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- Tomson Hall 368
- 1520 St. Olaf Ave.
- Northfield, MN, 55057
- Phone: 507 786 3383
- Fax: 507 786 3732
- brookl@stolaf.edu
- Asian Languages Faculty:
  Tomson Hall
  
  Chair of the Department:
  Barbara Reed
  Tomson Hall 348
  reed@stolaf.edu
  507-786-3086

Ka Wong
Assistant Professor of Chinese/Asian Studies

St. Olaf College
Northfield MN 55057 USA
(507) 786-3567
wongk@stolaf.edu

Ka Wong joined the St. Olaf Asian Studies faculty after teaching at the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii. He received his Ph.D. in Chinese and an M.A. in Arts from the University of Hawaii and another M.A. in Thai Studies from Chulalongkorn Univeristy, Thailand. His research interests explore the symbiotic ties and tensions between individual identity and cultural discourse across a wide range of topics. Integrating culture and technology into the Chinese language classroom is also one of his pedagogical focuses. His publications include Visions of a Nation: Public Monuments in Twentieth-Century Thailand as well as various journal articles and book chapters on Chinese language teaching, film, literature, and cultural anthropology.