DoctorChia-rong Wu

Chia-rong Wu holds the position of Associate Professor (Reader) in the School of Languages, Social and Political Sciences. Dr. Wu earned his PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His expertise lies in Sinophone literature, film, and video games through the lens of postcolonial theories, Indigenous studies, diaspora, and ecocriticism. He is currently supervising PhD students in related areas. Dr. Wu is the author of two monographs: Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond (Cambria Press, 2016) and Remapping the Contested Sinosphere: The Cross-cultural Landscape and Ethnoscape of Taiwan (Cambria Press, 2020). Also, he co-edited Taiwan Literature in the 21st Century: A Critical Reader (Springer, 2023) and The Southern Discourse in Sinophone Literature: Moving Borders (Routledge, 2025). Dr. Wu is working on a new monograph focused on video gaming and interactive storytelling. Moreover, his professional service includes but is not limited to his roles as the executive editor and Advisory Board member of Taiwan Lit and the Global Sinosphere (ISSN: 2994-6816), the Advisory Board member of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies (ISSN: 2468-8800), the Board member of the American Association for Chinese Studies, and the International Advisory Board of Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature (Routledge Book Series).