About

Jun (Philip) Fang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colby College. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University. As a cultural sociologist studying China’s engagement with the West, he broadly addresses how contrasting forces of nationalism and globalization shape processes of creative production. His book project, When China Meets Hollywood, is an ethnography of how Chinese and Hollywood studios coproduce global movies, exploring the interplay of art, markets, and the state. His research has been published in the American Sociological Review, Qualitative Sociology, and Poetics, among other journals. He has won fellowships from the Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies and elsewhere. A former columnist, he wrote on culture and education for various media outlets.