She obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia University in music theory. Her scholarly work engages the relationship among music, body and mind, and analytical investigations in aesthetic tastes in pre-modern Chinese and Taiwanese music. She has written articles about traditional guqin practice, the aesthetic practice of the erhu performer Abing, and ancient Chinese music philosophy. She is currently writing a book exploring the intertwined nature of traditional Chinese music with bodily health, mental welfare, and spiritual strength, and is also conduting research on differences in musical time between pre-modern and modern Chinese and Taiwanese music. Bio courtesy of her faculty page.