Lin Chen

Lin Chen is Area Head and Clinical Associate Professor in the Writing Program at NYU Shanghai. Before joining NYU Shanghai, he developed, taught, and assisted in teaching a wide range of composition and writing-intensive literature courses at the University of Washington and the University of California, Riverside. He earned his PhD from the University of Washington, his MA from the University of California, Riverside, and his BA from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

Dr. Chen’s work brings together multiple fields of study including comparative literature, translation, rhetoric, composition, and general education. As a committed literacy instructor, he seeks to inspire students to think critically and engage with diverse perspectives. In both his teaching and research, he is passionate about bridging Chinese and Western traditions, highlighting their convergences and differences and demonstrating how these insights facilitate cross-cultural understanding and navigation.

Select Publications

• “Navigating Languages and Genres in a Global University.” Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, vol. 9, no. 2, 2025, pp. 113–20. https://doi.org/10.31719/pjaw.v9i2.241.

• Review Essay: “The Translational Encounter with Cultural China.” Translation and Interpreting Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, Dec. 2024, pp. 495–505. https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.00059.che

• Yeshuo tongshi xiezuo: meishi dayi zuowen de jingyan yu qishi 也说通识写作：美式大一作文的经验与启示 (Incorporating Writing into General Education: Insights from the American Experience). Tongshi jiaoyu pinglun 通识教育评论, vol. 12, 2023, pp. 93–106.

• “Hu Shi and the Birth of Modern Chinese Poetry: A Critique.” Literary Translation, Reception, and Transfer, edited by Norbert Bachleitner, De Gruyter, 2020, pp. 477–90. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110641998-038.

Education

• PhD, Comparative Literature
  University of Washington

• MA, Comparative Literature
  University of California, Riverside