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Shawn Wong (he/him)

Professor

Byron and Alice Lockwood Professor in the Humanities

Contact Information

homebase@uw.edu

206-616-0941

Personal Website

PDL B-423

Office Hours: 

T & Th 11-12 and by appointment on zoom M-F

Fields of Interest

Asian AmericanCreative Writing

Biography

B.A., English, University of California, Berkeley, 1971

M.A., Creative Writing, San Francisco State College, 1974

Byron and Alice Lockwood Professor in the Humanities

CV (59.07 KB)

Research

Selected Research

• Shawn Wong. American Knees. Simon and Schuster, 1995; Scribner paperback, 1996; reissued by University of Washington Press, 2005.
• Shawn Wong. Homebase. I. Reed Books, 1979; Plume, 1991, currently University of Washington Press.

Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations

• Koh, Eun Ji. American Han. 2023. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
• Alan Williams. Queering the Transpacific: Race and Sexuality across the U.S. and Japanese Empires. 2020. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.

Research Advised: Undergraduate Honors Theses

• Sarah Carroll Neumann. Francis and the Perfect Candy. Honors Thesis, University of Washington. 2012.
• Cen Wei. Chinese International Students in American Colleges: Origin, Process, and Influence. 2018

Courses Taught

Autumn 2024

• ENGL 259 A: Literature and Social Difference
• ENGL 387 A: Screenwriting

Spring 2024

• ENGL 257 A: Asian-American Literature
• ENGL 302 A: Critical Practice

Winter 2024

• ENGL 387 A: Screenwriting

Autumn 2023

• ENGL 259 A: Literature and Social Difference

Spring 2023

• ENGL 257 A: Asian-American Literature

Winter 2023

• ENGL 259 A: Literature and Social Difference
• ENGL 387 A: Screenwriting

Autumn 2022

• ENGL 587 A: Topics in the Teaching of Creative Writing

Spring 2022

• ENGL 259 A: Literature and Social Difference

Winter 2022

• ENGL 302 A: Critical Practice
• ENGL 387 A: Screenwriting

Autumn 2021

• ENGL 204 A: Popular Fiction and Media

Autumn 2020

• ENGL 281 D: Intermediate Expository Writing

Summer 2020 Full-term

• ENGL 387 A: Screenwriting

Autumn 2019

• ENGL 302 B: Critical Practice

Summer 2019 Full-term

• ENGL 259 A: Literature and Social Difference

Winter 2019

• ENGL 302 A: Critical Practice

Autumn 2018

• ENGL 281 D: Intermediate Expository Writing

Spring 2018

• ENGL 355 A: American Literature: Contemporary America

Winter 2018

• ENGL 259 A: Literature and Social Difference

Autumn 2017

• ENGL 281 D: Intermediate Expository Writing

Spring 2017

• ENGL 302 B: Critical Practice

Winter 2017

• ENGL 259 A: Literature And Social Difference

Autumn 2016

• ENGL 281 D: Intermediate Expository Writing

Summer 2016 Full-term

• ENGL 242 C: Reading Prose Fiction
• ENGL 487 A: Screenwriting

Winter 2016

• ENGL 257 A: Asian-American Literature

Autumn 2015

• ENGL 281 D: Intermediate Expository Writing
• ENGL 295 A: Study Abroad
• ENGL 302 A: Critical Practice: How Does Fiction Work?

Summer 2015 Full-term

• ENGL 242 C: Reading Prose Fiction
• ENGL 487 A: Screenwriting

Spring 2015

• ENGL 384 B: The Craft Of Prose
• ENGL 487 A: Screenwriting

Autumn 2014

• ENGL 281 D: Intermediate Expository Writing
• ENGL 355 A: American Literature: Contemporary America: Literature of the American Ethnic Enclave: Chinatown
• ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop: Advanced Fiction Workshop

Summer 2014 Full-term

• ENGL 284 F: Beginning Short Story Writing
• ENGL 487 A: Screenwriting

Spring 2014

• ENGL 384 A: The Craft Of Prose
• ENGL 484 A: Advanced Prose Workshop

Autumn 2013

• ENGL 200 G: Reading Literary Forms
• ENGL 487 A: Screenwriting
• ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop: Advanced Fiction Workshop

Study abroad courses in Rome, Berlin and Istanbul between 1997 and present for Department of English and the University Honors Program.

Resources & Related Links

Working With Veterans

The Red Badge Project

American Knees, the movie

Personal Website

Related News

Related News

• E.J. Koh Featured in UW Magazine - April 7, 2024
• Faculty Awards and Achievements - November 16, 2023
• Faculty and Staff Notes - December 19, 2021
• Shawn Wong Honored as Advocate for University Press Publishing - June 7, 2021
• UW English in the Press - May 24, 2021
• English Department Undergraduate Publishes First Novel - February 5, 2021
• Professor Shawn Wong Featured in "2020: The Course" - November 3, 2020
• Professor Shawn Wong on his New UW Press Book Series in Asian American Literature and Culture - October 6, 2020
• Faculty Books - September 3, 2020
• Staff Profile / Nancy Sisko, Director of Undergraduate Advising - September 2, 2020
• In the Press: Professor Shawn Wong - September 2, 2020
• Shawn Wong to Deliver Friends of the Libraries Annual Lecture - January 9, 2020
• Faculty and Staff Notes - January 6, 2020
• Shawn Wong's Role in the Formation of the Asian American Literary Canon - December 31, 2019
• The Fascinating History of John Okada's No-No Boy and Professor Shawn Wong's Role in It - November 5, 2019
• Professor Shawn Wong and the Copyright Controversy Surrounding the Re-publication of John Okada's Classic Novel No-No Boy - June 18, 2019
• Faculty Notes - May 15, 2019
• Community Outreach: The Red Badge Project - June 1, 2016
• Helping Soldiers Tell Their Story and Defend Their Voice - May 6, 2015
• Faculty Notes - December 13, 2013

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