Jeff Yang

Jeff Yang
楊致和
Born1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
OccupationWriter
Spouse
Heather Ying
(m. 2002; div. 2013)
Children2, including Hudson Yang
Jeff Yang
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Zhìhé

Jeff Yang (Chinese: 楊致和; born 1967 or 1968) is an American writer, journalist, businessman, and business/media consultant who writes the Tao Jones column for The Wall Street Journal. Previously, he was the "Asian Pop" columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. He is an expert on Asian American pop culture and is the co-author of RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now (2022) with Philip Wang and Phil Yu and The Golden Screen: The Movies That Made Asian America (2023).