Yanbing Tan

Assistant Professor of Chinese
B.A., Austin College; M.A., PhD, Washington University
yatan@sewanee.edu

Yanbing Tan studied Chinese and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She has broad interests in late imperial Chinese literature and culture, with a focus on the comic and humor in fiction and drama from the 17^th century to the late 19^th century. Her dissertation examines the relationship between the romantic and the comedic in chuanqi, one of the most important dramatic genres in late imperial China.