Wendy Larson is professor emerita at the University of Oregon. She holds a PhD and MA from the University of California at Berkeley, and a BA from the University of Oregon. Dr. Larson's previous publications include From Ah Q to Lei Feng: Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in 20th Century China, Women and Writing in Modern China, and Literary Authority and the Chinese Writer: Ambivalence and Autobiography, as well as many journal articles. Dr. Larson is currently working on a study of comparative optimism under socialism and capitalism in 1950s China and the United States.
