Iris Chang
Written by Kate Suits, Mary Ann MacLean Educator
Iris Chang was born in Princeton, New Jersey to Chinese immigrant parents and was raised in Urbana, Illinois. She attended the University of Illinois, initially as a computer science major, but quickly switched to journalism. After graduating in 1989, Chang pursued several journalistic avenues, working for the Associated Press and The Chicago Tribune until she completed her graduate studies in writing from Johns Hopkins University.