Tina Chen

Tina Chen is an Associate Professor of English and Asian American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She serves as the founding editor of Verge: Studies in Global Asias and director of the PSU Global Asias Initiative. Her work bridges Asian American studies, Asian diaspora studies, and transpacific studies through interdisciplinary frameworks.

• B.A. and M.A., Georgetown University
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Her research focuses on speculative fictions, global Asias as an epistemological framework, and reimagining academic labor beyond traditional categorizations. She critiques boundaries between area studies and diaspora studies, advocating for cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange.

Her current projects include Tactics and Theories for a Global Asias Praxis (collaborative book) and Alien Forms: Global Asias and Other Speculative Genres of Academic Labor, which challenges conventional academic labor structures.

As a mentor, she guides students in Asian American studies, comparative ethnic literatures, and transpacific studies, supporting both academic and non-academic career paths.

She directs the Global Asias Initiative, fostering collaborative research and pedagogy across disciplines.