Jenny Huangfu Day

Jenny Huangfu Day 皇甫峥峥 is Associate Professor of History at Skidmore College. She obtained her PhD in History from University of California San Diego in 2012 and her BA from the University of Washington in 2007. She grew up in Guilin, Guangxi and spends most of her time in Saratoga Springs, NY. 

Professor Day has published works in intellectual, cultural, and diplomatic history of late imperial and modern China, with a special interest in breaking disciplinary boundaries and integrating literary analysis, communication studies, and legal history into her historical work. Her monograph Qing Travelers to the Far West is an example of this type of work. The book is named one of the Outstanding Academic Title of 2019 by ACRL Choice.