Chih-Ping Chen, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of English
Joined Alma College Faculty in 2000
Swanson Academic Center 341
(989) 463-7243
Office Hours: MW: 1-2; TuTh: 2:3-4
Homepage: http://othello.alma.edu/~chen/asianamerican
Education
- Ph.D. English, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2000
- M.A. British and American Literature, National Taiwan University
- B.A. British and American Literature, National Chengchi University
Research Interests
Nineteenth-Century British Literature; Gender Criticism; Twentieth-Century Ethnic Literature; Post-Colonial Theory and Literature; Gothic Fiction; Crime and Detective Fiction
Recent Courses Taught
- Crime and Detective Fiction. ENG 120.
- Asian American Literature Travel Course. ENG 381.181.
- Journey and Expedition in British Romantics and Victorians. ENG 355.
- British Survey II. ENG 251.
- Gothic Fiction. ENG 134.
Directed Student Presentations and Achievements
Selected Book Publications
- Chih-Ping Chen. A Good Man Is Hard to Find, by Flannery O�Connor, Book translation in Chinese. Publisher: Liangin (Taipei, Taiwan). ISBN 957-08-0331-2. 1990 ed. 1990.
- Chih-Ping Chen. Great Days, by Donald Barthelme, Book translation in Chinese. Publisher: Kongfu (Taipei, Taiwan). 1988 ed. 1988.
Selected Articles
- Chih-Ping Chen. "Educating Women and Women's Educability: Figuring the Host with Cole, Ruskin, and Eliot in the Museum." Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism. 2008, Vol. 30, Issue 3, P. 243-265 November 2008.
- Chih-Ping Chen. "'Am I a monster?': Jane Eyre Among the Shadows of Freaks." Studies in the Novel. 2003. Vol. 34. Issue 4 2003.
- Chih-Ping Chen. "Essay on Edwin Rolfe." Critical Survey of Poetry, Salem Press. Second Revised Edition, 2002 2002.
- Chih-Ping Chen. "Essays on Mary Johnston, William Meredith, Mary Noailles Murfree, and Edwin Rolfe." Encyclopedia of American War Literature, Greenwood Press. 2001 2001.
- Chih-Ping Chen. "Essays on Shawn Wong and Lois-Ann Yamanaka." Asian-American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press. 2000 2000.
Selected Reviews
- Chih-Ping Chen. Review of Desiring Women: The Partnership of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, by Karyn Z. Sproles. Kritikon Litteratum (International Book Review for American, English, Romance, and Slavic Studies). 36.1 (2009): 96-99
- Chih-Ping Chen. Review of Narrative Settlements: Geographies of British Women�s Fiction Between the Wars, by Jennifer Poulos Nesbitt. Kritikon Litteratum (International Book Review for American, English, Romance, and Slavic Studies). 35.4 (2008): 103-107
- Chih-Ping Chen. Review of Invalidism and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by Maria H. Frawley. Kritikon Litteratum (International Book Review for American, English, Romance, and Slavic Studies). 2005
Recent Presentations
- "Of Mimicry and Racial Freaks: Shirley Temple and Her "Other" American Sisters." National Association of African American Studies. Barton Rouge, Louisiana. Feb., 2006.
- "Integrationg Activism into Women's Studies Courses and Student Performance." Michigan's Women's Studies Association Conference. Oakland University, Michigan. April, 2005.
Awards, Honors, Recognitions
- Faculty Small Grant
- Discovering Vocation Course Development Grant
- DaimlerChrysler Minority Retention Awards
- Service Learning Course Development Grant
- Outstanding Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
Professional Memberships
- The National Council of Teachers of English
- Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies
- Modern Language Association
Service to the College
- Chair. English Department
- Advisor. International Club
- Co-director. Women's Studies Program
- Advisor. Women's Issues Advisory Board
- Member.President's Diversity Advisory Council
- Co-chair, English Department
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