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Eileen Chengyin Chow

Associate Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
2204 Erwin Rd, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
2204 Erwin Rd, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


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

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


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

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

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

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- )

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






Academic Positions Outside Duke


Director, Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism · 2013 - 2023 Shih Hsin University
Assistant Professor of Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies · 2000 - 2006 East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Cultural Studies · 2006 - 2010 East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University