Research Interests
- Histories of Photography
- Modern and Contemporary Chinese and East Asian Art and Visual Culture
- Transnational Circulation of Images, Visual Motifs, and Media Forms
- Chinese Studies: Historiography, Knowledge Production, and Future Directions
- Digital Humanities and Computational Approaches to Chinese Studies
Education
2022 Doctor of Philosophy, Art History, Case Western Reserve University
2015 Master of Arts, Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, University Library
Chinese Studies Librarian, University Library
Assistant Professor, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
External Links
Highlighted Publications
Corrigan, K. H., Tung, S. H., Wang, B., & Xu, T. (Eds.) (2022). Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
Recent Publications
Wang, B., Zhang, C., Khamo, & Ye, S. (2025). Facing the era of generative artificial intelligence: Strategies of information and digital literacy in Chinese studies. IFLA Journal, 51(3), 787-802. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352241291905
Zhang, C., Wang, B., Ye, S., & Khamo, J. S. (2025). Proposing A Critical AI Literacy Framework for Academic Librarians: A Case Study of a Database-Anchored GenAI Tool for Chinese Studies. International Journal of Librarianship, 10(2), 34-47. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2025.vol10.2.431
Mowry, R., & Wang, B. (2024). Unlocking the Vault: Strategic Collaborations between Area Studies and Special Collections. International Journal of Librarianship, 9(4), 27-35. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2024.vol9.4.398
Corrigan, K. H., Tung, S. H., Wang, B., & Xu, T. (Eds.) (2022). Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
Wang, B. (2021). 外滩折叠——试读19世纪上海公泰照相馆的全景照片. 艺术收藏与鉴赏, (2021 (01)), 23-37.