Meet the Author

Gordon H. Chang

Professor of American History
Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Professor Chang continues to work with undergraduates, master’s students, and doctoral students.
Professor of American History
Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Field:
United States
Ph.D., Stanford University
B.A., Princeton University
Dr. Chang is interested in several different areas of history, including the historical connections between race and ethnicity in America, on the one hand, and foreign relations, on the other, and trans-Pacific relations in their diplomatic as well as their cultural and social dimensions. I have written and continue to publish in the areas of U.S. diplomacy, America-China relations, the Chinese diaspora, Asian American history, and global history. My most recent books have examined the history of Chinese railroad workers in America in the 19th century.

 

Beth Ruyak

Author’s Night Moderator

As host of “Insight” Beth delights in the opportunity to communicate and converse in the region she calls home. People ask her about the differences between television and radio broadcasting; she says she tries to fill in the visuals with language, sounds, voice and imagination. To Beth, being part of the Capital Public Radio team is a privilege, an adventure and a great reason to go to work everyday. Of course, so is the dance as she calls it, with the guests and audience on “Insight.”

Contact Beth:
Insight@capradio.org

photo by: Julie Mietus

 

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