Shiuhhauh Serena Chou (周序樺)​ received her Ph.D. in comparative literature at the University of Southern California in 2007, and is Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Her research focus on American environmental literature and theory. Her essays appear in journals including Concentric, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S., Comparative Literature Studies, and Foreign Literature Studies. She is at work on a book manuscript on American organic farming literature and culture.