Gordon H. Chang

Gordon Hsiao-shu Chang (born 1948) is an American historian and writer. He is a professor and vice provost at Stanford University.

Early life and education
Born in British Hong Kong, Chang earned a degree in history from Princeton and eventually his PhD in history from Stanford.

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 published 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,  about a Japanese-American professor at Stanford University who was interned during the war. 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, a leadership organization of Chinese Americans in business, government, academia and the arts whose stated aim is "to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China."

In April 2019, Chang became a senior associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford University.

Works

 * 1990 Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and Soviet Union, 1948-1972.
 * 2019 Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Stories of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad.

Awards

 * 1991 Bernath Book Prize.
 * 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship Award.