Wang Yu, male, Tujia people, was born on July 31, 1985. Native place: Qianjiang District, Chongqing. He received a bachelor's degree in History from Nankai University in 2007, went to the University of Wisconsin for exchange from 2011 to 2012, and was granted a doctoral degree in History by Peking University in 2014.

Research field: American history, American political culture, history of social sciences, historiography theory, and development-modernization research.

Courses taught by Wang: American history, modern world history, and professional English translation.