William Wei
- Professor
- MODERN CHINA
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Professor Wei in an expert on the Republican period of modern Chinese history.
Professor Wei teaches a variety of courses in modern Chinese history, including "Modern China: Collapse and Brilliance, 1644-1949" and "Contemporary China: Radicalism and Reform, 1949 to Present."
Professor Wei received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His first book, , Michigan Studies on China Series (University of Michigan Press, 1985), received the University of Colorado's Eugene M. Kayden Faculty Book Manuscript Prize. His most recent book, , Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies (University of Washington Press, 2016), was selected as a finalist for the 2017 Colorado Authors’ League Award for General Non-Fiction. Wei is the Colorado State Historian, 2019-2020.
Professor Wei is not currently accepting gradaute students.