Clyde Wang Assistant Professor of Politics

Huntley 213
540-458-8313
cwang2@wlu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Clyde Yicheng Wang is an assistant professor at the Department of Politics. His research centers around ideology and media politics in authoritarian countries, with a regional focus on China. Clyde’s current book project, When the Party Starts Partying: Structure, Logic, and Contradictions of Propaganda in China's New Era, studies the collaboration between China’s media market, public discourse, and authoritarian propaganda. In addition to this main strand of research, Clyde also studies Chinese foreign policy, nationalism, and intellectual history.
Prior to joining W&L in 2023, Clyde obtained a PhD in political science at Boston University. His academic articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Contemporary China and Nations and Nationalism, and have been mentioned in media outlets such as the Washington Post. Apart from his scholarly work, he also writes as a columnist for several Chinese language media, including The Paper (Pengpai Xinwen) and The Initium (Duan Chuanmei).

Education

Ph.D. in Political Science, Boston University (2023)
M.A. in Political Science, Boston University (2019)
M.Sc. in China Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science (2016)
B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2015)

Research

Chinese Politics, Political Ideology, Media Politics, Public Opinion, Nationalism, Discourse Analysis, Intellectual History

Teaching

Chinese Politics, Global Politics, Media Politics, Ideology

Selected Publications

Clyde Yicheng Wang & Zifeng Chen (2023). From ‘Motherland’ to ‘Daddy State’: A Genealogical Analysis of the Gender Undertone in China’s Nationalist Discourses. Nations and Nationalism, 29(2), 751-767. 

Clyde Yicheng Wang (2023). Changing Strategies and Mixed Agendas: Contradiction and Fragmentation within China’s External Propaganda, Journal of Contemporary China, 32(142), 586-601.

Zifeng Chen & Clyde Yicheng Wang (2019). The Discipline of Happiness: The Foucauldian Use of the “Positive Energy” Discourse in China’s Ideological Works. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 48(2), 201-225. 

Clyde Yicheng Wang (2024). The Ideology is Blowing in the Wind: Managing Orthodoxy and Popularity in China’s Propaganda. Political Communication 41(3), 435-460.

Clyde Yicheng Wang (forthcoming). The self-image of propaganda: Biopolitics of yuqing governance. Critical Asian Studies.