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Michelle Liu is a Teaching Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington. She specializes in teaching writing and exploring themes of identity, history, emotion, and storytelling. Liu has engaged in public discussions through the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, presenting talks such as 'The Country Fiction Built' and 'What Laughter Tells Asian Americans, Comedy, Belonging.' Her research interests focus on the mobilization of race and gender in narratives of national belonging, with archival research into American cultural productions by Asians from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Currently, she is particularly interested in the representation of Asian Americans and how it reflects and refracts expressions of doubts regarding American cultural vitality. Additionally, Liu emphasizes the importance of providing students with opportunities to consider literature and writing within the context of the digital age.
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