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Dr. Howard Y. F. Choy, Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Cultural Studies, received his Ph.D. in comparative literature and humanities from the University of Colorado. A journalist and theater critic from Hong Kong, he joined the Wittenberg faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures and East Asian Studies in 2007. His research interests focus on Chinese culture and literature, with the most recent project on a comparative study of political jokes across mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. Currently editing a book of Liu Zaifu's selected essays, he is the author of Remapping the Past: Fictions of History in Deng's China, 1979-97 and the assistant author of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism (2005). He has also published a number of articles and translations in major scholarly journals, including positions and American Journal of Chinese Studies. Dr. Choy taught at Stanford University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. His teaching includes all levels of Chinese, business Chinese, and courses in Chinese literature and East Asian civilizations. Tel.: (937) 327-6354. Office: 226 Hollenbeck.