Dr. Chen teaches international policy courses. He served as President of the Association of Chinese Political Studies in 2001-2003 and on the editorial boards of three professional journals. Dr. Chen had served as Chair of Department of Political Science, International Affairs & Public Administration at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) for six years before he joined the University of Mississippi as chair of Department of Public Policy Leadership in 2013. As a scholar, he has published books and articles in professional journals and contributed chapters to many books.