Dr. Jindan Ni
Details
Department: School of GUSS
Campus: City Campus Australia
jindan.ni@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-6959-2978
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Jindan Ni is a Senior Lecturer in Global and Language Studies at RMIT University. She specialises in Japanese literature, translation studies, and comparative literature, with particular interests in race and gender representation, literary translation, and the transnational circulation of texts and ideas. Her work explores women’s writing, Asian-Australian literary cultures, and cross-cultural literary exchange, examining how literature and translation shape understandings of identity, subjectivity, and social representation. Her research demonstrates the continuing relevance of literary studies to contemporary debates on diversity, equity, and intercultural understanding.
Awards:
- 2025 Patji-Dawes Language Teaching Award –The Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA Inc.) and Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU)
- Japan Foundation Fellowship
Professional Affiliations:
- Secretary of Australian Tertiary Chinese Teacher Association
- Member of Modern Language Association
- Member of Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities
Research fields
- 4705 Literary studies
- 470321 Translation and interpretation studies
- 470507 Comparative and transnational literature
- 470519 Literature in Japanese
- 470515 Literature in Chinese
UN sustainable development goals
- 4 Quality Education
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 13 Climate Action
- 5 Gender Equality
Academic positions
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2024 – Present
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2018 – Dec 2023
- Sessional lecturer
- University of Melbourne
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 2015 – Dec 2017
Supervisor projects
- The Beauty of Batik in 2D: Preserving the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Javanese Batik through a Visual Narrative Storytelling, 2D Animation.
- 8 Apr 2026
- Female Images in the English Translations of Shui Hu Zhuan
- 1 Mar 2023
- Understanding Female Chinese international students' negotiation of gender and cultural norms
- 26 Nov 2021
Teaching interests
Japanese Literature, Chinese Diaspora Literature, Comparative Literature studies, Translation Studies, Language Education
Research interests
Japanese Literature, Chinese Diaspora Literature, Comparative Literature studies, Translation Studies, Language Education
