Dr. Kenneth Chan
Kenneth Chan is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. His book Remade in Hollywood: The Global Chinese Presence in Transnational Cinemas, published by Hong Kong University Press, appeared in 2009 (distributed in the US by the University of Washington Press). Apart from the Chinese in Hollywood, Chan's research and teaching interests extend to transnational Chinese cinemas, Asian American film, Singapore cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, queer cinemas, and contemporary American film. His essays have also appeared in various book-length collections and academic journals such as Cinema Journal, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Asian Cinema, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Discourse, and Camera Obscura. Chan is now directing his research attention to a number of different projects, including one on the cinema of Hong Kong auteur Yonfan, and another focusing on gay cinemas from Southeast Asia. He is also co-editing a collection of essays on the contemporary revival of the musical. Dr. Chan is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Chinese Cinemas and volunteers as the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Asian Film Archive, Singapore. He received the College Scholars Award in 2010-2011 from UNC's College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Courses Taught:
FILM 120: Introduction to Film Studies
FILM 211: Film History II: 1945-present
FILM 310: Film Theory
FILM 320: Asians in Hollywood
ENG 495: Advanced Cultural Studies: Theorizing Gender and Sexuality
Contact:
Dr. Kenneth Chan
Assistant Professor of Film Studies
School of English Language & Literature
University of Northern Colorado
Campus Box 109
Greeley, CO 80639
Telephone: (970) 351-2130
Office: Ross Hall 1170D