Shawn Wong

Shawn H. Wong is a Chinese American author and scholar. He has served as the Professor of English, Director of the University Honors Program (2003–06), Chair of the Department of English (1997–2002), and Director of the Creative Writing Program (1995–97) at the University of Washington, where he has been on the faculty since 1984. There, he teaches courses spanning critical theory, fiction writing, and Asian American studies, a field in which he is considered a pioneer. Wong received his undergraduate degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley (1971) and his master's degree in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University (1974).

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