Amy Hildreth Chen is employed as the Assistant Director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Placing Papers: The American Literary Archives Market (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020) in addition to other academic work in archives, mentoring and pedagogy, games and game design, and open education. She received her PMP from the Project Management Institute in 2021, PhD in English from Emory University in 2013, and her BA in English and Political Science from University of Iowa in 2006. Previously, Chen worked in academic librarianship, project management, and scientific editing. Chen lives in North Liberty, Iowa with her husband, son, and dog.