Jonah Katz is a student of late imperial Chinese literature. He received his Master's degree in Chinese Literature from National Taiwan University and an Honors B.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Utah. His master's thesis work explored paralleling ideological trends of Ming philosophy and the popular genre of fiction known as scholar-beauty tales. At the core of this comparison is the concept of titie 體貼, which simultaneously expresses thoughtful and considerate care for others as well as the experience of knowledge that is felt at a personal, bodily level. In the future, Jonah aspires to do innovative, interdisciplinary, and potentially cross-cultural research to explore and learn from many different people's stories and experiences.