Mark McConaghy is associate professor in the Department of Chinese Literature at National Sun Yat-sen University and as well as co-director of the university's Center for Global Co-Becoming and Transnational Sinology. His research focuses on modern Chinese and Taiwanese literary and intellectual history. His writings have appeared in the leading journals in his field, including China Information, Modern China, The International Journal of Taiwan Studies, The Journal of Asian Studies, Asian Studies Review, and more.