Jeff Yang
Jeff Yang (Chinese: 楊致和) (born March 14, 1968) is an Taiwanese-American writer, journalist, businessman, and business/media consultant who writes the Tao Jones column for The Wall Street Journal.[2] Previously, he was the "Asian Pop" columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Jeff Yang at LaGuardia Community College in May 2011 | |
Born | 楊致和 March 14, 1968[1] |
Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A., Psychology, 1989) |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse(s) | Heather Ying [1](m. 2002; div. 2013) |
Children | 2 |
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Traditional Chinese | 楊致和 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杨致和 | ||||||
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Education
Yang graduated from Harvard University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.[3]
Career
Yang has written the books, Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to the Cinemas of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action (with Jackie Chan), Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence in American Culture, from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism, and Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. He recently co-wrote the second graphic novel in the Secret Identities series, Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. In addition, he has written for the Village Voice, VIBE, Spin, and Condé Nast Portfolio.[4][5]
Yang is also a business/media consultant on marketing to Asian American consumers for Iconoculture, Inc.[6] Before joining Iconoculture, Yang was CEO of Factor, Inc., another marketing consultancy targeting Asian Americans. From 1989 until 2002, when it went out of business, Yang was publisher of A Magazine, then the largest circulating English-language Asian American magazine in the United States. The magazine grew out of an undergraduate publication that he had edited while a student at Harvard University. Yang produced the first Asian American television show, Stir.[7]
He is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and has served on the advisory boards of the Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and the China Institute in America.[8][9]
Personal life
Yang was married to Heather Ying, a physician assistant in cardiothoracic surgery.[1] They divorced in 2013. They have two sons, Hudson and Skyler. Their elder son, Hudson Yang, is a star of the 2015 ABC television series Fresh Off the Boat, based on Eddie Huang's memoir, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir.[10]
See also
References
- Brady, Lois Smith, "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Heather Ying and Jeff Yang", The New York Times, August 25, 2002
- "Tao Jones News — Speakeasy — WSJ".
- President and Fellows of Harvard College, ed. (2014). Harvard & Radcliffe Class of 1989 25th Anniversary Report. North Andover, MA: Flagship Press. pp. 996–997.
- Jeff Yang, Bios, Secret Identities, http://www.secretidentities.org/Site/Jeff_Yang.html
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Week, Past Guests, Jeff Yang, http://www.apahw.org/past-guests/ Archived 2016-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Jeff Yang, Strategist Bio, Iconoculture, https://iconoculture.cebglobal.com/smart/_publicsite/strategistbioiframe.aspx?contactid=8
- HoChie Tsai, TaiwaneseAmerican.org, Jeff Yang – Newspaper Columnist, Cultural Critic, and Proud Dad, http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/100people/jeff-yang/
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Advisory Board, http://www.advancingequality.org/who-we-are/national-advisory-council
- Jeff Yang, Bio, Asians Advancing Justice, http://www.advancingequality.org/council-member/jeff-yang
- "ABC Renews 'Last Man Standing,' Orders Two More Comedies". The Hollywood Reporter. May 10, 2014.
External links
- Asian American Justice Center bio
- Asian Pop column archive, San Francisco Chronicle
- INSTANT YANG, Jeff Yang's mailing list
- Random House co-author bio for I am Jackie Chan
- Wedding vows: Heather Ying & Jeff Yang, New York Times, Aug. 25, 2002
- Secret Identities Official Web site