Dr. Anthony Chan
Title: Professor/Executive Director of Global Initiatives
Research Interests:
Philosophy
and communication; Asian Canada and the Diaspora;
Asian
cinema; Digital media; Public relations and branding; Race, gender, and power;
Social media and networking; Asian cybercrime; Wealth and power in China Television.
Supervision Areas: Philsophy and communication; Asian Canada and the Diaspora; Asian cinema; Digital media; Public relations and branding; Race, gender, and power; Social media and networking; Asian cybercrime; Wealth and power in China; Television
Biography
Dr. Anthony B. Chan is Professor of Communication and Executive Director of Global Initiatives in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Professor Chan returned to Canada after serving as the Chair of the B.A. and M.A. degree programs in Canadian Studies and Director of the Canadian Studies Center in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and as an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Dr. Chan's most recent scholarly publication includes Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, 1905-1961 (2003, 2007), which chronicled the amazing life and hard times of the legendary Chinese American actor, Anna May Wong http://annamaywong1905.blogspot.com. He has agreed to a film option with Silver Dream Production in Pasadena for a biopic of Anna May Wong, produced by Shanghai film producer, Luo Yan.
As a filmmaker, Dr.Chan's independent films include a four part series on Asian Americans and Vietnam http://asianamericansvietnam.blogspot.com. Before entering academic life, Dr. Chan was a Senior Producer and a television journalist at Television Broadcasts Ltd. and anchored Focus, a 30 minutes English language public affairs show on the Pearl channel. He produced more than 30 documentaries and anchored about 100. He also worked as a supper hour television reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Calgary. At CBC Regina, he hosted and narrated several episodes of The Canadians. http://faculty.washington.edu/chanant/films.html
