Oliver S. Wang
(He/Him)
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Popular music, food, arts/culture, Asian American culture and community issues
Culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Author of Legions of Boom and co-host of @heatrockspod
Oliver S. Wang’s Biography
Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU-Long Beach and the author of "Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews of the San Francisco Bay Area" (Duke Univ. Press, 2015). He is currently a project curator for the Japanese American National Museum, working on an exhibit about Japanese American car culture in Los Angeles.
He’s a regular writer on music, arts and culture for outlets including NPR's All Things Considered, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, and KCET’s Artbound. He has co-hosted the podcasts Pop Rocket and Heat Rocks and is currently developing a new podcast on the songs of Asian America.