Sonia M.L. Wong

Sonia Kwok Wong is an Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD in Religious Studies from Vanderbilt University. Her dissertation is entitled “The Solomonic Kingdom as a Cultural Fantasy of the Imperialized Yehudites,” in which she analyzes 1 Kings 1:1-12:24 from a postcolonial-psychoanalytic perspective with the Freudian notion of fantasy as a wish-fulfilling narrative. Sonia has a B.Ed. (University of Alberta; 1994), a M.Div. (Chinese University of Hong Kong; 2008), and a M.A. (Vanderbilt University; 2013). Before she embarked on her academic journey, she taught high-school mathematics and music for eleven years. Her research interests include the Deuteronomistic History, the Pentateuch, Chinese Popular Religion, postcolonial biblical criticism, and psychoanalytic criticism. Sonia has diverse interests, including swimming, hiking, singing, playing piano, and cooking.