Playwright and theater director Elizabeth Wong (photo at right) has been named artist-in-residence from Feb. 16 to 21 for the OSU Department of Theatre.

Wong, who resides in Los Angeles, is known for her comedy and social satire. During her visits with OSU students she will discuss “Ethnic Stereotyping in Film and Television: Echoes of Real Life Then and Now” through the filter of her award-winning off-Broadway play China Doll and her comedic satire Kimchee & Chitlins.

In April, Wong is an invited panelist at Harvard University. Wong, scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and actress Anna Devere Smith will discuss social unrest and the L.A. Riots.

Wong, who has a master’s in fine arts from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, was a Disney Writing Fellow and a writer for comedian Margaret Cho’s All-American Girl.

A playwriting workshop on Feb. 21 is open to theater and English majors. Wong’s residence is funded by the Arts and Humanities Lecture Series. The OSU Department of Theatre is one of 24 departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.