BIO

Dr. Anne Chao received her M. A. and Ph.D. from Rice’s Department of History (2005 and 2009), under the direction of Prof. Richard J. Smith. Her research interests include using computational techniques to do network analysis, text-mining, and archival research on historical figures in the late Qing, early Republican China, as well as in the immigration history of Asian Americans to the south.

The Houston Asian American Archive was founded by Dr. Anne Chao in 2009. Aside, Dr. Chao has also taught courses and mentored students in the Program in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities, and in the Department of History.

Dr. Chao is a College Associate and a Divisional Advisor to undeclared humanities students at Lovett College. She is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Chao Center for Asian Studies, the Kinder Institute, the Shepherd School of Music, and a member of the Patron Group of the Moody Center for the Arts.