Phoenix Wang

Phoenix Wang is a Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in American Literature, Environmental Humanities, and Gothic Studies. Their research intersects critical plant and animal studies with transatlantic 19th-century scholarship, exploring posthumanist and affective dimensions of ecological narratives.

• Affiliated with: College of Arts and Sciences
• Teaching:
  • ENGL 1125: Climate Change and Communications (Fall 2025)

Research focuses include:

• Eco-critical analyses of American literary traditions
• Interdisciplinary approaches to environmental humanities
• 19th-century transatlantic posthumanisms
• Horror and gothic representations of ecological themes