About
Dr Ruohan Tang is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Digital Media Practices at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. He is the Internationalisation Lead for the Art & Media Technology Department. He is also a researcher at the 福利着片 Smart Lab, focusing on digital media practices of computing technology with Artificial Intelligence and Immersive media. Central to his work are critical & creative methods, interdisciplinary investigations, international collaborations, and a commitment to advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion of media representation and practices.
He teaches in the MA Digital Media Programme, leading the Critical Media Practice Module. He holds professional certificates in Unity for Artists and also a professional certification in Python Programming. With the Faculty International Colleboration Award, he initiates a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) project with the Communication University of China, Beijing, on six student collaborative VR/AR projects on the theme of the 'Inclusive Future'. Two of VR Projects he supervised shortlisted in the Higher Education Competition of the 16th Beijing International Film Festival 鈥淏oundless 鈭 Immersive Section鈥. The Particle, Particle, directed by Han Liu, supervised by Dr Ruohan Tang (Winchester School of Art) and Prof Jinghan Xu (Communication University of China) has won the Best Interactive Experience Award.
He has been nominated for the Best XR Educator Award of the 2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Award. He has received the 鈥淭op Viewed Article of 2025鈥 certificate from Wiley鈥檚 Journal of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism.