NANCY WANG YUEN
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Book/Chapters

Power Women: Stories of Motherhood, Faith and the Academy (2021)
Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (2016)
Actors, Asian American (2014), in Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia
Playing 'Ghetto': Embodiments of South Central in Popular Culture (2010)
Without a Trace: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time Television (2007)
Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood (2004)

Reports

The Prevalence and Portrayal of Asian and Pacific Islanders across 1,300 Popular Films (2021)
TERRORISTS & TYRANTS: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Actors on Prime Time and Streaming Television (2018)
TOKENS ON THE SMALL SCREEN: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Prime Time and Streaming Television (2017).
Setting the Stage (2006)
Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Lights, Camera, and Little Action (2005)

Articles

"CENTERING THE OUTSIDERS: ASIAN AMERICAN FILMS AT SUNDANCE 2023," CAAM, (2/3/2023)
'As an Immigrant Kid, I Learned About Christmas From TV — and it Nearly Broke my Heart', TODAY, (12/6/2022)
'Blockbuster’ Star Randall Park Is Hopeful That Asian Americans Can “Just Exist And Be Happy Existing," Decider, (11/3/2022)
‘Never Have I Ever’ … Seen a Show that So Resembles My Asian American High School, Decider, (9/4/2022)
Margaret Cho Has Always Been Unapologetically Ahead Of Her Time, DECIDER, 6/3/2022
How real is Netflix's hit reality show 'Old Enough'?, NBC News, (4/21/2022)
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Gives Us The Asian Woman Hero We Need, (4/6/2022), Diaspora Times
With Turning Red, Domee Shi Explores Uncharted Animated Waters (March 9, 2022), Vanity Fair
After Yang Asks: “What Makes Someone Asian?” (March 4, 2022), Elle Magazine
We Need More Asian Women Superheroes (12/20/21), The Audacity
Surrounding Shang-Chi With Powerful Women Was Vital to the Story (9/7/21), io9
Shang-Chi's Director on Making a Marvel Movie With Asian Americans in Mind (9/6/21), io9
Shang-Chi Brings Compelling New Heroes and Awe-Inspiring Action to the MCU (8/23/21), io9
"I’m an Asian American woman in academia. Here’s what ‘The Chair’ gets right" (8/20/2021), Los Angeles Times
"Here's why Chloé Zhao's win matters for Asian women in Hollywood," (4/25/2021), CNN.
"Nancy Wang Yuen Atlanta spa shooting suspect's 'bad day' defense, and America's sexualized racism problem" (3/18/2021), NBC News
What Hollywood's treatment of 'Minari' says about the Asian American Dream (3/3/2021), NBC News
"Mulan" Shines as a Disney Live-Action Remake. But I Wanted More (9/4/2020), Cherrypicks.
Mulan Is an Epic Martial Arts Film With Social Relevance (9/3/2020), io9 Gizmodo
Anti-Asian Racism Is Taking a Mental and Emotional Toll on Me, (5/26/2020) Self Magazine
"Reimagining ‘Hollywood’ – Michelle Krusiec as Anna May Wong," (5/22/2020) Awardswatch
anti-asian hate during covid-19, (4/16/2020) Contexts
THE EFFECTS REPRESENTATION HAS ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH (3/12/2020) I Weigh
Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman? Yes, Welcome to Hollywood (11/22/19) Newsweek.
My Journey in Public Sociology (6/5/2019), Contexts
In “Always Be My Maybe,” Asian American Men Play the Heartthrobs (5/30/2019), Cherrypicks.
From “Crazy Rich Asians” to “The Farewell,” Celebrating a Year of Asian American Representation in Film (5/9/2019), CherryPicks
Does “Captain Marvel” Do Right By the Talented Gemma Chan? (3/8/2019), Cherrypicks
As an Asian-American Woman, I Saw My Trauma and Grief in “The Farewell” (2/5/2019), CherryPicks
Sandra Oh’s Golden Globe Win Made Me Feel Seen for the First Time at an Awards Show (1/7/2019), CherryPicks
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on TV (Fall 2018), Contexts
What's Different About the Men on Terrace House? They cry, emote, and care. A lot. (10/25/2018), Elle.
Despite Starring in Huge Blockbusters, Zoe Saldaña Doesn’t Earn as Much as White Actresses (8/22/2018), Remezcla
Welcome To The Summer Of Asian-American Rom Coms (7/30/2018), HuffPost
‘Fresh Off The Boat’ Expanded What Family Looks Like. Don’t Cancel It (4/26/2018), HuffPost
A Joyful Reunion: The Joy Luck Club Looks Back (10/30/2017), HuffPost
The Lost Generation: From ‘The Joy Luck Club’ To ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ (6/24/2017), HuffPost
Star Trek Discovery: Boldly Representing Women Of Color (9/25/2017), HuffPost
Representation Matters: Super Asian Americans (7/28/2017), Nerds of Color
Ed Skrein Leaving ‘Hellboy’ to Avoid Whitewashing Was the Right Thing to Do (8/30/2017), Self
Kudos to Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park for Walking Away From ‘Hawaii Five-0’ (7/6/2017), Self
Saving Asia: A How-To Guide for White Actors (4/4/2017), HuffPost
La La Land, Racism, and Political Correctness ​(2/14/2017), HuffPost
State of the Industry: From #OscarsSoWhite to ‘Moonlight’ (12/27/2016), Cinemathread
10 Actors of Color to End #OscarsSoWhite ​(12/14/2016), HuffPost
Birth of a Controversy ​(10/30/2016), HuffPost
Transforming Hollywood: Diversity Problems and Solutions (10/22/2016), Huffpost
A Racist Version of Mulan? A Movement to #MakeMulanRight (10/10/2016), HuffPost
Alan Yang’s Emmy Speech and the Model Minority Myth (9/19/2016), HuffPost
Lessons from Star Trek's 50 Years of Inclusion (9/8/2016), HuffPost
Super Asian America: Comic-Con and Beyond (7/26/2016), HuffPost
​Post 9/11, but not Post-Racial: An essay on 'Heroes' and 'Lost' (2009), Contexts.
The Asian American Vote: How the Media Portrays Race Relations in the 2008 Democratic Primaries (2009), St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary.

Documentaries

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​Producer, MASS CONFUCIAN:
Chinese Language or Communist Propaganda? (2014), digital, 25 min. 
This documentary premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 3, 2014 and the San Diego Asian Film Festival on November 8, 2014. 
Producer, Living in Silence: Toraichi Kono
"Living in Silence: Toraichi Kono" is a digital documentary about the life of Toraichi Kono, a Japanese American who became Charlie Chaplin's personal valet and confidant only to lose it all in an environment of accusation, fear and paranoia. This untold story threads together classic Hollywood, Japanese American and World War II history. 
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