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John Kuo Wei Tchen


John Kuo Wei Tchen, also known as Jack, is the co-founder of the Museum of Chinese in America and the founding director of the A/P/A Studies Program and Institute at New York University. He is the author of several books on Chinatown, including "New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882" and "Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown, 1895-1905." He is the co-author of "Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear." Jack was featured in the film 9-Man (documentary) and is a frequently called-upon expert on Chinatown and Asian American topics.



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