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Faculty Bio

I received my PhD from Pennsylvania State University and am an associate professor of French and Chinese. My research focuses on women’s writings in Nineteenth-Century France, with an emphasis on representations of “deviance” in politically and socially constructed categories such as gender, race, class and disability. My reading of women’s literature combines social-cultural reflections and textual analysis. Through the lens of gender, I examine women writers’ creation conditions and their writing strategies, which implies a transgression of the gender constraints in a patriarchy society. My essays have appeared in Nineteen-Century French Studies, French Forum, and Women in French.
Other than the literature studies, I am also a translator who has translated a variety of literary texts from French/English to Chinese. My professional goals are to continue my work on nineteenth-century literature, gender and translation studies in an environment that balances significant research with opportunities to work closely with undergraduate students who share an interest in these domains.

Awards and Honors

• �������, 2024, Scholarly Research Award
• �������, 2022, Book Completion Award
• �������, 2021, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2020, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2018, Kenan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2017, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2016, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2015, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2015, Scholarly Research Award
• �������, 2014, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2013, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development
• �������, 2012, Kanan Fund for Faculty Development

BA, Dalian University of Foreign Languages
French

PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011
French and Women’s Studies

MA, Bowling Green State University (OH), 2005
French

MA, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, 2002
French with specialization in literary translation

Past Courses

CHI 101: Elementary Chinese I -Mandarin
CHI 101: Elementary Chinese I- Mandarin
CHI 102: Elementary Chinese II Mandarin
CHI 263: Chinese for Heritage Speakers
CHI 280: Intensive Review of Chinese
CHI 283: Intermediate Chinese Cnvrstn
CHI 284: Intrmdt Chinese Composition
CHI 301: Adv Conversation in Chinese
CHI 302: Adv Chinese Composition
DYS 499: Sen Yr Exp-Modern Lang/Culture
FRE 101: Elementary College French I
FRE 102: Elementary College French II
FRE 280: Intensive Review of French
FRE 283: Interm. French Conversation
FRE 301: Convrstn, Diction, Phonetics
FRE 302: Advanced French Composition
FRE 303: Adv Oral/Written Expression
FRE 310: French Culture & Cvlztn I
FRE 311: French Culture / Cvlztn II
FRE 316: Masterpieces of French Lit I
FRE 319: Intro to French Cinema
FRE 330: Fre Romntcism, Realism&Naturls
FRE 380: Seminar: French Lit & Film
FRE 491: French Internship
SPA 391: Spanish Internship

Publications

Preface. Laide, by Juliette Lamber, Éditions des Véliplanchistes, 2023.
Wang, Y. (2023). , pages 5-23.

Review of /Présence du roman gothique anglais dans les premiers romans de George Sand/, by Marilyn Mallia. Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Wang, Y. (2019). Vol 48 (Issue 1&2)

Review of /George Sand et la fabrique des contes/, by Pascale Auraix-Jonchière. Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Wang, Y. (2018). Vol 47 (Issue 1&2)

Chinese translation of /Biographie de George Sand/ by Martine Reid. Beijing: China Translation and Publishing House
Wang, Y. (2018). , pages 324.

"L’écriture ironique de Delphine de Girardin : Les fous dans Monsieur le Marquis de Pontanges"
Wang, Y. (2015). Women in French (2015):123-32. Print..

"Déviance et transgression: l’image de l’ ‘ange’rebelle dans Laide de Juliette Lamber"
Wang, Y. (2014). French Forum 39.1 (2014): 33-47. Print..

"Reading Literature from a Western Perspective"
Wang, Y. (2014). Global Asia Journal: Special Issue “Reflections on Literature: East and West” (2014): 20-27. Print.

"La Puissance fantastique de la femme vampire dans ‘La Morte amoureuse’"
Wang, Y. (2010). Nineteenth-Century French Studies 38.3&4 (2010):172-82. Print..

Chinese translation of /La vie quotidienne des surréalistes :1917-1932/ by Pierre Daix, Jinan: Shandong Pictorial Publishing House
Wang, Y. (2005). , pages 278.

Presentations

Réflexions sur le non-dit dans Olivier ou le secret de Claire de Duras
Wang, Y. (2024). Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference. University of London, UK,

Les passages fantastiques dans "Spirites" de Théophile Gautier
Wang, Y. (2023). 48th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium. Johns Hopkins University,

Le pouvoir féerique dans les Contes d’une grand-mère de George Sand
Wang, Y. (2023). Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference. University of Oxford (Christ Church),

"La Rébellion de la 'fille perdue' dans Lucienne de Judith Gautier"
Wang, Y. (2022). 10th International Women in French Conference. Iowa State University,

“La representation de la puissance rebelle dans Isoline de Judith Gautier”
Wang, Y. (2021). 46th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium. The George Washington University,

"George Sand dans les Mémoires de Juliette Adam"
Wang, Y. (2021). MLA 2021 Convention. MLA Association,

"Paradoxe de la transgression dans Isoline de Judith Gautier "
Wang, Y. (2019). Association Canadienne des Études du XIXe siècle. University of British Columbia,

“La mort et la fuite dans Olivier ou le Secret de Claire de Duras”
Wang, Y. (2014). 40th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Les Mémoires de Juliette Adam: Mes sentiments et nos idées avant 1870”
Wang, Y. (2014). Women in French Conference 2014. University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

"Écrire la transgression: l’espace et le temps dans Olivier ou le Secret de Claire de Duras"
Wang, Y. (2013). 39th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium 2013. Richmond, Virginia.

"Écrire l’idéal : les fées dans Les contes d’une grand-mère de George Sand"
Wang, Y. (2013). 19th International George Sand Conference 2013. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

"l’image de l’ ' ange ' rebelle dans Laide de Juliette Lamber"
Wang, Y. (2013). Colloque 2013 de la Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique. New York University, New York.

"Deviance and transgression: ‘Monsters’ in nineteenth century women’s fiction"
Wang, Y. (2013). �������-Wide Research Day 2013. �������,

"La « nourriture » comme matière narrative : ' Boule de Suif ' de Maupassant"
Wang, Y. (2012). Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium 2012. Raleigh, North Carolina.

"L’écriture ironique de Delphine de Girardin : les fous dans Monsieur le marquis de Pontanges"
Wang, Y. (2012). Women in French Conference 2012. Arizona State University,

"La Nef des sorcières: monologue au féminin comme discours de transgression"
Wang, Y. (2010). Women in French Conference 2010. Staten Island College,

"Ville/Femme dans Nadja de Breton et La forme d’une ville de Gracq"
Wang, Y. (2008). 21st Annual Pennsylvania Foreign Languages Conference 2008. Duquesne University,

"L’image de la fée dans Les contes d’une grand-mère de George Sand"
Wang, Y. (2007). 27th Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures 2007. University of Cincinnati,

Professional Memberships

• American Association of Teachers of French
• George Sand Association
• Modern Language Association
• Nineteenth-Century French Studies
• The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Women In French

University Service

• NYFC Kenan Committee
• NYFC Curriculum Committee
• University Committee of Admissions and Retention