Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen (1902-1991): Chinese American Education Pioneer and Founder of East Asian Studies at USC Main Menu Introduction Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen’s Life and Career at USC Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen's Scholarship Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen and the China Society of Southern California (CSSC) Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen’s Legacy to the USC and the Community Events and Celebration Archives and Resources

About the Project

41588 Dr. Theodore Hsi-en Chen (1902-1991)
Chinese American Education Pioneer and Founder of East Asian Studies at USC
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 the Chen family: Min Chen, Helen Cheng, Robert Cheng, Alan Pierpoint

Special Thanks to Tu-Nan Chang (Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, USC), 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), Kenneth Klein (Head Emeritus of USC East Asian Library from 1983 to 2020), Teh-Lung Ku (Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, USC), Theresa Ku, 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), Kaitlin Lam (Program Officer, East Asian Studies Center, USC), Haiwei Liu (Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities, ShanghaiTech University), Anne-Marie Maxwell (Programming & Exhibition Administrator, USC Libraries Exhibitions & Programming), Meredith Drake Reitan (Associate Dean, Graduate School, Office of the Provost, USC), Grace Ryu (Associate Director of East Asian Studies Center, USC), Christine Shaw (Program Administrator, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC), Bo Sun (Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist at Meta’s Reality Lab), Teresa Chi-ching Sun, Julianne Nha-Uyen Vu (Program Specialist, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC), Yaping Wo, and Ka Lee Wong (Dornsife General Education Fellow, USC), Li Yi (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health).

Special Thanks to our sponsors: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian Studies Center, East Asian Library, and USC Libraries.

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