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Kenneth Chan is an Assistant Professor of Film Studies. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of English at the University of Florida in 1999. He began teaching as a graduate assistant at Clemson University and the University of Florida, before going on to assistant professor positions at the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, where he offered courses in film studies, cultural studies, literary studies and theory, and composition. He joined UNC as Assistant Professor of Film Studies in the fall semester of 2008. His book Remade in Hollywood: The Global Chinese Presence in Transnational Cinemas is published by Hong Kong University Press in 2009. Apart from the Chinese in Hollywood, Chan's research extends to transnational Chinese cinemas, Asian American film and literature, British-Asian literature, Singapore studies, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, and contemporary American film. His essays have also appeared in academic journals such as Cinema Journal, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Asian Cinema, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Discourse, Moving Worlds, and Camera Obscura. Chan plans next to direct his research attention to the emerging political aesthetic of global screen violence and its ethical and cultural implications in a post-9/11 world order. Dr. Chan presently sits on the board of directors and is the Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Asian Film Archive (Singapore). Having joined the ranks of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), the Asian Film Archive sees it as its mission to preserve and promote Asian cinemas. Chan is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Chinese Cinemas.
