Wu, Hsin-Yang
Hsin-Yang, Wu is a PhD Candidate of the University of Washington School of Law, Seattle. He rceived an LL.B. and an LL.M. from the National Taiwan University and an Asian & Comparative Law LL.M. from the UW School of Law. He worked in the Arbitration Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and engaged in several government research projects on the Japanese Colonial Court decisions, the Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Law, the Administrative Act, and the Fair Trade Law. He was sponsored by the Taiwanese government to further his research at Asian Law Center of the UW School of Law. His dissertation will be on official language legislation in modern states. His research will extend to human rights, especially language rights and equal protection of minorities, indigenous peoples, and immigrants. He enjoys singing while driving alone but refuses to sing in public. He likes to watch baseball games and play video games, but he never identifies himself as an otaku.

back to top

Kuo, Yang-Yi
Yang-Yi Kuo is a Ph.D. student in Anthropology at the University College London (UCL). He was an exhibit designer at National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan. He received his M.Arch. in Architectural Design from Tunghai University and B.Sc. in Zoology from National Taiwan University. He is currently doing his fieldwork in Northern Taiwan and working on his dissertation on the role material culture plays in the diaspora's everyday life. He is also interested in the embodied experiences of cities and poetic representations of museums.

back to top

Chang, Hsiao-Chi
Hsiao-Chi Chang is a PhD. Candidate in Education at the University of California, Davis. Her emphasis area is educational policy and school organization. Currently, she is working on her dissertation on Student Engagement and Quality of Higher Education: A Contextual and Analytical Study of Current Taiwanese Undergraduates. Her educational backgrounds is multidisciplinary from B.A. in Chinese Literature with minor in Foreign Language at National Tsinghua University (2001-2005), Master in Educational Leadership at The University of Montana, National Chengchi University (2005-2007).

back to top

Derek Sheridan
Derek Sheridan received an M.A. in Social Science and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. He is currently living and working in Taiwan while he applies to Ph.D. programs. His research interests involve the social and cultural history of the American diplomatic/military presence in Taiwan during the Cold War, the politics of memory and political performance.

back to top

Liu, Yen-Chi
Yen-Chi Liu is a JSD student in Law at University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include child welfare and behaviors of welfare agency.

back to top

Chen, Chien-Yuan
Chien-Yuan Chen is currently a visiting researcher in Department of Sociology at Peking University and Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in Department of Anthropology at University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is working on his fieldwork focusing on East Asian tourism and mutual imagination(s) behind these activities. He also focuses on anthropology of food and cuisine and Japanese popular culture in general.

back to top

Hung, Christine
Christine Hung is from Taipei, Taiwan. She obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literature (major: English) from National Chung-Cheng University. She was lead actress and publicity manager for the annual graduate performance in her department at university and served as English tutor in a private institution in Taiwan. Prior to coming to Sydney 7 years ago, she did part-time interpreting for IDP. After finishing an MA in Theatre Studies and a second MA in Chinese Studies with a thesis on Hou Hsiao-hsien at UNSW, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Cinema Studies in UWS. She served as a research assistant and tutor in Film History at UNSW and is also a guest lecturer in Asian Cinema at UWS. Currently, she is teaching children mandarin at ACCS in Sydney as well as writing her PhD thesis on Hou Hsiao-hsien's women-centered cinematic texts, which engages with culture, gender, and political history.

back to top

Guo, Wei-Ting
Wei-Ting Guo is a Ph.D. student in Asian Studies at University of British Columbia. He received his LL.B and M.L. from College of Law, National Taiwan University, and his LL.M. from Gould School of Law, University of Southern California. His main interest lies in legal transitions in Taiwan during the Qing, Japanese, and Nationalist periods, as well as correlation among legal practices, popular religion, and other intellectual traditions in late imperial China. His dissertation will examine violent culture in Qing-ruled Taiwan with a focus on its interaction with memory, identity, ideology, and legal sensibility.

back to top

Wang, Wan-Jui
Wan-Jui Wang (王萬睿) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Film Studies at University of Exeter. He received his B.A. degree in Chinese Literature (Creative Writing Section) from Chinese Culture University. He got his first master degree in Taiwanese Literature at National Cheng Kung University and second master in Critical Media and Cultural Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His academic interests include in Taiwanese literature, Taiwan cinema, transnational Chinese cinemas and postcolonial studies. He is currently working on his dissertation titled "Crossing Borders in Taiwan Cinema: Ethnicity, Nationhood and Identity". You are welcome to contact him at: wanjui1230@gmail.com.

back to top

Peng, Chi-Ting
Chi Ting Peng is from Taiwan. She is a Ph.D. student in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She received her M.A. and B.A. from the department of History in National Taiwan Normal University. Her academic interests include Taiwan history after 1949, Modern China, Chinese immigration and diaspora, and economic history of East Asia.

back to top