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Anne S. Chao is a lecturer at Rice University and a board member of the Houston Endowment Inc., a philanthropy endowed by Jesse H. Jones and Mary Gibbs Jones. She also serves on the governing boards of the Houston Public Library Foundation, the Houston Ballet, the Alley Theatre, and St. John's School. In addition, she is a current member of the governing boards for Inprintand Teach for America. She is an honored member of the Rice University community, serving on the advisory boards of the Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies, Shepherd School of Music, and the Center for the Study of Gender, Women, and Sexuality. In 2010, the Association of Rice Alumni honored Anne and her husband, Albert, with a Meritorious Service Award for their dedication to the institution.

Education
Dr. Chao graduated from Wellesley College in 1973 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chinese Studies. She then earned a Master’s and Doctoral degree in history from Rice University in 2005 and 2009, respectively. Her Ph.D. dissertationexplored the transnational networks of Chen Duxiu in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Publications and Research
Dr. Chao has published articles on | Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Duxiu (in Chinese), Hu Shi, the World Peace Movement, and on [http://books.google.com/books?id=XFcAjvlW41QC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Moving+In,+Moving+Up,+and+Moving+Around:+Literary+Perspectives+on+the+History+of+Chinese-American+Migration&source=bl&ots=rCQcYp8iXX&sig=1lgL-A7i-bd7Y-G3iynrwlH94JM&hl=en&ei=FAzQToalC9H5sQLq8aDdDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Moving%20In%2C%20Moving%20Up%2C%20and%20Moving%20Around%3A%20Literary%20Perspectives%20on%20the%20History%20of%20Chinese-American%20Migration&f=false literary perspectives of Chinese-American migration. ]. She has also presented an article on the literary cross-currents of women writers in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in the late twentieth century. In addition, she has taught a course on the history of Chinese women in the twentieth century. Now a lecturer at Rice University, her studies focus on Chinese community and society, history, culture, education, language, and literature.

Community Involvement
Dr. Chao and her husband supported the founding of the Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies, which has strengthened Rice’s engagement in Asia while increasing ties to other universities in the region.. Dr. Chao also serves as the Director for the Houston Endowment Inc.. She also serves on the governing board for Inprintand Teach for America.

Awards

 * Meritorious Service Award, Association of Rice Alumni, 2010.
 * Rice University’s Dissertation Award Co-Winner: Captain Charles Septimus Longcope Award in History, 2009.
 * Named one of Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women for 2011 by the Houston Woman Magazine.