AMY TIEN CHANG

17 rue du Roule

Paris  75001

FRANCE

+33 (0)6 25 17 70 74

amychang@alumni.rice.edu

http://www.geocities.com/amytienchang

 

Skills               Photography:    Digital Canon and Nikon, 4x5 large format, medium format, TTL Flash, printing, developing, film and print scanning. 

                        Software:           Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (expert), Fotostation, GoLive, ImageReady, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Forms, Macromedia Flash, Imovie, Adobe Pagemaker, Microsoft Office.   

                        Programming:    HTML, JavaScript.

                        Languages:       English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish. 

 

Education      SPEOS, Paris, France

School of Photography: 2002-2003.

Coursework:  Photojournalism, Studio, Dark Room, Stylism, Computer Imaging, History of Photography, Fine Art Criticism.

 

                        THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

                        LBJ SCHOOL of PUBLIC AFFAIRS and SCHOOL of JOURNALISM, Austin, Texas

Masters of Public Affairs and Communications (photojournalism), 3 semesters: 1999-2002.

Coursework:  Applied Quantitative Analysis, Political Economics, Sociology of Migrations, Women and Gender in China, World Economic History.

 

RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, Texas

B.A. in Sociology.  1995-1999. 

University Sallyport Award.  Athenian Award.  Exhibitor in the Rice University Art Show.  Envision Grant recipient.

 

Experience     MICROSOFT, WebTV, Mountain View, California

Software Test Engineer.  Worked on the MSTV client browser test team.  Designed and created comprehensive test cases and test plans for the new User Interface and User Experience test suites.  Designed graphical user interface for client-side interaction.  Responsible for HTML, User Experience, User Interface, and top web sites.  November 2000-November 2001.

 

WEBAPPFACTORY, INC., Mountain View, California

Human Interface Engineer.  Contributed to implementation of project for medium-sized client, 401kServices.com.  Designed and developed user interface for 401kServices web application.  Trained the client’s executive officers on Adobe GoLive.  Worked on integration of user interface with database-driven back-end.  Designed internet website, www.401kservices.com.  Experienced in graphics optimization and cross-browser and cross-platform usability.  Summer 2000.

 

COMMUNITY IMAGES, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, California

Volunteer.  Assisted this weekly photography workshop that focused on photographing the community, documentary work, and portraiture.  Promoted photo exhibits and helped design the community website.  2001. 

 

RICE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES, Houston, Texas

Statistics Analyst.  Conducted and analyzed campus-wide and alumni surveys analyzing curriculum, study abroad, language, and race and ethnicity issues.  Spring 1997-Fall 1999. 

 

RICE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, Houston, Texas

Research Assistant.  Conducted interviews and researched for data for Dr. Elizabeth Long’s research.  Spring 1997-Fall 1999. 

 

RICE UNVERSITY ACADEMIC ADVISING, Houston, Texas

Portrait Photographer.  Photographed, developed, and printed portraits of the Rice University scholarship recipients.  Spring 1999-Fall 1999.