Gordon H. Chang
Gordon Hsiao-shu Chang (; born 1948) is an American historian and author. He is a professor and vice provost at Stanford University. Education. Born in British Hong Kong, Chang earned a degree in history from Princeton University. Chang earned his PhD in history from Stanford University. Career. In 1991, Chang joined Stanford University. Chang is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities and a professor of American history at Stanford University. Chang's academic interests lie in the connection between race and ethnicity in America, and American foreign relations. Chang has written on Asian-American history  and US–East Asian interactions, and he also researches the fields of US diplomacy, the US-Soviet Cold War, modern China, and international security. In 1990, Chang's wrote his first book "Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972". In 1997, Chang's second book was "Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Wartime Writing, 1942-1945". It was about an American professor at Stanford University who was interned because he was of Japanese ancestry. Chang's other books include "Asian Americans and Politics: An Exploration" (2001), "Chinese American Voices: From the Gold  Rush to the Present" (2006), "Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 "(2008), and "Fateful Ties: A History of America's Preoccupation with China" (2015). In 2015, Chang was inducted as a member of Committee of 100. In April 2019, Chang became a senior associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford University.