Eileen Chengyin Chow

Associate Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies · 2021 - Present Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Director of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute · 2025 - Present University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Professional Training and Employment

Director, Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism · 2013 - 2023 Shih Hsin University (Taiwan)

Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Cultural Studies · 2006 - 2010 Harvard University, East asian languages and civilizations

Assistant Professor of Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies · 2000 - 2006 Harvard University, East asian languages and civilizations

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

Acting Director, Asia Pacific Studies Institute (Fall 2024, 2025-26)

Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. in East Asian Studies (2022 - )

Duke Faculty Academy Inaugural Cohort (2024-25)

Executive Committee Member, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (2021-23, 2025-)

Core Faculty, Asian American and Diaspora Studies at Duke, (2018 - )

Core Faculty, Graduate Program in Critical Asian Humanities at Duke (2014 - )

Co-Faculty Advisor, Lang Dorm LLC

Co-editor with Carlos Rojas, Sinotheory, Duke University Press book series (2017 - )

Co-Founder and Director, Story Lab at Duke (2015 - )
Story Lab at Franklin Humanities Institute (2015-2018)
Story Lab at Link 6 Perkins (2018- )

University and Provostial Committees: University Committee on Century Courses (2024-26), Constellations Course Lead (2024-26), Provost’s Committee on Peer Evaluation (2022- ), Racial Equity Advisory Council (REAC), Committee Member (2021-2024), Provost’s Advisory Committee for Online Education (ACOE) (2019-2022)