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.
