Shilong Peng received an M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Beijing Foreign Studies University, followed by an M.A. in Film Studies from Renmin University of China. Before beginning his doctoral studies, he taught East Asian cinema, Chinese culture, and Chinese–English translation at a university in China.

He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina. His research interests include visual culture, Chinese literature, ethnic minority cinema, and gender and sexuality. He is teaching an undergraduate course at University of South Carolina.