Version 04/2021 Curriculum Vita

SHAWN WONG

University of Washington Department of English

EDUCATION: San Francisco State University, 1967-69 B.A., English, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1969-71 M.A., English/Creative Writing, San Francisco State University, 1971-74

EMPLOYMENT:

1972-1984: Lecturer, Mills College, 1972-76 Instructor, College of Marin, 1973 Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1975 Instructor, Indian Valley Colleges, 1975-76 Lecturer, San Francisco State University, 1975-76 Lecturer, Center for Urban Studies, Western Washington University, Seattle, 1982 Instructor, Highline Community College, 1984

Visiting Positions: Visiting Professor, American Studies, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, October 2003-February 2004. Visiting Professor, Université Jean Moulin 3, Institut des Langues et Cultures Slaves et Asiatiques, Lyon, France, March 2004. Visiting Professor, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of English, September & October 2016.

University of Washington: Assistant Professor, American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, 1984-89 Adjunct Professor, English, University of Washington, 1986-95 Associate Professor, American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, 1989-95 Director, Asian American Studies Program, 1991-93 Adjunct Associate Professor, Urban Design and Planning, 1992-1997. Director, Undergraduate Studies, American Ethnic Studies, 1993-95 Director, Creative Writing Program, English, 1995-1997 Chair, Department of English, 1997-July 2002. Director, University Honors Program, May 2003-June 2006. Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 2013-2016. Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, 2015-2021 (50%/50% joint appointment with English) Professor, English, University of Washington, 1995-present

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

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Special Award from the Council on Interracial Books for Children, Inc., New York, 1972. For an unpublished manuscript in the 4th annual contest. Grant-in-Aid from the Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation, New York, 1974. For Homebase, a novel. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for Excellence in Writing, Seattle, 1980. For Homebase, a novel. The 15th Annual Governor's Writers Day Award, Olympia, Washington, 1980. For Homebase, a novel. Creative Writing Fellowship in Fiction, National Endowment for the Arts, Literature Program, Washington, D.C., 1981. Homebase chosen as “Single Voice” freshman book by Allegheny College, 1991. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency, Bellagio, Italy, April 1994. For work on American Knees, a novel. Pacific Northwest Writers Conference Award for Excellence, July 1997. Second Annual Distinguished Author Award, Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Seattle, Washington, 1994. “Excellence in Writing” award from the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference, July 1997. First prize, Humor Category, Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter, 1998. U.S. Department of State travel grant, Guangzhao and Hong Kong, China, May 2001. Homebase chosen as First Year Book by Whitman College, 2005. Americanese (film adaptation of American Knees), Audience Choice Award and Ensemble Cast Award, South By Southwest Film Festival, 2006. Associate Producer. “Living Asian Pioneer” Award, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Washington, 2008. University of Washington Royalty Research Fund grant, 2009. 4Culture of King County Grant in fiction, 2010. Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Grant for fiction, 2010. Department of English Annual Teaching Award, University of Washington, 2014. Artist Residency, Ucross Foundation, Wyoming, 2016. The 2020 Fred Yee Citizens Award from the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Seattle Chapter. CACA was founded in 1895 in San Francisco and is defined by their fight against discrimination, defending civil rights, and opposing anti-immigration legislation. July 2020. “Stand Up Award,” Association of University Presses. Awarded by the AUP Board of Directors each year to a person or organization, “[We] were moved by your strong and effective advocacy for the rights of authors and smaller, non-profit presses.”

PUBLICATIONS: Books:

Novels: Homebase, novel, Reed and Cannon, Inc., 1979. Reprinted by Plume/New American Library, Contemporary Fiction Series, 1990.

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Reprinted in German as Baum Des Himmels, translated by Juergen A. Schmitt. Nexus Verlag, 1982. Reprinted in Chinese by Rye Field Publishers, 2001. Reprinted by University of Washington Press, 2008.

American Knees, novel, Simon & Schuster, 1995, 240 pp. Reprinted by Scribner, 1996. Reprinted in German by Herbst/Schneekluth, (Mit und Ohne Staebchen), translated by Anke Berger, 1998. Reprinted by University of Washington Press, with introductory essay by Jeffrey F. L. Partridge, April 2005. Anthologies: Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers, edited by Jeffery Paul Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Inada, Shawn Wong. Howard University Press, 1974. Reprinted in paperback by Doubleday/Anchor Books, 1975. Reprinted in paperback by Howard University Press, 1982. Reprinted in paperback by NAL/Mentor, 1991. Reprinted in paperback by Meridian, 1997. Reprinted in new 3rd edition paperback by University of Washington Press, 2019. The Big Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature, edited by Jeffery Paul Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Fusao Inada, Shawn Wong. Meridian/NAL, 1991. The Before Columbus Foundation Poetry Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990, edited by J.J. Phillips, Ishmael Reed, Gundars Strads, Shawn Wong. W.W. Norton Co., 1992. The Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990, edited by Ishmael Reed, Kathryn Trueblood, Shawn Wong. W.W. Norton Co., 1992. The Literary Mosaic: An Anthology of Asian American Literature, edited by Shawn Wong. HarperCollins, 1995. Asian Diasporas: Cultures, Identities, Representations, edited by Robbie B.H. Goh and Shawn Wong. Hong Kong University Press, 2004.

Journals/Special Issues/Guest Editor: Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Special Issue on "Asian America," edited by Victor and Brett de Bary Nee, Shawn Wong, Connie Young Yu. Fall 1972. Yardbird Reader, Volume Three: Asian American Issue, edited by Shawn Wong and Frank Chin, Yardbird Publishing Co., 1975. Calafia: An Anthology of California Poets, Ishmael Reed, general editor; Shawn Wong, associate editor of Asian American poetry. Yardbird/Wing Publications, 1979. The Blue Funnel Line, Special Asian American Issue of the Seattle Review, Spring 1988, edited by Shawn Wong. A publication of the Department of English, University of Washington. Many Voices, Many Books...Strength Through Diversity: The Multicultural Catalog, edited by Shawn Wong. Baker and Taylor Books, 1991. Bearing Dreams, Shaping Visions, edited by Linda Revilla, Gail Nomura, Shawn Wong, and Shirley Hune. Washington State University Press, 1994.

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Short Fiction: "Each Year Grain," a short story, published in Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers, edited by Jeffery Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Fusao Inada, Shawn Wong. Howard University Press, 1974, 1982, (170-175). Reprinted in Doubleday/Anchor edition, 1975, (259-265). Reprinted in NAL/Mentor edition, 1991, (259-265). Reprinted in Hear My Voice: A Multicultural Anthology of Literature from the United States, edited by Laurie King, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.,1994, (252-256). Reprinted and translated in Chinese (by Lynn Lee) in Yu-shih Wen-yi (Taipei, Taiwan), 1991, (22-33). Reprinted in Lives & Moments: An Introduction to Short Fiction, edited by Hans Ostrom. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1990, (800-804). Reprinted in Frontier Literature, edited by Jaffee and Knoepfle. McGraw-Hill, 1979, (77-83). Excerpts from "Night Driver," a chapter from Homebase, published in Yardbird Reader, Volume Three, edited by Shawn Wong and Frank Chin. Yardbird Publishing Co., 1975, (193-199). Reprinted in Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 3, No. 1, Spring 1975. College of Ethnic Studies, Western Washington University, (88- 93). Excerpts from "Chapter Five" of Homebase, published in Asian American Writers: A Literary Reader. McDougal Littell, 2001. (16-20). "All in the Night Without Food," an excerpt from Homebase, published in Yardbird Reader, Volume Five, edited by Ishmael Reed. Yardbird Publishing Co., 1976, (255-265). Reprinted in West Coast Fiction, edited by James D. Houston. Bantam Books, 1980, (335-345). Reprinted in Yardbird Lives!, edited by Al Young and Ishmael Reed. Grove Press, 1978, (28-38). Reprinted in Growing Up Asian American, edited by Maria Hong. William Morrow Co., 1993. (327-334) "Good Luck, Happiness, and Long Life," an excerpt from Homebase, published in Counterpoint, edited by Emma Gee, general editor, Asian American Studies Center, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977, (464-470). "The Heart," an excerpt from Homebase, published in From Timberline to Tidepool: Contemporary Fiction From the Northwest, edited by Rich Ives, Owl Creek Press, 1986, (460-474). "Sons and Daughters: A Fiction," Before Columbus Review, Spring/ Summer 1993, (10-12). Eye Contact," an excerpt from American Knees, published in Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction, edited by Jessica Hagedorn, Penguin, 1994, (500-527). "Fear of Flying," an excerpt from American Knees, published in Chicago Review, "A North Pacific Rim Reader," edited by Jon Wright, Volume 39, Nos. 3 & 4, 1994, (92-101). Reprinted in On a Bed of Rice, edited by Geraldine Kudaka, Anchor Books, 1995, (291-303). Reprinted in Into the Fire: Asian American Prose, edited by Sylvia Watanabe and Carol Bruchac, Greenfield Review Press, 1996, (273-285).

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“The Ancient and Occupied Heart of Greg Li,” an excerpt from a novel in- progress, Hot Metal Bridge journal (University of Pittsburgh), Spring 2009. An excerpt from my novel in-progress, The Ancient and Occupied Heart of Greg Li. Transcending Boundaries. Migrations, Dislocations and Literary Transformations (publisher: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2020), publication of The Centre for the International Studies of Literatures in English, Innsbruck, Austria.

Poetry: "Letter to Kay Boyle," Asian American Authors, edited by Kai-yu Hsu. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972, (86-87). "City Letter," Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Fall 1972, (56). "Chinese Invented the Damn Buffalo!" "Love Among Friends," "New Mexico," and "Elegy for a Greenhouse," Greenfield Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1973, (72-75). "Love Among Friends," American Pen, Summer 1973, (34). "Peach," Greenfield Review, Vol. 6, No. 1 & 2, 1977, (58). "Kicking Lego Blocks," "Elegy for a Greenhouse," and "Love Among Friends," The Next World, edited by Joseph Bruchac. Crossing Press, 1978, (206- 215). "An Island," "Periods of Adjustment," and "Lapis," Breaking Silence: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Poetry, edited by Joseph Bruchac. Greenfield Review Press, 1983, (279-282). "Love Among Friends" and excerpts from "Kicking Lego Blocks," The World's Best Poetry, Supplement IV, edited by The Editorial Board, Roth Publishing. Poetry Anthology Press, 1987, (13-21).

Plays Produced: "Dope," by Louise DiLenge and Shawn Wong, a play in two acts. Produced by The Organic Theatre Company of Chicago in April 1985. “Getting Undressed,” dance performance of an original short story by Shawn Wong and Kaia Chessen, Ethnic Cultural Center, University of Washington, May 2007.

Films & Video Tapes: "Have You Seen Liberation?" a two hour video tape of young American writers. Assistant Director and participant. Produced by the National Center for Audio Experimentation in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, 1973 "Alex's Dinner" and "Alex the Lion," two five minute dramatic episodes. Screenplay by Shawn Wong. Produced by The New York State Board of Education and WNET-TV (New York) for "Vegetable Soup," a PBS and NBC children’s television series, 1976. Associate Producer, Americanese, the film version of my novel, American Knees, by AK Productions, AJS Productions. 2006. “Dolci,” (screenwriter) short film directed by Paula Bennett. 2012.

Essays & Articles: "Over Freezing Mountains..." Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 6, June 1970, (19-21). Reprinted in Meaning in Language, edited by Stewart Holmes. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1972, (52-53).

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"Aiiieeeee! An Introduction to Asian American Writing," by Jeffery Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Inada, Shawn Wong, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Fall 1972. Revised version reprinted in Three Literatures, edited by Houston Baker. Modern Language Association, 1982, (197-228). Reprinted in Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers, edited by Chan, et al. Howard University Press, 1974 & 1982, (xxi- xlviii); Doubleday/Anchor Books, 1975, (3-36); Mentor Books, 1991, (3-38). Reprinted in Yardbird Reader, Vol. 2, edited by Al Young. Yardbird Publishing Co., 1973, (21-46). "Trek: The State of the City," by Shawn Wong and Connie Young Yu, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Fall 1972, (49-55). "Shootout in the Streets of Chinese America," American Pen, Vol. V:3, Late Summer 1973, (26-33). "Anybody in the Place Speak Good English?" Pacific Sun, May 16, 1976. "Longtime Californ': The California Poetry," Califia: An Anthology of California Poets, edited by Ishmael Reed. Yardbird/Wing Publications, 1979, (lv- lxx). "Resources for Chinese and Japanese American Literary Traditions," by Jeffery Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Inada, Shawn Wong. Amerasia Journal, Vol. 8:1, 1981, (19-31). "Longtime Gum Sahn," China: 7,000 Years of Discovery, edited and published by The Weekly, February 1984, (21-24). "Is Ethnicity Obsolete?" by Ishmael Reed, Shawn Wong, Bob Callahan, Andrew Hope. The Invention of Ethnicity, edited by Werner Sollors. Oxford University Press, 1989, (226-235). "An American Story," Inside Arts, June 1990, (26-29). "Asian American Literary History: A Bridge to the Heroic Tradition," by Jeffery Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Inada, Shawn Wong, Transforming the Curriculum, edited by Johnnella Butler and John Walter. SUNY Press, 1991, (227-242). "The Real vs. The Fake," The World & I, August 1991, (410-419). "Aiiieeeee! Revisited," Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers, by Jeffery Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Inada, Shawn Wong, NAL/Mentor, 1991, (xxiii-xli). "Redefining the Mainstream," by Kathryn Trueblood and Shawn Wong. The Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990, edited by Ishmael Reed, Kathryn Trueblood, Shawn Wong. W.W. Norton Co., 1992, (xi-xx). “Reflections,” Into the Fire: Asian American Prose, edited by Sylvia Watanabe and Carol Bruchac. Greenfield Review Press, 1996, (287-297). “Dear Rhonda: The Letter as Journal,” The Writer’s Journal: 40 Contemporary Writers and their Journals, edited by Sheila Bender. Dell, 1997 (313- 317). “I miss the person I love everyday,” A Few Thousand Words About Love, edited by Mickey Pearlman, (St. Martin’s Press, 1998). “The Chinese Man Has My Ticket,” How We Want to Live: Narratives on Progress,” edited by Susan Shreve and Porter Shreve. Beacon Press, 1998. “The Seventies: The Mapping of a Literary Asian America on a Chinese Restaurant Placemat," Rediscovering America: The Making of

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Multicultural America, 1900-2000, written and edited by Carla Blank. Three Rivers Press, 2003, (299-303). “Stereotypes and Multicultural Education,” a Washington Post essay reprinted in Thinking Through the Past, Volume II, A Critical Thinking Approach to US History, by John Hollitz. Houghton Mifflin Col, 2004. “Mapping Out Literary Asian America on Paper Placement at the Jackson Café,” a revised version of the above essay published in At 40: Asian American Studies @ San Francisco State, Asian American Studies Department, SFSU, 2009. “Jack Straw Curator 2012,” Raven Chronicles Journal: Jack Straw Writers Program, Vol. 23. 2016. “In This Place History is Retrieved,” essay on Chinese railroad workers for Zhi LiN: In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads, Tacoma Art Museum (2017). “The Craft of Traveling Writing,” CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos and Sourcebook for Creative Writing (C&R Press, March 2018). “Why We Republished No-No Boy,” I Must Be Strong: The life and work of John Okada, author of No-No Boy, edited by Frank Abe (University of Washington Press, 2018). “A Bottle of Beaujolais,” an introduction to David Wong Louie’s short story, Electric Literature, electricliterature.com, August 2019. Interview published in Disoriented, an online magazine, September “Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers: How a Literary Origin Story Began with a Shout,” by Shawn Wong. Asian American Writing, asianamericanwriting.com, December 2019. “Arts Activism 50 Years Apart,” by Shawn Wong, Asian American Writing, asianamericanwriting.com, March 2020. “Writing into the Sunset,” transcript of Q&A with author Annie Proulx and I, Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, May 2020. “The Secret Life,” an essay on the rediscovery of Asian American literature, Transcending Boundaries. Migrations, Dislocations and Literary Transformations (publisher: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2020), publication of The Centre for the International Studies of Literatures in English, Innsbruck, Austria. “A Place at the Table,” Amistad 35, Amistad/HarperCollins, 2021. Remembrance of Charles Harris, Executive Director of Howard University Press. “Questions Don’t Die,” “2020: The Course,” University of Washington. An original graphic story with illustrations by Kaia Chessen. “Bigotry on Broadway,” interviewed by Ishmael Reed. Baraka Books, 2021.

Book Reviews: "On the Wings of the Great White Christian Bird," Bridge, Vol. 1, No. 5, May/June 1972.

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Reprinted as "Bitter Strength," Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Fall 1972. "Chickencoop Chinaman," East/West, July 12, 1972. "Running Away," San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 26, 1977. "Basketball Jones," The Weekly, November 25, 1980. "Master of Myth," The Weekly, January 21, 1981. "Buckaroo Bar and Grill," The Weekly, January 21, 1981. "Thousand Pieces of Gold," The Weekly, November 24, 1981. "Endless Exile: The Fate of Japanese Canadians," The Weekly, May 19, 1982. "Railroading History," The Weekly, November 14, 1984. "A Genuine Poetic Voice Comes Out of Chinatown," International Examiner Spring 1994 Literary Supplement.

Journalism: "Ten Years On and Off the Rock," The Weekly, August 1978. "Al Young and the Image of Chinese America," The Weekly, April 18, 1979. "Writing and Racing: Hobbies as Professions," East/West, October 12, 1983. "What People See When They See Us," East/West, November 30, 1983. "China (Space) Men: A New Frontier for U.S. Space Travel," East/West, January 11, 1984. "Ten Years Later: Is America Ready for Asian American Literature Yet?" East/West, February 22, 1984 "Saving UW Ethnic Studies Over the Protests of its Students," The Weekly, March 14, 1984 "Writers About Historical Experiences Must Dig Out the Facts Themselves," East/West, May 6, 1984. "David Ishii: Bookseller, Connoisseur of Asian American Literature," East/West, August 1, 1984. "Asianbusters: Breaking Down those 'Oriental' Stereotypes," East/West, September 12, 1984. "A Fable: How to 'Succeed' in Life as an Asian American Writer," East/West, October 17, 1984. "Trivial Pursuit Baby Boomer Edition: Exploring the Asian American Section," East/West, November 21, 1984. "Citizens Sought Truth at Tribunal," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 2, 1985. "Love Song to a Mustang," Seattle Weekly, June 28, 1989. "Wheels of Fortune," Seattle Weekly, June 28, 1989. "The Multicultural Writer and the Congressional War on the NEA," Writer's N.W., Fall 1989. “Freedom: It’s Why We Are Here," Seattle Weekly, January 23, 1991. "Panels, Panelists, Procedures and Process," Bulletin of The Association of Performing Arts Presenters, March 1992. "Beyond Bruce Lee," Essence, November 1993. “1040SA,” Seattle Magazine, April 1997. “the New Fu Manchu and a First Kiss,” V-Style, The Microsoft on-line magazine, April 1997. “What Drives Us,” Seattle Magazine, November 1998, pp. 36-41. “Homebase,” Seattle Magazine, January 1999 "Racial Mojo," Seattle Times, May 19, 2002. "Talking About Race," Seattle Times, January 19, 2003.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Conferences, Lectures, and Readings:

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National Center for Audio Experimentation, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, 1973. National Council of Teachers of English, regional meeting in Santa Cruz, California, 1974. First Asian American Writers Conference, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, 1975. National Council of Teachers of English, regional meeting in San Francisco, California, 1975. WNET-TV Conference on Minority Television Writers, Terrytown, New York, 1976. Council on Interracial Books for Children, Inc., New York, for special issue on Asian American books for children, 1976. Second Asian American Writers Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1976. Plains Distribution Service conference on book distribution, Fargo, North Dakota, 1977. Third Asian American Writers Conference, Talk Story, Inc., Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978. Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Washington, September 1979. FESTA Days, Central Area Motivational Program, Seattle, Washington, 1979. Visions of California: Asian American Writers in Venice, Coordinating Council on Literary Magazines and UCLA, Beyond Baroque Literary Center, Venice, California, 1979. Associated Writing Programs, annual meeting, Seattle, Washington, 1981. Asian Pacific Heritage Week, SUM Concerts, Inc., Houston, Texas, 1982. "Crest of the Wave" writers series, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 1983. Asian American Writers Series, Basement Workshop, Inc., New York, February 1984. The Great Midwestern Bookshow, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1984. Watermark Poetry Series, University of Washington, Seattle, November 1984. Asian American Literature Discussion Group, Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C., December 1984. Sixth Annual East Coast Asian American Education Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 1985. Small Press Exhibit, sponsored by the United States Information Agency and National Endowment for the Arts, Frankfurt International Bookfair, October 1985. "Who Speaks for America?" lecture series, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, November 1986. First Annual Alaska Native Publishing Conference, Sitka, Alaska, January 1986. Keynote Speaker, Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, August 1986. "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom," an Asian American Cultural Festival, Helena Film Society, Helena, Montana, February 1987. National Association for Ethnic Studies, annual convention, Seattle, Washington, March 1988. "Asian American Literature Roundtable Discussion," Association for Asian American Studies, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, March 1988. Keynote Speaker, High School Writers Awards Banquet, Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Batelle Institute, Seattle, Washington, March 1988.

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"The Pacific Pen: Literature and the Human Condition," Olympic College, Bremerton, Washington, October 1988. "Asian American Literary History," Multicultural Writers Conference, Clark College, Atlanta University, April 1989. "Censorship and the Arts," Allied Arts of Seattle, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington, August 1989. "Art at the End of the Millennium," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, February 1990. "Censorship and the Arts," The New School, New York, April 1990. "Word of Mouth" reading series, Film News Now, Inc., New York, April 1990. University Bookstore "Third Thursday Reading Series" at the Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, May 1990 "Asian American Poetry," Association for Asian American Studies, annual convention, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, May 1990. "Multicultural Foundations of Modern American Society" lecture series, University of Missouri-St. Louis, October 1990. The Kennedy Center, regional conference for educators in Dallas, Texas, November 1990. Miami Bookfair, Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, November 1990. Asian Week, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, April 1991. "Asian American Cultural Transformation: A Literature of One's Own," University of California, Santa Barbara, California, April 1991. "Chinese Americans: Fact, Film, and Fiction," The Asia Society, Portland, Oregon, May 1991. "Human Enrichment Series: Preserving Heritage/Promoting Dignity," Department of the Navy, Naval Station Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, May 1991. Northwest Indian College, Lummi Reservation, May 1991. "Hubless Wheel" reading series, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, May 1991. "Chinese Americans: Fact, Fiction, and Cultural Roots," The Asia Society and Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, June 1991. Keynote Speaker, Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Pacific Lutheran College, Tacoma, Washington, August 1991. Elliott Bay Books reading series, Seattle, Washington, August 1991. "Chinese Americans: Fact, Film and Fiction," The Asia Society, Houston, Texas, September 1991. Writer-in-residence, Intersection, Inc., San Francisco, California, September 1991. "Representations of Asian American Experience," The University of Chicago, "Challenges of an Asian Century" conference, November 1991. Kepler's Books reading series, Menlo Park, California, September 1991. "Evening Reading Series," Standard Books, Seattle, Washington, November 1991. "Single Voice" reading series, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, November 1991. "The Political Correctness Debate," Modern Language Association forum on "American Literary Pluralism: Rhetoric and Reality," San Francisco, December 1991. "The Fate of Liberal Education," The University of Chicago, "The Development of Asian American Studies Curriculum in Higher Education," Chicago, February, 1992.

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"Chinese American History in Fiction: Diffusing Stereotypes," Chinese Heritage of the Pacific Northwest Conference, Lake Chelan, Washington, May 1992. "Grassroots and Turf Battles: A Discussion with Directors and Chairs of Asian American Studies," Assoc. for Asian American Studies, San Jose State University, California, May 1992. University of California, Santa Barbara, Asian American Studies Program, February, 1993. "E Pluribus Unum," Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, April 1993. "The Seattle Chinese Immigration and Naturalization Records: Perspectives for Teaching and Research," The Repeal and its Legacy: A Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, San Francisco State University, November 1993. Panelist, "West Coast Writing," Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Seattle, Washington, July 1994. Keynote Speaker, "Our Statement of Purpose," Freshman Convocation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 1994. Panelist, "Lunch with the Authors," Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Seattle Chapter, October 1994. Master of Ceremonies, Governor's Writers Day Awards, Seattle, Washington, October 1994. Panelist, "Asia/America: Dialogue on Contemporary Asian American Visual Art and Culture," Seattle Art Museum, October 1994. "Our Responsibility to the Field," keynote address, 17th Annual East Coast Asian Student Union Conference, Duke University, February 18, 1995. Panelist, “Asian American Literature,” Los Angeles Times Bookfair, Los Angeles, California, April 1996. Keynote Speaker, Asian Pacific Student Union conference, University of Washington, May 1996. Guest writer, Chinese American Writers Series, China Institute, New York City, May 1996. Keynote Speaker, Chinese American Librarians Assoc., American Library Association regional conference, Sacramento, California, November 1996. Keynote Speaker, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Penn State University, April 1997. Keynote Speaker, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Western Washington University, May 1997. Lecture on the subject of “Appearance,” Richard Hugo House, Seattle, February, 1998. Keynote Speaker at Asian Student Association conference held at Vassar College, April 1998. “Hong Kong Writing in English,” Hong Kong Baptist University, panelist, May 1998. Featured Speaker at Evergreen State College for Asian Pacific Heritage Month, May 1998. Featured Speaker at Washington Office of the Attorney General in celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, May 1998. "Artists on their Work and Aesthetics," panel presentation, University of California, Riverside conference on "Aesthetics and Difference: Cultural Diversity, Literature, and the Arts, October 1998. Guest Lecturer, Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany, September 1999.

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Keynote Speaker, King County Library Dedication. Bellevue, WA, January 1999. Guest Lecturer, University of Houston, Downtown Houston, February 1999. Guest Lecturer, University of Houston, Downtown Campus, Houston, February 1999. Featured Speaker, Plymouth Congregational Church, February 1999. Guest Lecturer, Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Tacoma, July 1999. Guest Lecturer, Literarishes Colloquium Berlin, Berlin, Germany, September 1999. Guest Lecturer, invited by Asian American Students in Action, Williams College, Williamstown, April 2000. Guest Lecturer, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, April 2000. Guest Lecturer, Elmhurst branch & Flushing branch of The Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York, April 2000. Asian American Awareness Month Lecture, Foothill College, April 2000. Invited speaker, "Romaposeia," in celebration of World Poetry Day, Rome, Italy, March 2000. Guest Lecturer, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, February 2000. "How to Write the Great Asian American Novel in Only 30 Years," Boston Intercollegiate Taiwanese Students Association Conference, Wellesley College, October 27, 2001. "How American is Asian American Literature?" National University of Singapore, "Asian Diasporas and Cultures: Globalization, Hybridity, Intertexuality," September 5-7, 2001. "The Early Years of Asian American Literature: A Conversation with Shawn Wong," Prof. Jeffrey Partridge, National University of Singapore, "Asian Diasporas and Cultures: Globalization, Hybridity, Intertexulality," September 5, 2001. “At Home in the World,” keynote address, “At Home in the World” conference, Asian Pacific American Studies, New York University, April 16, 2004. Guest Lecturer, Central Connecticut State University, April 19, 2004. Guest Lecturer, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Seattle University, May 11, 2004. “At Home in the World,” Asian Pacific Heritage Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 13, 2004. Guest Lecturer, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, May 17, 2004. Guest speaker at the following film festivals where “Americanese” premiered: San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival (March 2006), Chicago Asian American Showcase (March 2006), Visual Communication Asian American Film Festival, Los Angeles (May 2006), Seattle International Film Festival ( June 2006), Hawaii International Film Festival (October 2006) Keynote Speaker, “The International Conference on Asian American Literature in the 21st Century,” Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, May 2006. Guest Speaker, Shoreline Arts Festival, June 2006. Keynote Speaker, “The Secret Life of An Asian American Writer,” Midwest Asian American Student Union Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana, March 2007.

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Keynote Speaker, “The Secret Life of An Asian American Writer,” Spanish Association of American Studies, A Coruna, Spain, March 2007. Keynote Speaker, Rainbow Bookfest, Seattle, April 2007. Guest Speaker, Asian American Studies Center, New York University, May 2007. Keynote Speaker, “How to Write a Novel Every Sixteen Years, “ Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, July 2007. Group Leader, “Writers in China,” sponsored by China Workers Center for International Exchange (visited writer’s organizations, universities, publishers, and writer’s unions in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou), October 2007. Guest Lecturer, Asian American Student Assn., Duke University, November 2007. Guest Lecturer, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, March 2008. Keynote Speaker, Rainbow Bookfest, Seattle, April 2008. Guest Speaker, Asian American Literature Symposium, American Literature Assn. Conference, San Francisco, May 2008. Keynote Speaker, “The Secret Life of An Asian American Writer,” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, May 28, 2008. Guest Lecturer, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, October 2008. Guest Lecturer, Cultural Awareness Speakers Series, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH, November 2008. Keynote Speaker, Asian American Empowerment conference, North Texas University, Denton, TX, November 2008. Keynote Speaker, “The Loneliest Asian American Writer in the World,” American Studies Association of Norway, Halden, Norway, November 2012. Guest Lecturer, Beijing Foreign Studies University & Northeast Normal University, US China Education Trust, Washington, D.C., May 2013. Keynote Speaker, American Writers Festival, Singapore Management University, Singapore, September 2013. Panelist, “Aiiieeeee! and Asian American Literature 40 Years Later,” Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, January 2014. Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture, “Tourist to Traveler: The Transforming Experience of Study Abroad,” UW, April 2015. Moderator, “Kay Boyle as Creative Writing Teacher and Mentor,” American Literature Association conference, San Francisco, May 2016. Master of Ceremonies, Univ. of Washington 20th Anniversary of Mary Gates Endowment Scholarships Celebration, April 2017. “Mining the Landscape of Asian American Literature,” University of Urbino, Italy, March 2018. Sponsored by US Embassy in Rome. “Defending Your Voice: Teaching Soldiers How To Tell Their Story,” Northwest Student Veteran Conference, UW Tacoma, April 2018. Panel discussion on Aiiieeeee! 45th anniversary. American Studies Association annual conference in Honolulu, HI November 2019. Guest speaker, San Jose State University, November 2019.

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“No-No Boy: The Story of a Novel,” UW Libraries Annual Friends of the Library lecture, January 30, 2020. Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker, Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan. 70th anniversary celebration. January 2020. Visiting Writer. Vermont College of Fine Arts. December 2020.

Professional Organizations and Consultations: Co-Chair and organizer, 14th annual Association for Asian American Studies conference, Seattle, April 1997. International literary judge (and only American judge) for the IMPAC/Dublin (Ireland) literary award, the largest monetary prize for a work of fiction in the world, June 1997. Literary judge for Seattle Magazine fiction prize, July 1997.Coordinating Council on Literary Magazines, editors' grants committee, York, 1980. Seattle Center Advisory Commission, member of the Mayor's Task Force funding policy for the Seattle Center, 1982. City/Arts conference at Wingspread, National Endowment for the Arts and Johnson Foundation, Expansion Arts Program, Racine, Wisconsin, 1982. Literary Juror, Washington State Arts Commission literary grants, August 1986. Literary Juror, Artist Trust literary fellowships, Seattle, Washington, October 1987. Literary Juror, Ohio Arts Council literary grants, Columbus, Ohio, April 1988. Grantsmakers in the Arts Forum, Tacoma, Washington, March 1989. Literary funding panel, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 1990. Literary Juror, Bumbershoot Arts Festival publication prize, Seattle, Washington, March 1991. Literary Juror, Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Fund literary fellowships, November 1991. Fiction Judge and presenter for PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction, Shakespeare/Folger Library, Washington, D.C., May 1994. Consultant and writer for Asian and Asian American language arts essay, Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon, February 24, 1994-June 30, 1994. Literary Juror, Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), 1995 Gregory Kolovakos Seed Grant Program, New York, New York, January 1995. Literary Juror, fiction judge, publication award, Western States Arts Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 1996. Fiction Judge, Seattle Magazine, June 1996. Literary Juror, Oregon Literary Fellowships, Portland Arts & Lectures, November 1996. Literary Juror, IMPAC/Dublin Literary Award, Municipality of Dublin, Ireland, November 1996-June 1997. Literary Juror, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, June 1997. Fiction Judge, Seattle Magazine, June 1997, July 1998. Literary Juror, Bush Foundation, literary fellowships, February/April 2003. Consultant, College Usage Advisory Board, Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary, St. Martin's Press, 2001. Consultant, College Usage Advisory Board, Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary, St. Martin’s Press, 2001. Literary Juror, Bush Foundation, literary fellowships, February/April 2003.

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Literary Juror, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, November 2006. Lecturer, Humanities Washington “Speaker’s Bureau,” 2012 to 2016. Northwest Evaluation Association, multicultural literature specialist/consultant, 2013 to 2016. Panel Juror, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 2018.

Services To Other Institutions: San Francisco Unified School District, in-service training workshop, San Francisco State University, 1975. Writing workshop, Henry Street Settlement, New York, April 1990. Appointed to research team of the l’Institut des Langues et Cultures Slaves et Asiatiques at Jean Moulin University of Lyon (France), March 2004. External Academic Reviewer, MFA Programme in Creative Writing, City University of Hong Kong, 2009-2014. External Academic Reviewer. University of San Francisco Creative Writing Program, 2015. External Academic Reviewer, San Diego State University, Department of English and Comparative Literature, 2015. Instructor, The Red Badge Project (theredbadgeproject.org). Teaching storytelling to soldiers and veterans recovering from PTSD and other injuries. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Walla Walla Vet Center, Spokane Vet Center, Yakima Vet Center. 2012 to present.

Services To University Of Washington: Member, University Discipline Committee, 1986. Member, College Studies Board, 1988. Member, Center for the Humanities, 1989. Member, University of Washington Arts Committee, 1991 Member, UW Health Science Arts Committee, 1991 Chair, Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Task Force, 1995-1996 Board of Trustees, Henry Art Gallery, 1995-2004. Developmental Committee member, English Department, 1997-2002. Executive Committee member (ex-officio), English Department, 1997-2002. Advisory Committee member, Writer’s Program, UW Extension, 1998-2002. College of Arts & Sciences Dean Search Committee, 1999. UIF2 Review Committee, 1999. Board Member, College of Arts & Sciences Development Board, 1999-2001. Strategic Planning Committee, Department of English, 1999-2002. Undergraduate Research Symposium Advisory Committee, 2000. Women's Studies Director Search Committee, 2000. Bonderman Travel Grant Selection Committee, 2000. UIF Review of Simpson Humanities Center Committee, 2000. Board Member, Rome Center Advisory Board, 2001-present. Director, University Honors Program, 2003-06. Member, Provost Search Committee, 2004. Co-Chair, GO-MAP Fellowship Annual Dinner, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009. Member, Advisory Board, GO-MAP. Member, Advisory Board, The Graduate School, 2007 to present. Member, Rome Center Advisory Board, 2004 – 2012.

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Commencement Services Committee, 2006 – 2014. Public Ceremonies Committee, 2014-present. C21 Committee Faculty Advisory Board, College of Arts & Sciences, 2016 to Present. Comp. Lit, Cinema & Media promotion committee: James Tweedie, 2018. Moderator & Emcee, Serious Fun, College of Arts & Sciences series, 2018. Chair, Executive Committee, Dept. of English, 2017-2018. English promotion committee: Anu Taranath, 2018. Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media Executive Committee, 2018-19. Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2018-19. English promotion committee: Frances McCue, 2019. Chair, Asian American Literature and Culture Search Committee, English, 2019- 2020. Chair, CMS Diversity Committee, 2020-21. Member, CMS Executive Committee, 2020-21.

PUBLIC SERVICE: Glide Publications, Glide Urban Center, San Francisco, CA. Editor of monthly national newsletter for the Glide Urban Center and Glide Methodist Church, November 1971-July 1972. Combined Asian-American Resources Project, Inc., San Francisco, California, December 1969-December 1979. Co-Director and co-founder of CARP which sponsored and conducted oral history interviews, Asian American school curriculum development and teacher training workshops, and re-published No- No Boy, a novel by John Okada. Legal Compliance Committee, California State Board of Education, Sacramento, California, June 1976-December 1976. Board Member appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The LCC approves or rejects all elementary and secondary school textbooks for adoption by the California State Board of Education. Approval or rejection is based on State codes relating to minority representation, visual depictions, historical distortions, ecology and environment, dangerous substances and male/female roles. Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, Washington, December 1980-December 1984. Commissioner, appointed by Mayor Royer. A volunteer commission responsible for setting the policies of the various public arts programs. SAC Vice-Chair and Chair of the Budget Committee, 1982; SAC Chair, 1983; Chair of Original Works Committee, 1984. Bumbershoot Advisory Committee, Seattle, Washington, January 1983-March 1985. Board member. The BAC (reorganized and renamed the Bumbershoot Festival Commission in January 1986) is a volunteer board responsible for Seattle annual arts festival, Bumbershoot.

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National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., February 1984-February 1990. Panelist for the Expansion Arts and Literature Programs. Served on and/or chaired the following panels: Expansion Arts Organizations (84, 85, 86, 87), Expansion Arts Services to the Field and Overview (1985), Audience Development in Literature (87, 88, 89, 90), Professional Development in Literature and Overview (1989), Creative Writing Fellowships (89,90), Literary Magazines (1994). Conducted site evaluations of Expansion Arts organizations from 1984 to 1990 in Alaska, Hawaii, South Dakota, California, New York, and Washington, D.C. Experimental Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January 1990-January 1994. National Advisory Board Member. The Experimental Gallery is The Smithsonian's newest gallery and features non-traditional exhibits. Association for Asian American Studies, Cornell University November 1989- January 1995. Treasurer and board member. AAAS is a national organization of Asian American scholars. Left Bank literary journal ,Blue Heron Publishing, Inc. Hillsboro, Oregon Sept. 1991-1995. Editorial Advisory Board member. Left Bank is a literary magazine published in book form semi-annually. Before Columbus Foundation, Oakland, California, November 1976-present. President of the Board of Directors from 1980-1992 and co-founder. BCF is a non-profit literary arts organization that promotes American multicultural literature through educational panels, the publication of Before Columbus Review, a quarterly review of books, and the American Book Awards. One Reel Productions, Seattle, Washington December 1990-2010. One Reel is a non-profit special events production company that specializes in producing major arts events including Seattle's annual arts festival, Bumbershoot. MultiCultural Review, Westport, Connecticut Sept. 1991-2018. Editorial Advisory Board member. The MultiCultural Review publishes reviews and essays in the area of ethnic, racial, and religious diversity. Member, Advisory Board, Seattle Arts & Lectures, May 1994-2002. Educational Advisory Council Member. The Educational Advisory Council was formed to sponsor a “Writers in the Schools” program to enhance language arts curriculum in Seattle public schools. Member, Board of Trustees Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1995-97. Member, Board of Trustees Henry Art Gallery University of Washington, June 1995-2001. Municipal League of King County, January 1996-August 1997. Board Member, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, February 1998-2003. Member, Board of Directors, Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation, Sept. 2000- 2009. Founding Instructor & Board of Directors, The Red Badge Project, Seattle, August 2012-present (theredbadgeproject.org).

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REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY: Panel Discussions Of Published Work: Covering the Bases: Asian, Ethnic, and American Identities in Shawn Wong's Homebase, Harryette Mullen (Cornell University), Association for Asian American Studies conference, Cornell University, June, 1993. "Returning to Shawn Wong's Homebase," panel discussion conducted at the Assoc. for Asian American Studies conference, San Jose State University, California, May 1992. Presenters were Prof. Vince Gotera (Humboldt State Univ.) "The Heart of Gold Mountain: Homing in on Shawn Wong's Homebase," Prof. Sonya Jones (Allegheny College) "Mainstreaming Multiculturalism: The Shawn Wong Model," and students: Brian Dempster (Univ. of Washington) "Defining Asian American Sensibility: The Historical, Cultural and Literary Context of Shawn Wong's Homebase," Karen Chow (UCSB) "Periods of Adjustment: The Poetic Nature of the Novel Homebase," and Wei Ming Dariotis (UCSB) "Three Western Landscapes of Memory: Homebase, This House of Sky, Housekeeping."

Published Discussions Of Writings In Works Of Literary Scholarship: Reading Asian American Literature: From Necessity to Extravagance by Sau-ling Cynthia Wong. Princeton University Press, 1993, (141-146). Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context by Elaine Kim. Temple University Press, 1982, (194-197). "How to Do Things with Things (A Toy Story)," by Bill Brown, Critical Inquiry 24, Summer 1998 (935-964). Essay on Homebase. "The Politics of Possession: Negotiating Identities in American in Disguise, Homebase, and Farewell to Manzanar," by Patricia A. Sakuri, Critical Mass: A Journal of Asian American Cultural Criticism, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1993 (39-56). "Shattering the Silences," (my teaching career featured in PBS documentary on minority professors), aired nationally, PBS-TV, February 1997. “Becoming American: The Chinese Experience,” 3-part Bill Moyers PBS documentary, aired nationally, PBS-TV, March 2004. “Art, Spirituality, and Ren or the Ethics of Care: Shawn Wong, Li-Young Lee, and Russell C. Leong,” Chinese American Literature without Borders: Gender, Genre, and Form, by King-Kok Cheung. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2016. +More citations on request.