Iris Ai Wang

Biography

Professor Wang was born in Tianjin, a coastal city in North China. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Tianjin Normal University. She studied at Washington State University in 2008 and selected East Asian History as a primary research field. Her secondary fields include environmental history and World History. Having been a teaching assistant for World Civilization courses for four years, she started learning teaching skills from a variety of professors and courses. She participated in Asia Program and embraced interdisciplinarity and cultural diversity of the program. After earning her PhD degree in 2014, she taught East Asian History and World History at Sam Houston State University at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Research Interest

Environmental change of the city.