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Julie Tay

Julie Tay

Distinguished Lecturer

Julie Tay is a distinguished lecturer in the Department of Classical and Oriental Studies and the director of the Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting (MATI) program.

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PROFILE

As a distinguished lecturer in Classical and Oriental Studies at Hunter College and director of the Master of Arts in Translating and Interpretation program, Julie Tay works closely with colleagues in the Chinese, Spanish and Russian study units to ensure a cohesive and rewarding learning experience for students.

She oversees and coordinates every aspect of marketing and promotion of the Master of Arts in Translating and Interpretation program as well as curriculum content and delivery. Ms. Tay works with the admissions and scheduling teams to coordinate related administrative processes including student application, acceptance, enrollment, as well as the appointment and on boarding of adjunct instructors.

Prior to joining Hunter's faculty, Ms. Tay served as the first academic director of New York University's MS in Translation (2014-2017), and spent three decades serving as a practicing translator/interpreter and community organizer in NYC.

She is a founder and sitting board member of Mencius Society for the Arts, a 16-year-old local community arts organization devoted to the advance and education of Chinese language and culture.  Along with receiving multiple NEA and NYSCA grants for performing arts and translation projects, Ms. Tay was named as a multi-year (2020-2022) organizational grantee of the ALAANA NYC Community Trust Funds.

She is currently pursuing her PhD in linguistics from Lancaster University in Lancashire, England.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand (BA)
  • National University of Singapore (Postgrad)
  • CUNY Graduate Center (MA)

COURSES

Courses taught include:

  • Professional Translators Workshop
  • Strategic Market Perspectives in English-Chinese Translation
  • Introduction to Business Translation
  • Intercultural and Interlingual Discourse between Chinese and English

RESEARCH

  • World Englishes
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Critical ethnography
  • Counter discourse and social change with respect to linguicism and nativespeakerism
  • The knowledge industry
  • Political economy and related hegemonic structures
  • Community interpreting practice
  • Translatorial subjectivity in Chinese-English encounter
  • Freelance work models in neoliberal political economy

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Julie H Tay & Sebastian Muth. 2021 (forthcoming). "Between voice and voices: Negotiating value among Chinese interpreters in Toronto." Chapter 5 in Bedrettin Yazan & John E. Petrovic (Ed.) Investigating the 'Capitalization' of Language: Ideology, Policy, and Identity. UK: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.

OFFICE HOURS

Monday, Thursday: 4 - 5 pm

Contact Details

Julie Tay

Classical & Oriental Studies
N/A
jt3361@hunter.cuny.edu

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