About

Who is Steve Hu?

Where I come from
I originally hail from Taiwan and first came to the States as a bright-eyed first grader where I spent my formative years in Massapequa, N.Y. (the land of Lolita) and Hollis, N.Y. Having barely learned the English language, I again moved back to Taipei, Taiwan where I re-learned Mandarin Chinese. It was shortly after that I returned to the States, permanently settling in the Garden State, foreshadowing “The Situation” with my own unique moniker, “The Circumstance.”

Where I am now
The back-and-forth between two different countries grew me into a third-culture kid. Residing within me are two cultures, East and West, Asia and America. This experience taught me to be a learner as I navigate two cultures. I am always hyphenated, living in a state of liminality. I am merely a work in progress.

I’ve worked as a technical writer (Wide Area Network Design Laboratory) and also as a reporter (The Record-Press). It was after slaving in these fields that I sensed a higher calling and became a minister at Rutgers Community Christian Church. To complement my work experience, I have dual masters in Christian Thought and biblical studies from Biblical Seminary where I’m also an adjunct instructor. My professional membership include the American Academy of Religion, Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity, Society of Asian North American Christian Studies, Evangelical Theological Society, and Postcolonial Theology Network.  I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the University of California Santa Barbara’s religious studies program.

My research interests
• Chinese diaspora and religious communities
• transnationalism, globalization and secularization
• immigration, citizenship, race and ethnicity
• postcolonial discourse, hybridity and identity
• global Christianity and missiology
• Asian American theology, hermeneutics and ecclesiology
• cultural studies

Contact me at steve [at] semaphoric [dot] org or follow me at twitter [dot] com/semaforic