Qinghong Lin

  • Certification Level: Assistant
  • Geographic Location: BELGIUM, Antwerp (Naedts)
  • Languages: Danish, English
  • Specialization: Acting Vocal Practice Public Speaking Speech & Dialects
  • Institution Name

Assistant Teacher (2022)
FVI Associate Director of Learning Programs and Creative Research

PhD, Scholar-Artist
Associate professor, Master’s Supervisor
Department of Acting, Shanghai Theatre Academy
Provincial Mandarin Proficiency Tester and Counselor

POB 200040
630 Huashan Road, Shanghai, China
breathqinghong@qq.com

Qinghong Lin is a scholar-artist with degrees in Laws from Renmin University of China (BA) and Xiamen University (LLM), and Performance Studies from Shanghai Theatre Academy (PhD). She is currently an Associate Professor and Master Supervisor of the Acting Department, Shanghai Theatre Academy. Awarded by China Scholarship Council, she was formerly a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Southern California, and Emerson College—gaining deep exposure to Western approaches to acting, communication, voice and speech.

Lin’s expertise is anchored in the intersection of theory and practice. Before becoming an academic, she spent eight years as an award-winning TV presenter in China, hosting large-scale national events and earning recognition as one of the country’s Top Ten TV Column Hosts. Fluent in Mandarin, English, and the Minnan dialect, she became the first host from mainland China to livestream the Cross-Strait University Singer Competition in Taiwan. These years on the front lines of media gave her a practical understanding of performance, speech patterns, and vocal presence—experience that now informs her teaching and research. Her research and creative interests include Mediatization Performance Studies, Intercultural Voice and Acting Training, Dramatic Criticism, Broadcasting and Hosting, and performance in higher education.

Her academic contributions have been equally significant. Lin is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and currently serves as Associate Director of Learning Programs and Creative Research, based in the United States. Lin’s voice training philosophy is rooted in integration. She has dedicated her career to synthesizing Western methodologies with traditional Chinese vocal techniques—helping students and professionals alike enhance their performance, public speaking, and communication skills. Her academic and practical achievements are exemplified in her monograph Theatre and Communication, which was published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House—one of the top-tier publishers in China—as part of the Shanghai Municipal “World-class Universities and Disciplines” High-Level Local University Construction Project. The book was quickly recognized across the field, being selected by Broadcasting China as one of the “Top Ten Broadcasting Books of 2022” and featured by China Publishing & Media Journal, a publication under China Publishing Group. Notably, the book received a written recommendation and review from Mr. Honglin Wu, a pioneering figure in China’s broadcasting education, former Dean of the Television Art School at Shanghai Theatre Academy, mentor to famed CCTV host Qing Dong, and a judge on the TV show Challenge the Host. This recognition reflects Lin’s interdisciplinary expertise, which spans acting techniques, voice and speech training, and communication studies—positioning her as one of the few professionals deeply versed in all three fields.

Her academic research reflects this intersectionality. Lin has contributed to five major provincial and national-level projects in China, including initiatives under the National Social Science Fund and the Ministry of Education. Her paper “The Theory Traveling and Innovation of the Dramatic Actntial Model in China” won First Prize at the 34th Tian Han Drama Awards and 2019 Youth Outstanding Paper Award by the Chinese Theatre Journals Alliance. Another paper, “Intercultural Acting Training: Interact and Adapt in the Depths of Vanishing Boundaries,” was presented at leading academic conferences in Asia-Pacific.

Languages: English, Mandarin, Minnan dialect (Hokkien)
Specializations: Intercultural Acting, Voice and Speech Training, Public Speaking, Broadcasting and Hosting, Dramatic Criticism, Mediatization Performance Studies, and performance in higher education.