Iris Shun-Ru Chang
born March 28, 1968 Princeton, New Jersey
died by suicide on a road south of San Francisco, near Los Gatos, November 9, 2004
father Shau-Jin Chang, a physics professor at the University of Illinois
mother Ying-Ying Chang, a microbiology professor at the University of Illinois
brother Michael Chang
grandparents had fled from Nanking
grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
University of Illinois, BS, journalism 1989
Johns Hopkins University, MS, science writing 1991
Thread of the Silkworm 1995
The Rape of Nanking 1997
The Chinese in America 2003
The late historian Stephen Ambrose described Chang as "maybe the best historian we've got."
"She understands that to communicate history, you've got to tell the story in an interesting way," he added. "She uses those vital storytelling rhythms."
home Sunnyvale, California
married Brett Douglas (Bretton Lee Douglas) August 17, 1991, a design engineer for Cisco Systems
son Christopher Douglas, age 2
Iris Chang Official Website - cached
Iris Chang press links (old page)
Sue De Pasquale article in Johns Hopkins Magazine
Iris Chang papers at CEMA - California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
Paul Wood article in Champaign News-Gazette
Nilanjana S Roy article in Business Standard