Professor Fix, who teaches in the History Department at Reed College, established his connection with Taiwan very early, researching the Taiwan literature of the 1930s and 40s as well as the February 28 Incident of 1947. His work has earned him accolades as one of the most outstanding foreign specialists of Taiwanese history.
任教於美國奧勒岡州里德學院歷史系的費德廉，與台灣結緣甚早，除了上述的工作，他更早早展開 1930 至 40 年代台灣文學和 228 事件研究，堪稱外籍台灣史專家中的翹楚。