Vivien
Ng is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University
at Albany, SUNY. Prior to joining the Women's Studies Dept. in
Fall 1995, she taught Chinese history and women's studies at
the University of Oklahoma for 13 years. She earned her Ph.D.
in Chinese History at the University of Hawaii. She was Chair
of the Women's Studies Department from 1995 to 2000.
Ng
is currently Associate Dean of Undergraduate Research, with primary
responsibility for coordinating undergraduate research initiatives.
She was President of the National Women's Studies Association
in 1993-94, and served on the board of the American Association
of University Women Educational Foundation from 1989-93. She
was a Mellon Fellow at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
in 1984-85 and a Rockefeller Fellow at Hunter College in 1990-91.
She has served on the editorial board of the NWSA Journal and
is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Women's
History.
She
has published a book, Madness in Late Imperial China: From
Illness to Deviance (1990) and numerous articles. Her groundbreaking
articles include "Ideology and Sexuality: Rape Laws in Qing
China," which appeared in the Journal of Asian Studies in
1987 and "Homosexuality and the State in Late Imperial China,"
in Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Lesbian and Gay Past (New
American Library, 1989). Her research and writing interests have
undergone significant change since 1995, moving from Chinese social
history to Asian American studies. She is currently writing a “biomythography” of
her maternal grandfather, a Chinese American restaurateur and filmmaker.
She has read portions of the manuscript at Hunter College (co-sponsored
by Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies), National
Women’s Studies Association conference (2004) and other venues.
Ng also writes short fiction. Her most recent story, "Redemption" is
published iin 13th Moon.
In
2003 Ng received an Innovation in Teaching grant (with Janell
Hobson and Vivien E. Zazzau) to develop an information literacy
companion course to "Classism, Racism, and Sexism" for
the production of a student-run, peer-reviewed electronic journal.
The e-journal, transcending silence..., was successfully
launched in May 2004.
Ng
designed and maintains the web pages for the Department of Women’s
Studies and transcending
silence.... She begins her stint as editor of
"Web 2.0," a regular feature on the new online newsletter, NWSAction in Fall 2007.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University
of Hawaii (1980)
- M.A., University
of Hawaii (1975)
- B.G.S.,
Ohio University (1972)
GRADUATE
COURSES
- Feminist
Pedagogy
- Feminist
Thought and Public Policy
- Research
Seminar
- Race, Gender
and Cultural Politics in Asian America
- Sexual Politics
in Chinese History
- History
of Chinese Feminism
- Politics
of (Re)production
UNDERGRADUATE
COURSES
- Classism,
Racism, Sexism
- Electronic
Publishing in Women's Studies
- Global Perspectives
on Women
- Introduction
to Lesbian and Gay Studies
- Feminist
Social and Political Thought
- History
of Women and Social Change in the U.S.
- Gender and
Nation in World Cinema
- Research
Seminar
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
Madness
in Late Imperial China: From Illness to Deviance. University
of Oklahoma Press, 1990.
SHORT
FICTION
"Redemption," 13th
Moon: A Feminist Literary Magazine, 19, 1&2(2006),
pp. 144-156.
"Pandora's Box," HLFQ, 5, 3(2004), pp. 61-71.
ARTICLES
AND BOOK CHAPTERS
"Sex, Race, and Power: An Intersectional Study." In Fedwa Malti-Douglas,
Jamsheed Choksy, Francesca Sautman, eds., Encyclopedia
of Sex and Power, Macmillian Reference USA, forthcoming
in 2007.
"Race
Matters." In Andy Medhurst and Sally Munt, ed., Lesbian
and Gay Studies: A Critical Introduction. Cassell, 1997,
pp. 215-232.
"Sexual
Abuse of Daughters-in-Law in Qing China: Cases from the Xing'an
huilan," Feminist Studies, 20, 2(1994),
pp. 373-391.
"Homosexuality
and the State in Late Imperial China." In Martin Duberman,
ed., Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Lesbian and Gay
Past. New American Library, 1989, pp. 76-89.
"Ideology
and Sexuality: Rape Laws in Qing China," Journal of
Asian Studies, 46, 1(1987), pp. 57-70.
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