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Chang Tan is an Associate Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is affiliated with the Department of Asian Studies and the College of the Liberal Arts. Her office is located at 202 Borland, and she can be reached via email at cut12@psu.edu. Her work focuses on 20th and 21st century Chinese, East Asian, and Asian diasporic art, exploring intersections with global avant-gardism and socially engaged practices.
Dr. Tan holds the following academic credentials:
- B.A. in Economics and Chinese Literature/Language, Peking University, China
- M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
- Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Contemporary Art History, University of Texas at Austin
Her research interests are centered on global avant-gardism, public and socially engaged art, eco art and activism, vernacular artmaking, and the history of collecting and exhibiting Asian art. She examines how experimental artists interact with diverse publics and the impact of populism on art and politics. Her current projects include Network Moderns, investigating intersections of photography, painting, design, and theater in China and the diaspora, and a collaborative project on Sinophone eco art. These projects have received support from institutions such as the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts.
No scientific awards or honors are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
In advising and grants, she has secured research funding for her book project Network Moderns and collaborates on Sinophone eco art initiatives. Her teaching spans graduate to freshman seminars in both Art History and Asian Studies. She also serves on editorial boards for Verge: Studies of Global Asias and Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, emphasizing interdisciplinary and diasporic perspectives in her professional activities.
Her affiliation with the Department of Asian Studies includes its location at 102 Old Botany Building, 157 Pollock Road, University Park, PA 16802. The department’s contact information includes a phone: 814.865.1168 and fax: 814.863.3528.
