Christopher Eng

Candidate statement

Chris A. Eng is Assistant Professor of English and the Emerson Faculty Fellow at Syracuse University, where he teaches courses on U.S. ethnic literatures, critical ethnic studies, queer theory, and performance studies. His research has been published or is forthcoming in such venues as Theatre Journal, MELUS, Lateral, and The Journal of Asian American Studies. During the past three years, Chris has been chair of the Queer Studies Section of the Association for Asian American Studies. Through this position, he organized roundtables and panels that not only contemplated key intellectual debates within the field, but also discussed questions of institutionality, pedagogy, and mentorship. Moreover, the experiences from this position have given Chris unique insight into the operations, uses, and possibilities for sections as critical intellectual spaces within the larger AAAS community. If elected as AAAS Section Representative, Chris will work to: increase the presence and vitality of sections at the AAAS national meeting; solicit feedback from current section officers to improve the function and objectives of sections; establish further dialogue between sections; and, advocate for the interests and feedback of section constituents to the board.