Chen’s research explores strategies for queer, transgender, and gender & sexual non-conforming cultural activism at the turn of the 21st century, with the transition from the cultural politics of the late 20th century towards global cultural economies facilitated by print, image, and information media. His work brings into contact queer and transgender critique; film, media, and communications; East Asian diasporas; post-semiotics; and comparative ethnic studies. Chen is affiliated faculty of Sexuality Studies, Asian American Studies, Women’s, Chen was an Assistant Professor and a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Chen received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine and B.A. degrees in Ethnic Studies and English at the University of California, Berkeley.