معرفی
Emma J. Teng is the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations at MIT, holding the MacVicar Faculty Fellow distinction. She specializes in Chinese culture, migration history, and gender studies. Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1989, A.M. 1992, Ph.D. 1997), her research explores colonial discourses, transnational identities, and racial dynamics.
Her work includes seminal studies on China-Taiwan relations and Eurasian mixed-heritage communities. Recent research focuses on Chinese educational migration under exclusion policies and Chinese American women’s culinary writing.
Research & Leadership:
- Directed MIT’s Program in Women’s and Gender Studies
- Head of Global Studies and Languages
- Advisor to numerous institutes including Radcliffe Institute and Harvard-Yenching
Awards & Recognition:
- Levitan Prize in Humanities (2005)
- Edgerton Achievement Award (2005)
- MacVicar Faculty Fellow (2013)
- Gordon Y. Billard Award (2022)
Active in campus governance, she has served on MIT’s Race & Diversity Committee, MLK Celebration Committee, and Task Force 2021. Curated the exhibition China Comes to Tech: 1877-1931 (2017-2018). Maintains an associated website: chinacomestomit.org
