Sean Wang Zi-Ming

Why CompLit?

As a joint concentrator in CompLit and Environmental Science and Public Policy, I’ve enjoyed the flexibility, support, and encouragement I’ve been given to pursue my own path. The interdisciplinary nature of CompLit classes and tutorials means I often find myself creating generative connections with other fields and methodologies. The junior tutorial was a highlight of my experience—I developed my academic interests with independence and ownership, with the guidance of mentors in a wonderful community!

Senior,

Lowell House, sean_wangziming AT college

Languages: French, Chinese
Tutorial interest: I am interested in how scientific and proto-scientific texts, from the Early Modern period onwards, construct and complicate the relationship between humans and the natural world. Drawing on theories from the environmental humanities and new materialism, I explore the permeability of disciplinary boundaries as literary and scientific imaginations intersect in response to moments of troubling hybridity.