Penglin Wang
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M.A. in Ethnology
Ph.D. in Linguistics
Penglin Wang | |
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| Born | |
| Occupations | Linguist, linguistic and cultural anthropologist, academic and author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Diploma in Russian M.A. in Ethnology Ph.D. in Linguistics |
| Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Studies University The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Thesis | Description of Dagur verb morphology (1993) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Central Washington University (CWU) |
Penglin Wang (王鵬林) is a linguist, linguistic and cultural anthropologist, academic, and author. He is a professor in the Department of Anthropology & Museum Studies at Central Washington University (CWU).[1][2]
Wang is most known for his work in linguistic anthropology, linguistics, cognitive anthropology, cultural anthropology, and Asian studies, with a focus on Central Eurasia and China.[3] He has contributed to academic papers and conference presentations in his field and is the author of two books: Number Conception and Application and Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia.[4]
Wang, an ethnic Dagur from the Dagur Autonomous Banner in eastern Inner Mongolia, was raised speaking Dagur and educated in Chinese in western Heilongjiang. He earned a Diploma (equivalent to a B.A.) in Russian from Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1977. He then obtained an M.A. in Ethnology from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in 1981. He was also a Degree Fellow at the East-West Center for four years and completed his Ph.D. in linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1993,[5] with a thesis titled "Description of Dagur Verb Morphology."[6]
Career
Wang resumed his academic career as a part-time Chinese Instructor at the Far Eastern Institute of Advanced Studies in Honolulu from May to July 1994 and as a part-time Research Assistant at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa from August to December 1994. He served as a University Lecturer, later becoming an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2001.[7]
Wang conducted fieldwork across China, researching minority languages and cultures from 1980 to 2001, including Dagur, Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mongolian, and Turkic, in regions such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Guangxi. He organized and supervised expeditions, studying the linguistic and cultural practices of indigenous and minority groups in Inner Mongolia and Taiwan.[7][8] Following this, he joined CWU, where he was an assistant professor from September 2001 to August 2004, an associate professor from September 2004 to August 2009, and has been a professor in the Department of Anthropology & Museum Studies since September 2009.[9]