Dr. Wang is professor of East Asia Languages and Literatures at Hamilton College. His research and teaching focus on Chinese film, culture, language, and Hollywood cinema. He is the author of Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951-1979 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), co-editor of Maoist Laughter (Hong Kong University Press, 2019; awarded Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title in 2020), and co-editor of Teaching Film from the People’s Republic of China (Modern Language Association of America, 2024).