Timothy C. Wong, Ph.D is a sinologist

Sinology

Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China, but, especially in the American academic context, refers more strictly to the study of classical language and literature, and the philological approach...

, translator, and literary theorist.

Dr. Wong received his Ph.D from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

. He has taught at The Ohio State University and at Arizona State University, Tempe, where he has held the title of Professor of Chinese since 1995. He was also the Director of the Center for Asian Studies at Arizona State University from 1995 to 2002.
Prof. Wong is currently on the faculty in the Department of Languages and Literatures at ASU, where he teaches classes on Chinese literature (including fiction) and graduate level seminars in selected areas of sinology. In addition to this, he has served as director of the graduate and undergraduate programs in Asian languages and literatures.

English Publications

• Wu Ching-tzu. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978.
• Stories for Saturday: Twentieth Century Chinese Popular Fiction. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2003.
• Sherlock in Shanghai: Stories of Crime and Detection by Cheng Xiaoqing. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006.