MA Candidate
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Asian Canadian Literature
- Critical Race Studies
- Diasporic, Postcolonial, and Transnational Literature
- Digital Literature and New Media Studies
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Poetry and Poetics
- Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature
Areas of Interest
- Comics Studies
- Popular Culture Studies
- Game Studies
Biography
MJ received their Honours BA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia. They are invested in studying the intersections of Asian North American diaspora through mixed media and popular culture.
List of Publications
- Chiao, M. “Kapok Vocal Cords: Y-Dang Troeung's Landbridge as Cambodian Memory Work.” The Garden Statuary, vol. 14.1, UBC English Undergraduate Academic Journal, 26 Dec. 2024, Vancouver, BC
- Chiao, M. “Second Street to the Right.” The Garden Statuary, vol. 14.1, UBC English Undergraduate Academic Journal, 26 Dec. 2024, Vancouver, BC
- Chiao, MJ. “We Need Ugly Art.” TEDxUBC, 9 Mar. 2025, Vancouver, BC
- Chiao, MJ. Abstract of “’The Pervert is You’: (G)-Idle, Going NXDE, and the Potentials of the Feminist Girl Crush.” Murc 2025, Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research, 8 June. 2025
Cohort
- 2025-2026