Hongwei Thorn Chen

Hongwei Thorn Chen is an Assistant Professor in Communication and Asian Studies at Tulane University. His research covers nontheatrical film, media history, and colonial modernity in modern China. He received his PhD in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature from the University of Minnesota. In 2023 he was a Scholarly Retreat resident at A Studio in the Woods, where he finished a manuscript on Chinese educational film and state building.