Dr. Fan Yang

Professor · Tenured

Department of Media & Communication Studies

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Available for media inquiries

About

Fan Yang is Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies and the Director of Asian Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

Research interests

modern and contemporary Chinese media, globalization and China, transnationalism, (Asian) American studies

Teaching interests

media, communication and globalization, cultural studies, visual culture, urbanism and urban communication, eco-media

Education

  • Ph D, Cultural StudiesGeorge Mason University (2011)
    Faked in China: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and the Postsocialist State in Globalization
  • MBA, Business Administration and ManagementStrayer University (2005)
  • MA, Arts Policy and AdministrationThe Ohio State University (2003)
    Launching an Ethnic-Specific Cultural Organization: A Case Study of an Embryonic Nonprofit - The Weaving Pine
  • BA, International BusinessFudan University (2000)

Press topics

China in 21st-century American culture and politics, transnational media