a Faculty at Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Odhisha
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16:10 – From Darkness to Dignity: A Discourse on Adivasi Women as Custodians of Culture, Land and Identity in Contemporary Literature (110466)
Dr. Rema T Das is a visiting faculty of English at Amity University, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Her current role is based on imparting soft-skill development to learners at graduate level and teaching literature to Law students at the graduate level.
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16:35 – Gendered Mobility and Transnational Intimacy: Japanese-Thai and U.S.-Filipina Marriages in Comparative Perspective (112578)
Dr Kenji Kaneko is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Kyoto University of Advanced Science in Japan
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Room B (4F)
Media in Language and Cultural Studies
Session Chair: Mark Rebuck

15:20 – Listening to Feel: Informal Affective Learning, Empathy, and Creativity in University Students’ Everyday Music Practices (113726)
Ninglu He is an education researcher, pianist, and consultant interested in music, empathy, creativity, and arts education. His current project explores how everyday music listening supports empathy and creativity among university students.
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15:45 – Acoustic Images: Listening as Visual Knowledge (112512)
Yael Brustein is an artist and Senior Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. Her interests include sound, listening, and pedagogy. She is currently developing the Sound Seminar, a project exploring Acoustic Images.
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16:10 – Exploring Podcast-Based Narrative Learning for International Students’ Sociocultural Adaptation (108995)
Dr Peishi Weng is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Taipei University of Marine Technology in Taiwan
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16:35 – Podcast-Inspired Lesson: The Significance of “Sukiyaki” (112729)
Mark Rebuck is an Associate Professor at Meijo University.
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Room C (4F)
Media and Communication Technology
Session Chair: William Kunz

15:20 – From Zero to Recommended: a Mixed-Methods Investigation of Algorithmic Growth Signals on YouTube (112465)
Dr.Shreesha Mairaru is currently working as lecturer at Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai in Applied Media devision
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15:45 – Shaping the Future of Public Relations: Analysis of the AI Megatrend Through the Futures Triangle (111235)
Dr Hrvoje Jakopović is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, and a member of the Department of Strategic Communication.
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16:10 – Media Governance of Olympic Broadcasting Rights in the Platform Era: Regulatory Responses and Challenges in Taiwan (111102)
Ms. Huei-Wen Chen is currently a doctoral student at the college of Communication, Chengchi University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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16:35 – Audiovisual Production Incentives Around the World and the Pursuit of Inducements by Major Streaming Services for Television Series (111211)
Professor William Kunz is a University Professor/Principle Lecturer at University of Washington Tacoma in United States
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Room D (4F)
State, Journalism and Communication
Session Chair: Alisher Altay

15:20 – The Paradigm Shift from Transnational to National Identity in the Gulf Countries: Revisiting Identity Narrative in Social Media During Iran-US War (113802)
Shaimaa Al Essai, independent research in digital humanities and societies,
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15:45 – Navigating Socio-Cultural Dynamics: Journalistic Practice in Myanmar’s Rakhine State (113905)
Mandy Fox, Research Associate and doctoral candidate, University of Passau. Interests: journalistic practice, media freedom, Southeast Asia. Current project: journalism in Myanmar's Rakhine State, 2011–2021.
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16:10 – Judicial Organizational Communication Amidst Institutional Logics Conflict: A Case Study of Interactions Between Prosecutorial Authorities and the Media in Taiwan (110575)
Mr. Cheng Yuan-Hao is a PhD student in Communication at National Chengchi University and an Assistant Research Fellow at Taiwan's Academy for the Judiciary. His interests: judicial communication, health communication, criminal policy evaluation.
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16:35 – Reconstructing the Unseen: Generative AI, Censorship, and Kazakhstan’s January 2022 Events in Non-English Journalism (113740)
Askhat Yerkimbay, journalism lecturer at SDU and Program Manager at Internews. Interested in AI policy and media literacy in non-English media. Current project: Rapid Media Mapping of Kazakh-language regional media.
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Room G (4F)
Visual Culture
Session Chair: Lydia Wong-Plain

15:20 – Weaving Between Art and Artifact: Interpreting Philippine Indigenous Textiles Through Art History and Ethnology (112884)
Rozheanne Hilario is Assistant Professor of Philippine Arts at the University of the Philippines Manila. Her research interests include art history, indigenous art, and visual culture. Her current works are on Philippine and Asian weaving studies.
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15:45 – Building Campus Brands Through Official IP Characters: Branding Strategies and Practical Outcomes of the Official IP at National Taichung University (113587)
CHUN-HAN LIN Graduated from the Department of Digital Content and Technology, National Taichung University of Education, and is currently pursuing a master's degree at the Institute of Communication Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
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16:10 – Visuality in New Media Art: Decoding Students’ Visual Narratives (110895)
Dr Jualim Vela is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University of the Philippines Los Baños in Philippines
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16:35 – Seeing Otherwise: Intelligence, Agency, and the Colonial Photographic Encounter (110763)
Dr. Lydia Wong-Plain, Senior Lecturer, researcher, and curator at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore. Interests: postcolonial museum studies, paracuratorial practice, Southeast Asian art. Current: climate imaginaries.
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