Professor Chen has contributed to the local, national, and international communities as a consultant for the 2011-2012 exhibition on "Power | Play: China's Empress Dowager" at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., the GW Textile Museum liaison, Study Abroad liaison, Foreign Language Advisor for the Anthropological Quarterly, and board members of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MAR/AAS, 2011-2012), and the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE, ongoing).
2012-- Foreign Language Advisor, Anthropological Quarterly
2011-2012 Consultant, Exhibition on "Power | Play: China's Empress Dowager" at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.
2011 Reader for the Chinese applications, the 2011 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
2011-2012 Member, Advisory Council, Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MAR-AAS)
2010 -- Member, Chinese Language Advisory Board, CIEE
2007 -- AP (Advanced Placement) grader, Mandarin Chinese, College Board
University, College, and Departmental:
2014-- Director of the Chinese Program, George Washington University
Fall 2013-- Co-organizer, East Asian Humanities Lecture Series, GW
Spring 2014 Hosted Nancy Guy's presention (GW Sigur Center for Asian Studies)
Fall 2013 Co-hosted Andy Chih-ming Wang as a visiting scholar and Chih-ming Yang as an invited speaker
Sep. 2011-- Textile Museum Liaison, EALL, GW
Sep. 2011-- Library Liaison, EALL, GW
Aug. 2011 Participation in the development of the ESIA Chinese language diagnostic exam. I designed two exams for Levels 7-8 (107-108).
Sep. 2010 -- Study Abroad Liaison, EALL, GW
2007-2009 Participation in the development of a Chinese major (with a heritage-speaker student track) and new course proposals, including "Modern Chinese Literature," "Chinese Cinema and Performance," "Introduction to Chinese Literature and Culture," "Traditional Chinese Literature and Culture," "Written Chinese for Professional and Academic Purposes I & II," and "Classical Chinese Reading and Writing," among others.
2005 -- Supervision of full-time, part-time, and graduate instructors in Chinese Program (approx. 10 per academic year and 3 during the summer)
2005 -- Supervision of undergraduate interns and peer tutors in Chinese Program (approx.12 per semester)
2005 -- Administration of Mandarin Chinese language proficiency examinations
2006-2007 Consultation for new Chinese courses offered at Penn State Scranton Campus and Lehigh Valley Campus
April 2007 Hosted playwright and director Stan Lai's (賴聲川) visit, broadcasted several times on C-NET, the government and education access network of Centre Country, Pennsylvania, which uses CETV (Channel 98)
April 2007 Co-hosted Prof. Zhang Longxi's (張隆溪) visit
2007 Judge, 12th Annual Mr. and Mrs. Asian Pacific American (APA) Penn State Pageant, organized by alpha Kappa Delta Phi and Lambda Phi Epsilon
2005 -- Organization of annual Chinese New Year Drama Night and Speech Contest
2005 -- Supervision of weekly calligraphy, Chinese chess and study abroad workshops organized by the Chinese Program instructional interns