Rate My Professor Chang Woei Ong

Chang Woei Ong is Professor of Humanities and Head of the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He has served as Professor in the Department of Chinese Studies since 2019 and as Head of the Department since January 2022.

Ong earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from NUS in 1995, a Master of Arts from NUS in 1997, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 2004 in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. His research focuses on Chinese history, particularly the literati of the Guanzhong region. He is the author of the book Men of Letters within the Passes: Guanzhong Literati in Chinese History, 907–1911, published in 2008 by the Harvard University Asia Center.