ELLIOT BEAR YU ︎︎︎ CV
Last updated 1/2023
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine2022-present
B.A. in Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles
2021
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & GRANTS
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship, $15,0002019 - 2021
Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research, UCLA
2021
Senior Book Award, $600
2020
Mellon Mays Conference Fund, $1,200
2020
Edward Scott Morrison Scholarship, $2,500
2019
2023
2021
Lost in a Dream: Wandering and Queer Exploration in the Video Game Yume Nikki, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Symposium
2021
Lost in a Dream: Wandering and Queer Exploration in the Video Game Yume Nikki, Undergraduate Research Week
2021
Negotiating Gender Through Humor, MMUF West Coast Regional Undergraduate Conference
2021
Negotiating Gender Through Humor, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Symposium
2020
2023
Scene Coordinator, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s LA2050 Project [online]
2022
Website Designer, Gender Affirming Treatment Decision Aid
2021
Sole Developer and Lead Designer, Waiting Room [online]
2021
Graphic Designer, CHLA’s yearly Angels of Change calendar
2021
Illustrator, featured in Duly Magazine’s Alien Issue [print]
2021
Sound Editor, Inner Demons film at ArtCenter College of Design [online]
2020-2021
Sole Developer and Designer, Greetings from Houston, Texas [online]
2020-2021
Graphic Designer and Writer, for The Repository for the Collection of Tetherball Materials [online]
2020-2021
Graphic Designer, Pride Admit Weekend
2020-2021
Staff Writer and Illustrator, Fem Newsmagazine [online] and [print]
2018-2021
Graphic Design Intern, UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center
2018-2019
2021-present
Embedded Tutor, El Camino Community College
2021-2022
Peer Learning Facilitator, UCLA Freshman-Transfer Summer Program
2020-2021
Research Assistant, UCLA Philosophy Department
2020-2021
Peer Learning Facilitator, UCLA Academic Advancement Program
2019-2021
Software: Photoshop (expert), Premiere Pro (expert), InDesign (expert), Clip Studio Paint (advanced), Illustrator (advanced), After Effects (advanced), Adobe Audition (advanced), Blender (advanced), Twine (advanced), CSS (advanced), HTML (advanced), JavaScript (intermediate), Unity (proficient), Godot Engine (proficient), C++ (elementary).
2021
Senior Book Award, $600
2020
Mellon Mays Conference Fund, $1,200
2020
Edward Scott Morrison Scholarship, $2,500
2019
PUBLICATIONS
Lost in a Dream: Queer Time and Space in the Video Game Yume Nikki, in Press Start (Under review)2023
PRESENTATIONS
From Comedy Films to Horror Games, invited to speak at Freshman-Transfer Summer Program, UCLA2021
Lost in a Dream: Wandering and Queer Exploration in the Video Game Yume Nikki, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Symposium
2021
Lost in a Dream: Wandering and Queer Exploration in the Video Game Yume Nikki, Undergraduate Research Week
2021
Negotiating Gender Through Humor, MMUF West Coast Regional Undergraduate Conference
2021
Negotiating Gender Through Humor, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Symposium
2020
DESIGN & MULTIMEDIA
Illustrator, featured in 562medium’s Close issue (Forthcoming)2023
Scene Coordinator, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s LA2050 Project [online]
2022
Website Designer, Gender Affirming Treatment Decision Aid
2021
Sole Developer and Lead Designer, Waiting Room [online]
2021
Graphic Designer, CHLA’s yearly Angels of Change calendar
2021
Illustrator, featured in Duly Magazine’s Alien Issue [print]
2021
Sound Editor, Inner Demons film at ArtCenter College of Design [online]
2020-2021
Sole Developer and Designer, Greetings from Houston, Texas [online]
2020-2021
Graphic Designer and Writer, for The Repository for the Collection of Tetherball Materials [online]
2020-2021
Graphic Designer, Pride Admit Weekend
2020-2021
Staff Writer and Illustrator, Fem Newsmagazine [online] and [print]
2018-2021
Graphic Design Intern, UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center
2018-2019
WORK & PROFESSIONAL
Writing Center Tutor, El Camino Community College2021-present
Embedded Tutor, El Camino Community College
2021-2022
Peer Learning Facilitator, UCLA Freshman-Transfer Summer Program
2020-2021
Research Assistant, UCLA Philosophy Department
2020-2021
Peer Learning Facilitator, UCLA Academic Advancement Program
2019-2021
LANGUAGES & SKILLS
Languages: English (native), Russian (intermediate reading, writing, and speaking)Software: Photoshop (expert), Premiere Pro (expert), InDesign (expert), Clip Studio Paint (advanced), Illustrator (advanced), After Effects (advanced), Adobe Audition (advanced), Blender (advanced), Twine (advanced), CSS (advanced), HTML (advanced), JavaScript (intermediate), Unity (proficient), Godot Engine (proficient), C++ (elementary).