Helen H. Shen, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures, The University of Iowa, USA. Currently she also serves as Chair for the SAT Subject (Chinese) Test Committee, College Board; serves on the Editorial Board for the two journals: Chinese as a Second Language and Chinese as a Second Language Research. Her major research areas are Chinese L2 literacy development and reading education. Website: www.myweb.uiowa.edu/hshen