About
Matthew Choi Taitano (he/him) was born and raised in Guam and is of South Korean and native CHamoru descent. In 2020, he received his A.B. in English and Certificates in African American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies from Princeton University. In 2023, he received his M.A. in English and Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities from Northeastern University.
Matthew’s current research interests include the ways in which literature can be used to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within classrooms. He often implements critical race theory (CRT), digital humanities (DH), and eco-criticism in his research.
Matthew has research experience in the following areas: 20th and 21st-century African American literature (particularly Baldwin and Morrison); Victorian literature (particularly Dickens and the Brontës); Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) literature; queer theory; Freudian psychoanalysis; DEI; CRT; DH; and eco-criticism. Education
Princeton University
- Bachelor of Arts in English (2020)
- Certificate in African American Studies (2020)
- Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies (2020)
Northeastern University
- Master of Arts in English (2023)
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities (2023)
University of Michigan
- Certificate in Leading for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education (2024)
Publications
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Childhood, Innocence, and Alienation: Historicizing the Pathologization of Asian (American) Bodies.” Scholourship, Kindred Laboratories and Cambridge University Library, May 2023. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/3XzFJE9
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Congratulations, You Have Been Admitted! Now What?.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Apr. 2015. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/3NdKij3
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Home.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Apr. 2015. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/4exRgL1
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Eating Habits in College.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Mar. 2015. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/3XPX791
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Immigrant Parents.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Mar. 2015. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/3B9bWdX
- Taitano, Matthew C. “More on Sexual Misconduct. UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Feb. 2015. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/47vTOHr
- Taitano, Matthew C. “The First Semester.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Feb. 2015. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/3Bn3FTN
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Why Michael Brown Matters to Me.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Dec. 2014. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/4gAA89l
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Content Over Professor.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Nov. 2014. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/47CnKBW
- Taitano, Matthew C. “Fruits Are Exotic. Humans Are Not.” UWIRE Text, Gale Academic OneFile, Oct. 2014. Viewable here: https://bit.ly/4gA7bKE
Projects
DH Projects:
Conference Presentations:
- “Imagining Intersectional Text Encoding for Close Reading Jane Eyre & the Victorian Novel” — Northeastern University RISE Showcase — Boston, MA — Apr. 2023
- “Reading Class, Madness, and Environment through the Grotesque in Bleak House” — Northeastern University History Graduate Student Conference — Boston, MA — Apr. 2023
- “Reading Class, Madness, and Environment through the Grotesque in Bleak House” — International Conference on Narrative — Panel: Econarratology and the Anthropocene — Dallas, TX — Mar. 2023
- “Reading Class, Madness, and Environment through the Grotesque in Bleak House” — Master’s in English Regional Conference — Panel: Madness, Monsters, and Masculinity — Bridgewater, MA — Feb. 2023
- “The Transgender Tipping Point: Examining Trans Identities in the Media and Prison Industrial Complex” — Leadership Alliance National Symposium — Hartford, CT — Jul. 2017
- “The Transgender Tipping Point: Examining Trans Identities in the Media and Prison Industrial Complex” — Columbia University Summer Research Program Symposium — New York, NY — Jul. 2017
- “Trends and Terror: How the Spring-Summer 2016 Louis Vuitton Womenswear Ad Campaign is Linked to Transmisogynoir Violence” — Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Cornell University — Ithaca, NY — Apr. 2017
Invited Talks and Presentations:
- “From Hopeless to Hopeful: A Speech on Resilience” — Northeastern University English Department Graduating Students Celebration — Boston, MA — May 2023
- “It’s not done till it’s accessible! A roundtable discussion”
Co-presenters: Ash Clark, Julia Flanders, Anaya Jones, Kim Kennedy, and Jeanine Rodriguez — 2022 LibCon: Northeastern University Library Conference — Boston, MA — Dec. 2022
- “The Important Relationship Between Intersectionality and Activism Within the Korean American Community” — Korean American Grassroots Conference — New York, NY — Sep. 2016
Memberships
- HASTAC Scholars Program — awarded Dec. 2022
- Leadership Alliance Fellowship Program — awarded Mar. 2017
- Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program — awarded Apr. 2016
- Gates Millennium Scholars Program — awarded Apr. 2014
