Mahjong

Annelise Heinz is an author and associate professor of history at the University of Oregon, where she teaches women’s history, gender and sexuality, ethnicity and immigration, and consumerism. Her work has been featured on National Public Radio and international Chinese television. She has lived and played Mahjong in the United States and Southwestern China. She authored “Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture,” which won the Pacific Coast Branch Book Award.