Lan Duong, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies

Though I just started teaching here at UC Riverside, it’s been a thrilling experience to meet and interact with such a diverse body of bright students. This past year, I have taught classes in the Film and Visual Culture program on “Mainland Chinese and Vietnamese Films” and “Global Perspectives on the Vietnam War.” For the department of Women’s Studies, I enjoyed teaching a course on “Southeast Asian Diasporic Films and Literature.” Next year, I’m looking forward to teaching courses on “Asian American Women’s Autobiography,” “Hong Kong Cinema,” “New Chinese Cinema” and “Vietnamese and Vietnamese Diasporic Films.”

While the bulk of my teaching is oriented towards Asian media and films, my research is focused primarily on the cultural productions of the Vietnamese and overseas Vietnamese. I have two essays in Amerasia Journal that deal with Vietnamese American karaoke bars and the films of Vietnamese American filmmaker, Tony Bui. Another piece on Vietnamese cinema and a film called Long-Legged Girls is forthcoming in an anthology devoted to transnational feminism and cinema. Because of my interests in Vietnamese cinema, I have been working with some faculty members in the SEATRiP program to acquire hard-to-find, Vietnamese-language films for our library.

Recently, I made a trip to Orange County and purchased for the university many films that will soon be available for you to view. I hope you enjoy them and be sure to drop by my office hours if you have any questions about my teaching or research interests.