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Val Wang

  • Associate Professor, English and Media Studies
  • M.A. in Nonfiction Writing, The Johns Hopkins University
  • B.A. in Women's Studies, Williams College

Professional Memberships

  • PEN American Center 2014-11-07 - Present
  • Writers' Room of Boston 2013-01-01 - Present

    • Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

    Books

  • Wang, V. (2015). Beijing Bastard New York:
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). BEIJING BASTARD , First 340. New York, NY: Gotham Books

    • Creative Publications

  • Wang, V. (2022). The Motherless Daze

    • Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blogs, Podcasts

  • 2015. "Slate"
  • 2014. "Late Night Library"
  • 2014. "Sinovision"
  • 2014. "WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show"
  • 2014. "The Washington Post"
  • 2014. "World Journal"
  • 2014. "Shelf Awareness"
  • 2014. "Johns Hopkins University Alumni Magazine"
  • 2014. "Boston Globe - Sunday Magazine"

    • Exhibitions

  • Wang, V. (2022). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2019). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2019). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “The Flip Side”
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “The Flip Side”

    • Other Scholarly Work

  • Wang, V. (2024). The Flip Side. Circus: Arts, Life, and Sciences, (3) 1 (Link).
  • Wang, V. C. The Flip Side. University of Michigan, ((Im)Possible) (Forthcoming).

    • Presentations

  • Wang, V. C. (2022). “Place as Character, Place as Politics” Presented at the GrubStreet The Muse and the Marketplace Online
  • Wang, V. C. (2019). “It's HOW You Say It: Exploring Voice in Fiction” Presented at the GrubStreet Muse and the Marketplace Conference Boston, Mass.
  • Zhang, T. (2018). “The Global Circus” Presented at the Vanier College Social Science Festival Montreal, Canada
  • Zhang, T. (2018). “Film projection: The Flip Side: A Global Circus Story” Presented at the CIRQUEON ‚Äì Centre for Contemporary Circus Circus and Its Others Prague, Czech Republic
  • Zhang, T. (2018). “Screening of "The Flip Side"” Presented at the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa Circus Histories and Theories University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Zhang, T. (2018). “"The Flip Side" screening” Presented at the Queens University Canadian Association for Theatre Research Kingston, ON, Canada
  • Wang, V. C. (2018). “Writing the City” Presented at the GrubStreet Muse and the Marketplace Conference Boston, Mass.
  • De Leon, J., Freeman, R., Evans, D. (2018). “Beyond "Add one and stir': Negotiating Race, Gender, and Class as Female Faculty of Color” Presented at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference Tampa, Florida
  • Wang, V. C., Perrotta, T., Leone, M., McCauley, S. (2017). “Literary Balderdash” Presented at the Boston Literary District LitCrawl Boston, Mass.
  • Wang, V. C. (2017). Presented at the Town & Country Magazine Why China Matters: the Power, the Culture, the Glitter New York, NY
  • Wang, V. C. (2017). Presented at the The Bookworm Solo Book Talk for BEIJING BASTARD Beijing, China
  • Wang, V. C. (2017). “"We the Narrators"” Presented at the GrubStreet Muse and the Marketplace Conference Boston, Mass.
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). Presented at the GrubStreet ‚ÄúLit Up‚Äù Annual Gala Boston, MA
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). Presented at the Montreal Circus Working Group Examining cultures and creative process at 7 doigts de la main Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). Presented at the Arlington Author Salon Cross Pollination: When Other Art Forms Inspire Writing Arlington, Mass
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). “BEIJING BASTARD” Presented at the Boston Literary District Get Lit After Work Boston, MA
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). Presented at the GrubStreet BEIJING BASTARD Craft Talk Boston, MA
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). Presented at the Porter Square Books BEIJING BASTARD Paperback book tour Cambridge, Mass.
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). “Setting as Character” Presented at the GrubStreet Muse and the Marketplace Conference Boston, MA
  • Wang, V. C. (2016). Presented at the Emerson College Creative Writing Department BEIJING BASTARD Craft Talk Emerson College, Boston, MA
  • Wang, V. C. (2015). Presented at the Dire Reading Series Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Wang, V. C. (2015). Presented at the Asian American Writers' Workshop Leaving and Returning to China New York, NY
  • Wang, V. C. (2015). Presented at the Freer Gallery The Traveller's Eye, Scenes of Asia Washington, D.C.
  • Wang, V. C. (2015). Presented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Consuming Food, Producing Culture: Past and Present Worlds of Food and Gender Cambridge, Mass.
  • Wang, V. C. (2015). Presented at the Mixer Reading Series New York, NY
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). “MOCAREADS: Into the Wilds of a Changing China with Val Wang” Presented at the Museum of Chinese in America Beijing Bastard book tour New York, New York
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). Presented at the Spectacle Theater Beijing Bastard book tour Brooklyn, New York
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). “New York launch” Presented at the Greenlight Bookstore Beijing Bastard book tour Brooklyn, New York
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). “Washington, DC launch” Presented at the Politics and Prose Beijing Bastard book tour Washington, DC
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). Presented at the Northeastern University Bookstore Beijing Bastard book tour Boston, Massachusetts
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). “Boston launch” Presented at the Harvard Book Store Beijing Bastard book tour Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Wang, V. C. (2014). “New Literary Voices” Presented at the Concord Book Festival Concord Book Festival Concord, MA

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Committee Member for Bentley Research Council 2023-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Pierce Butler Student Creative Writing Prize 2022-04-14 - 2022-04-14
  • Committee Member for EMS Evaluation Committee 2021-07-01 - Present
  • Mentor (Student) for EMS Department - LSM 2018-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for EMS Strategic Planning Committee 2018-09-01 - 2022-06-30
  • Committee Chair for Creative Writers' Forum 2014-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Media and Culture Committee 2014-09-01 - 2016-09-01
  • Committee Member for Literature Committee 2014-09-01 - 2015-05-01

    • Service: Public

  • Workshop Organizer for "Remixing the News" for Fall of Freedom 2025-11-21 - 2025-11-21

    • Service: Professional

  • Second reader for a memoir-in-progress for GrubStreet | Memoir Incubator 2022-01-27 - 2022-02-21

    • Service: University

  • Committee Chair for Climate Creativity Lab - Present
  • Committee Member for Bentley Research Council 2023-09-01 - Present
  • Panelist for MLK Jr. Day 2024-01-29 - 2024-01-29
  • Committee Member for Teaching and Learning Council 2017-09-01 - 2019-05-30
  • Committee Member for Valente Center Advisory Board 2015-09-01 - 2017-09-01