Faculty Associate
wsywong[at]yorku.ca
Professor
Department of Design, York University
Research Keywords:
Chinese comic art history; Chinese graphic design history
Research Region(s):
East Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Research Diaspora(s):
Wendy Siuyi Wong has established an international reputation as an expert in Chinese comic art history and Chinese graphic design history. She is the author of Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua (2002), and The Disappearance of Hong Kong in Comics, Advertising and Graphic Design (2018). In recognition of her expertise in Chinese graphic design history, she was invited as a contributor to The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design (2012) and the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design (2016). She is a contributor and a regional editor of the Greater China Region for the Encyclopedia of East Asian Design (2020). In addition, Dr Wong served as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Design History between 2012 and 2017, and as an Associate Editor for Design and Culture: The Journal of the Design Studies Forum between 2019 and 2021.