Media - NANCY WANG YUEN

NANCY WANG YUEN

TV/Video

PBS, "Asian Americans", episode 1, 5/11/2020

CBC, "Never had she ever been on screen but Canadian teen shines in new Mindy Kaling comedy," 4/26/2020

The Stream, January 21, 2020

Voice of America, "Hollywood Movies Reflecting Changes in How Asians are Portrayed," October 18, 2019

Voice of America, "First Asian American Presidential Candidate Scrutinized by Asian Americans," October 12, 2019

CBC, 'The National, 'on Simu Liu's casting as Shang-Chi, Marvel's first Asian superhero.

Crazy New Voices: Hollywood and Inclusion, FB Live chat with Rebecca Sun (THR), July 17, 2019

Marvel prepares for Asian American movie franchise, April 19, 2019

Deconstructing Privilege, Dr. Phil, October 18, 2018

The Stream, August 28, 2018

New York Times FB Live Chat, August 15, 2018

Oscars Chat with Justin Chang (LA Times), Claudia Puig (NPR, President of LA Critics Assn.) and Camille Tucker (Biola Film professor/Screenwriter).

BBC TV Interview, November 20, 2017

BBC TV Interview, September 14, 2017

BBC World TV Interview, August 29, 2017

Panelist, Super Asian America, Comic-Con, San Diego, July 23, 2017.

UCLA Bunche Center Author Series: Nancy Wang Yuen, May 11, 2017

Panelist, “Power of Popular Culture,” University of Maryland, College , April 26, 2017.

Panelist, Race talk: Tackling racism and identity with kids, KPCC's Crawford Family Forum, Pasadena, CA, April 4, 2017

Featured in Buzzfeed video,
"Things Moms Want Their Daughters To Know ," April 7, 2014

Radio/Podcasts

Appeared on BBC OS's segment, "Coronavirus: People abused for appearing to be Chinese," 2/3/2020.

Interviewed for 'Another Hollywood moment for Asian-Americans: SNL gains first Chinese-American cast member,' Marketplace, NPR 9/27/2019

Interviewed for 'Equal Media Representation' (0:19:20) The Lisa Show, 9/9/2019

HOLLYWOOD'S DIVERSITY PROBLEM, No Jargon Podcast, 7/25/2019

Interviewed for 'Marvel’s diverse new superheroes target broader box office success,' Marketplace, NPR, 7/22/2019

Interviewed by Morning Edition, NPR for "'Love Is A Thing That Everyone Wants,' Says Author Of 'The Sun Is Also A Star'," May 17, 2019.

Interviewed on KPCC's The Frame for "FRESH OFF THE BOAT" HITS 100 EPISODES (Starts at 18:45), 4/4/2019

Appeared on They Call Us Austin Asians (Live From SXSW, They Call Us Bruce Podcast), 3/21/2019.

Appeared to talk about "Hollywood's Diversity Problem" on BYURadio 3/1/2019

Interviewed for NPR's Morning Edition on "'Kim's Convenience' Is A Sitcom About Asian Immigrants — With Depth," 1/9/2019.

Seats at the Table podcast; Season 2, Episode 2: The One About Asians in Hollywood with Nancy Wang Yuen, 8/22/2018

Asian-Americans in Media, and Pixar's Bao. Meant to be Eaten, Heritage Radio Network. 8/5/2018.

Why do Hollywood films continue to lag behind in diversity despite successful films like #BlackPanther? NPR’s Marketplace, 2/16/2018

Appeared on They Call Us #ExpressiveAsians, They Call Us Bruce Podcast, September 15, 2017.

Chicago Public Radio, 'The Morning Shift,' for "The Whitewashing Of Asians In Hollywood," June 23, 2017.

Interviewed for Asian America Podcast, episode 94, February 28, 2017.

Interviewed for New Books Network podcast, March 13, 2017

Interviewed for Screenwriter's Rant Room Podcast, episode 144, March 5, 2017.

print media

Contributed to "21 Book, TV, Film And Podcast Suggestions For Asian Americans, By Asian Americans" (5/12/2020), Huffington Post

Interviewed for "The True Stories Behind Ryan Murphy's New Netflix Series Hollywood," Time Magazine, 5/1/2020.

Interviewed for "Yes, Calling Coronavirus “the Chinese Virus” or Kung-Flu Is Racist" (3/19/2020), O the Oprah Magazine.

Interviewed for "'Mulan' film gets backlash for lack of Asian talent behind camera" (3/13/2020), NBC News

Interviewed for "HBO's possible 'Parasite' Spinoff with Mark Ruffalo raises whitewashing concerns" (3/12/2020), The Washington Post

Interviewed by The Independent for "I asked Hollywood insiders what happens now after Harvey Weinstein's convictions in New York...", 2/24/20

Interviewed by Vice for Why Doesn't the Academy Nominate Asians for Best Actor?, 1/17/2020

Interviewed by Flare for Here's Why People Are Upset by The Farewell's Foreign Film Nomination, 12/11/2019

Interviewed by TIME for Shane Gillis Removed From Saturday Night Live Cast After Controversial Comments and Use of Racial Slur, 9/17/2019

Featured in Quest to find inspiring Long Beach teacher ends with an emotional phone call, Long Beach Post, 8/24/2019

Interviewed by Teen Vogue for Unintelligent Asians Are Smart for Television, 8/8/2019

Interviewed by Daily Beast for Save ‘Tuca and Bertie’: Is Netflix Giving Shows Created by Women Fewer Seasons to Succeed?, 8/3/2019

Interviewed by HuffPost for How Simu Liu’s Role Of ‘Shang-Chi’ Could Change How We See Saviors, 7/31/2019

Interviewed By LA Times for Bruce Lee’s family calls ‘Once Upon a Time’ ‘a mockery.’ Is it insult or homage?, 7/31/2019

Interviewed by The New York Times for 'The Cultural Truth at the Heart of the Lies in ‘The Farewell,' 7/24/2019

Interviewed by Forbes for "How To Negotiate Away From Cultural Appropriation With A Powerful Apology," May 31, 2019.

Interviewed by HuffPost for "Asian Creators Are Making Strides In Hollywood, But There’s Still A Long Way To Go," May 28, 2019.

Interviewed for "Asian Americans Speak Out Against Movie On Hiroshima That Stars Evan Rachel Wood," HuffPost 5/6/2019

Interviewed for Time, "A 'Clean' Chinese Food Restaurant in New York Is the Latest Flashpoint in a Debate Over Cultural Appropriation," 4/10/2019.

Interviewed for The LAist, "We Visited The Set Of 'Fresh Off The Boat' — The First Asian American Sitcom To Hit The 100-Episode Milestone," 4/5/2019.

Interviewed in The New York Times, "Lilly Singh, a YouTube Star, Will Host a Late-Night Show on NBC," 3/15/2019.

Story in Elle's "7 Women on the Highly Awkward Pen15 Moments That Make Them Feel Most Seen," 4/19/2019

Interviewed in NBC News for "How 'Asian August' could impact Sundance and indie film spaces," Jan 29, 2019.

Interviewed in The Huffington Post for "Most Shows Don’t Feature Any Middle Eastern Or North African Actors: Study," Sep 19, 2018.

Interviewed in The Los Angeles Times for "Study shows only 1% of TV regulars are played by actors of Middle Eastern or North African descent," September 11, 2018.

Interviewed for Washington Post for "Is 'Crazy Rich Asians' Asian Enough?", August 10, 2018.

Interviewed for New York Times for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Why Did It Take So Long to See a Cast Like This?, August 8, 2018.

Interviewed for Inverse for "Hey, White People: Pixar's Dumpling Short 'Bao' Isn't About You," June 26, 2018.

Interviewed for NBC News for "After a decade on YouTube, Wong Fu Productions still has a story to tell," June 19, 2018.

Interviewed for Teen Vogue for "Asian-American Stereotypes in Popular Culture Are Being Challenged by the Asian Mean Girl," May 2, 2018.

Feature article: "Nancy Wang Yuen has devoted her research to Hollywood's diversity problem," Media Disruptors series, Public Radio International, March 15, 2018

Interviewed for Moneyish for "Diversity sells! ‘Black Panther’ is poised to make $1 billion worldwide," Feb. 27, 2018

Interviewed for Women's Media Center for “We are more complex than that”: How television portrays Asian American women, February 1, 2018.

Interviewed for Moneyish for "Why the four Oscar nominations for ‘Get Out’ are such a big deal," Jan. 24, 2018

Interviewed in the Huffington Post for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Star Claps Back At Criticism That He’s ‘Not Asian Enough,’ November 29, 2017.

Interviewed in the Huffington Post for my study, "Asians Are Still Tokenized Or Just Missing From TV Shows, Report Says," September 15, 2017.

Interviewed in Deadline Hollywood for my study, "Asian Americans On TV: Study Finds Continued Underrepresentation Despite New Wave Of AAPI-Led Shows," September 12, 2017.

Interviewed in the Associated Press for my study, "Study finds Asian-American characters tokens on TV," September 12, 2017. Reprinted in national news outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times.

Interviewed in LA Weekly for my study, "Nearly Two-Thirds of TV Shows Have no Regular Asian Presence," September 12, 2017.

Interviewed in Washington Post for "Actor Ed Skrein explains why he is backing out of the 'Hellboy' reboot after whitewashing criticism," August 29, 2017.

Interviewed in LA Weekly for 'Latinos Are Becoming Extinct in Hollywood, Report Shows,' August 1, 2017.

Interviewed in Los Angeles Times, for "In Hollywood, Asian American actors see few lead roles, and pay discrepancies when they land one," July 8, 2017.

Angry Reader of the Week, Angry Asian Man, March 24, 2017

Interviewed in Christian Science Monitor. "'Beauty and the Beast': When a feminist plays a Disney princess," March 17, 2017

Interviewed in China Daily News. "Casting of Disney's Mulan closely watched," October 11, 2016.

Interviewed in China Daily News. "American pop culture bridges Sino-US gap," April 29, 2016.

Interviewed in The Associated Press. “Asian-American jab at Oscars reveals deeper diversity woes," March 5, 2016.
Interviewed in The New Republic. "Why Is It Still Okay to Make Fun of Asians?," March 16, 2016.

Interviewed in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. “USC Researchers to Issue Hollywood Diversity Report Card.” February 18, 2015.

Interviewed in World on Campus. “Me, myself, and my selfie.” April 30, 2013.

Interviewed in Audrey Magazine. “Generation diverse: are we there yet?” Spring 2011.

Referenced in The Los Angeles Times. “'Black Los Angeles' uncovers the region's unique African American life.” August 8, 2010.

Referenced in The Huffington Post. “Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections.” October 12, 2008.

Interviewed and referenced in The Associated Press. “Asians poorly represented on TV” Covered by USA today, CNN.com, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, FOX News and over eighty international, national, and local newspapers. May 2, 2005.