Beth Tsai is the author of Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals

and Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Studies at the University at Albany–State University of New York. She is a contributing author to the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Journal of Asian Cinema, and Oxford Bibliographies. Her experimental films have screened internationally and at various venues across New York State.

She holds a Ph.D. in Cinema and Cultural Studies from Stony Brook University, SUNY, and an M.F.A. in Media Study from the University at Buffalo, SUNY.