Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen (1902-1991): Chinese American Education Pioneer and Founder of East Asian Studies at USC

About the Project

This Scalar project is organized by Li-Ping Chen (Postdoctoral Scholar and Teaching Fellow, East Asian Studies Center, USC) and Tang Li (Acting Head and Chinese Studies Librarian, USC's East Asian Library) in association with an on-site exhibition and a panel discussion about Dr. Chen's life and legacy hosted by USC Libraries in Spring 2023. Part of this research is funded by Sources of Social Justice: The Floyd Covington Fellowship.

Special Thanks to

Chen family: Min Chen, Helen Cheng, Dave Cheng, Robert Cheng, Sandy Cheng, Alan Pierpoint

Dr. Chen’s friends and former colleagues: Tu-Nan Chang (Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, USC), Guilbert C. Hentschke (Stoops Dean and Cooper Chair Emeritus, Rossier School of Education, USC), Margaret Hentschke, Kenneth Klein (Head Emeritus of USC East Asian Library from 1983 to 2020), Teh-Lung Ku (Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, USC), Theresa Ku, Teresa Chi-ching Sun, and Yaping Wo.

Chen fellowship recipients, the China Society of Southern California, and those who have generously supported our project: Yvonne Chang (Secretary/Treasurer of the China Society of Southern California), Susan Dickson (Vice President and past President of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California), Alexandria Eloriaga (Program Specialist, East Asian Studies Center, USC), Curtis Fletcher (Program Administrator, USC Libraries Ahmanson Lab), Tyson Gaskill (Executive Director, Planning And Communications, USC Libraries Exhibitions & Programming), Kaitlin Lam (Program Officer, East Asian Studies Center, USC), Haiwei Liu (Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities, ShanghaiTech University), Bob Lee (Chair of the China Society of Southern California), Sonya Lee (Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Religion, Department Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Director of East Asian Studies Center, USC), Anne-Marie Maxwell (Programming & Exhibition Administrator, USC Libraries Exhibitions & Programming), Hugh McHarg (Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, USC Libraries Library Administration), Pedro A. Noguera (Distinguished Professor of Education, Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, Rossier School of Education, USC), Lawrence O. Picus (Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration, Professor of Education Finance and Policy, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Rossier School of Education, USC), Meredith Drake Reitan (Associate Dean, Graduate School, Office of the Provost, USC), Micaela Rodgers (Program Specialist, USC Libraries Library Administration), Stanley Rosen (Professor of Political Science, USC), Grace Ryu (Associate Director of East Asian Studies Center, USC), Christine Shaw (Program Administrator, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC), Howard Smith (Art Director, USC Libraries Exhibitions & Programming), Bo Sun (Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist at Meta’s Reality Lab), Felicia Tabing (Board member of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and member of the China Society of Southern California), Julianne Nha-Uyen Vu (Program Specialist, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC), Ka Lee Wong (Dornsife General Education Fellow, USC), and Li Yi (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health).

Our sponsors: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian Studies Center, East Asian Library, and USC Libraries.

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