ProfessorByron and Alice Lockwood Professor in the Humanities206-616-0941homebase@uw.eduPersonal Website CV (59.07 KB)PDL B-423Office Hours: by appointment or via zoom onlyFields of Interest Asian American Creative Writing Background and ExperienceSummaryB.A., English, University of California, Berkeley, 1971M.A., Creative Writing, San Francisco State College, 1974Byron and Alice Lockwood Professor in the Humanities Research Publications, Books 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 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 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 Additional CoursesStudy abroad courses in Rome, Berlin and Istanbul between 1997 and present for Department of English and the University Honors Program. News Related News Shawn Wong Honored as Advocate for University Press Publishing Jun 7, 2021 UW English in the Press May 24, 2021 English Department Undergraduate Publishes First Novel Feb 5, 2021 Professor Shawn Wong Featured in "2020: The Course" Nov 3, 2020 Professor Shawn Wong on his New UW Press Book Series in Asian American Literature and Culture Oct 6, 2020 Faculty Books Sep 3, 2020 Staff Profile / Nancy Sisko, Director of Undergraduate Advising Sep 2, 2020 In the Press: Professor Shawn Wong Sep 2, 2020 Shawn Wong to Deliver Friends of the Libraries Annual Lecture Jan 9, 2020 Faculty and Staff Notes Jan 6, 2020 Shawn Wong's Role in the Formation of the Asian American Literary Canon Dec 31, 2019 The Fascinating History of John Okada's No-No Boy and Professor Shawn Wong's Role in It Nov 5, 2019 Professor Shawn Wong and the Copyright Controversy Surrounding the Re-publication of John Okada's Classic Novel No-No Boy Jun 18, 2019 Faculty Notes May 15, 2019 Community Outreach: The Red Badge Project Jun 1, 2016 Helping Soldiers Tell Their Story and Defend Their Voice May 6, 2015 Faculty Notes Dec 13, 2013
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