Wang appointed associate dean of the School of the Arts

Associate Professor Shujen Wang, who has taught at Emerson since 1998, has been appointed associate dean of the School of the Arts. She holds a Ph.D. in international communication from the University of Maryland, College Park, an M.S. in media management/television production from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a B.A. in journalism from the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan.

"Shujen Wang brings a commitment to first-rate teaching, and a wealth of acadeamic service to the role of associate dean in the School of the Arts," says Grafton Nunes, dean of the School of the Arts. "As the chair of the Visual and Media Arts' efforts in Outcomes Assessment, she is ideally suited to assist the office of the dean in evaluating the quality of instruction from part-time and term faculty. Her experience as an internationally recognized scholar of Asian media, along with her language and diplomatic skills, ideally suit her to develop partnerships between Emerson and Asia, particularly China. Now the dean's office can literally be in several places at one time, and be superbly represented."

Wang has been a research associate at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies since 2002. Her book, Framing Piracy: Globalization and Film Distribution in Greater China, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2003. Wang has also contributed chapters to several anthologies.

Wang's work has appeared in such journals as Positions, Film Quarterly, Cinema Journal, Theory Culture and Society, Asian Cinema, Public Culture, East Asia: An International Quarterly, Policy Futures in Education, Global Media Journal, Harvard College Economic Review, and many others.

Wang has served as director of media studies, director of curriculum and instruction, as well as on the committees of Departmental Promotion and Tenure, the Faculty Status Committee, the Academic Policy Committee, and the Visual and Media Arts Curriculum Committee. Wang also chaired the department assessment committee, the college diversity committee and two strategic planning committees.

She will continue to teach one course per semester and maintain her office in Visual and Media Arts.

Erika Williams to serve as assistant to the vice president for academic affairs and as Emerson Administrative Fellow

Another new title awaits Erika Williams, scholar-in-residence in the Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies. In addition to teaching half time in the Institute, Williams will serve as assistant to the vice president for academic affairs and as an Emerson Administrative Fellow. Her work will focus on the preparation of New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) reaccreditation efforts while simultaneously gaining an insight into college administration.