Marit MacArthur is a research associate in Cinema and Digital Media at UC Davis and an Associate Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield.
Her current research is in voice studies, focusing on the quantification and perception of performative speech patterns and speech synthesis for virtual agent design. In 2015-16, she was an ACLS Digital Innovations Fellow.
Professor Li is an International Visiting Scholar from the China Agricultural University where he is an Associate Professor in the Media and Communication Department.
His current research project concerns the Earthbound China in Movies (including Folklores and Life Style in Chinese Rural Films), and the narrative of Chinese film.