Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
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Yanshuo Zhang
Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies - Program in Writing and Rhetoric
BioI am a PhD candidate in Chinese literature and culture with sub-fields and interests in history, art history, and anthropology. My broader research Interests lie in how cultural heritage and collective cultural past can be remade in the era of globalization. Well-versed in both classical and modern Chinese literature, English and French literature, and rich research experience in the fields of urbanization, ethnic theory and cultural modernity, I am currently working on a dissertation that investigates the issue of reform-era China (1980-present)'s social transformation and its impact on the traditionally coherent communities in the nation, exploring how these communities redefine their cultural identities for both representational and developmental purposes under China's neoliberal framework and the forces of globalization.
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Chenshu Zhou
Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies - Thinking Matters
BioChenshu Zhou is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Thinking Matters program. She received her PhD in Chinese from Stanford in 2016. Prior to that she received her BA from the University of Hong Kong and her MA in Comparative Literature from UC Riverside (2010). Chenshu specializes in modern Chinese literature, film, and culture. Her research has been funded by a Mellon Dissertation Fellowship through the Stanford Humanities Center. She is currently working on a book manuscript based on her dissertation which re-examines Chinese socialism through the practice of moviegoing in the Maoist period (1949-1976). Her article on the role played by film projectionists in the culture of the newly established People's Republic of China in the 1950s and 60s was recently published by the Journal of Chinese Cinemas.
She has taught courses in film, literature and cultural history as well as Chinese language classes at UC Riverside and Stanford. As Thinking Matter lecturer, she teaches "Stories Everywhere," "China through Films," and "Food Talks." She is excited about helping students become better thinkers through the engagement with diverse texts, genres, and cultures. As a pop culture junkie, she also believes that one can think intellectually and meaningfully about anything that interests us, big or small.
