Yandong Li (he/him)

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MA, Critical Urban Studies, Parsons, The New School
BA, Sociology and Geography, Memorial University (Canada)

 

Yandong is a PhD Candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington. He works at the intersection of media theory, history of technology, history of design, and environmental humanities. He is also enrolled in the graduate certificate of STSS (Science, Technology, and Society Studies) at UW. 

His work has been supported by the Simpson Center for Humanities (2024-25 Society of Scholars Summer Fellow, and 2021 Digital Humanities Summer Fellow), Linda Hall Library in Science, Engineering and Technology (2023-24 Fellow), Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (Intersecting Energy Culture Award, 2023), University of Stavanger, Norway (2022 Greenhouse Green Transition Fellow), Boeing/ Fritz International Research (2022 Fellow) at UW, and Parsons School of Design (Dean's Scholarship, 2016-18).

His writings appeared (and are forthcoming) in Modernism/modernity, Journal of Environmental Media, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, NiCHE, and The Lab Book (entry for the "Cultural Technique" chapter), among others. He is also a guest co-editor of a special issue on “Energy and Media” for the Journal of Chinese Cinemas.

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