Wen Huang, PhD, is a Professor at Southwest Minzu University, China, specializing in cultural heritage studies, tourism management, and anthropology. Her research interests focus on heritage corridors and cultural routes, ethnic tourism, place-making, mobility, and perceptual recognition, with particular attention to ethnic regions in Southwest China and the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
Dr. Huang received her PhD in Cultural Heritage and Tourism from Sichuan University, following an MA in Tourism Management from the same institution and a BA from Sichuan Normal University. She has developed a long-term academic career at Southwest Minzu University, where she has served as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Master Supervisor, and currently Professor. Internationally, she has been a Research Affiliate at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and previously at the University of Boston, experiences that have strengthened her comparative and interdisciplinary research perspective.
As a Principal Investigator, Dr. Huang has led multiple competitive research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Her funded research addresses heritage corridor protection, regional social resilience, ethnic tourism development, poverty alleviation, and post-disaster and post-pandemic cultural revitalization.
Dr. Huang has published extensively, including academic monographs, textbooks, policy reports, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Her work has been presented at major international conferences such as the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers and published by leading academic presses. She has also contributed to national bilingual teaching materials in tourism and cultural heritage.
In teaching, Dr. Huang offers graduate and undergraduate courses on cultural heritage, cultural anthropology, and contemporary Chinese society, taught in both Chinese and English. Her academic achievements have been recognized through multiple honors, including provincial awards in philosophy and social sciences and distinctions as a youth expert in tourism at both national and provincial levels.
Dr. Huang received her PhD in Cultural Heritage and Tourism from Sichuan University, following an MA in Tourism Management from the same institution and a BA from Sichuan Normal University. She has developed a long-term academic career at Southwest Minzu University, where she has served as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Master Supervisor, and currently Professor. Internationally, she has been a Research Affiliate at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and previously at the University of Boston, experiences that have strengthened her comparative and interdisciplinary research perspective.
As a Principal Investigator, Dr. Huang has led multiple competitive research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Her funded research addresses heritage corridor protection, regional social resilience, ethnic tourism development, poverty alleviation, and post-disaster and post-pandemic cultural revitalization.
Dr. Huang has published extensively, including academic monographs, textbooks, policy reports, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Her work has been presented at major international conferences such as the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers and published by leading academic presses. She has also contributed to national bilingual teaching materials in tourism and cultural heritage.
In teaching, Dr. Huang offers graduate and undergraduate courses on cultural heritage, cultural anthropology, and contemporary Chinese society, taught in both Chinese and English. Her academic achievements have been recognized through multiple honors, including provincial awards in philosophy and social sciences and distinctions as a youth expert in tourism at both national and provincial levels.
