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Jean Ho

Dr. Jean Ho

Assistant Professor

English, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Email: jeho@chapman.edu

Website: https://www.jean-chen-ho.com/

Education:: University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Master of Fine Arts
University of Southern California, Ph.D.

Biography

Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane, named one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022; a “Best Book of the Year” (NPR, Vulture, Vogue, Oprah Daily, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle); and longlisted for the 2023 Story Prize.Her writing appears in New York Times Magazine, Sewanee Review, The Cut, Electric Literature, Los Angeles Times, Guernica, and elsewhere. She was born in Taiwan and lives in Los Angeles.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Los Angeles Times, Review of Laureen D. Hom’s “The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles" (book review); Los Angeles Review of Books, "Travel Sarah" (essay); Criterion Channel, How to Stay, When to Vanish: Bi Gan’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night" (essay); New York Times Book Review, Julia Lee’s “Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America" (book review); New York Times Book Review, American Stories, Coast to Coast: Three New Story Collections (book review); The Cut (New York Magazine), "Clairvoyance" (short story); Electric Literature, "Kenji’s Notebook" (short story); Viking/Penguin, Fiona and Jane (story collection); Georgia Review, "The Night Market" (short story); Guernica Magazine, "Doppelgängers" (short story)