流行文化、獨立音樂及獨立次文化的愛好者及研究者。目前是中正大 學傳播系教授，開設流行音樂與文化研究等課程，長期投入流行音樂各項研究 議題，喜歡在各種展演現場、獨立文化場域中和朋友相遇。

Miaoju Jian is Professor of Communication at National Chung Cheng University, Chia-yi, Taiwan. Her research interests have covered topics from the culture and political economy of reality TV programs to indie-music scenes and DIY culture in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and East Asia. Her English publications include “The legendary live venues and the changing music scenes in Taipei and Beijing: Underworld and D22” (2016), “The survival struggle and resistant politics of a DIY music career in East Asia: Case studies of China and Taiwan” (2018) and “How Taiwanese Indie Music Embraces the World” (2020).