Senior Scholar

Good Fortune: My Fulbright Experience
Two semesters as a Fulbright Scholar affiliated with the Department of Taiwanese Literature at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan, passed

Reflections on culturally responsive education: Lessons from indigenous elementary schools in Taiwan
I arrived in Taiwan searching for a general answer as to why Taiwanese students excel at math in ways that American students often do not. Ever since I began teaching

On Paying Attention: A Year in Taiwan in Three Encounters
The Fulbright grant has made possible a year of living in Taipei for myself and for my family of three. This has been an enormously rewarding year, despite some

My Journey in Taiwan: Music, Culture, and Research Highlights
Working on my research project in Taiwan as a Fulbright Senior Scholar has been an amazing experience. I want to thank several people who made my time here so

Finding Our Voices in EMI Humanities: Confidence, Agency, and AI in Two Latin American Courses in Taiwan
When we teach, we are also learning. This axiom is almost a cliché in higher education, yet it becomes newly real when one is removed from familiar routines and asked to teach in a different linguistic,

The Past is a Foreign Country: A Graduate Student Returns to Taipei as a Senior Scholar
I arrived in Taipei in early September 2025 as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, returning to Taiwan for the first time since a brief visit in 2010 as part of an academic delegation. Well before 2010, I lived in Taipei as a graduate student in the early 1990s,

Mountains, Medicine, and Mindset: Lessons from a Fulbright Researcher’s Journey in Taiwan
When I first received the notification that I had been awarded the Fulbright Senior Scholar award, my initial reaction was excitement and joy. There was the undeniable thrill of professional validation, certainly,

Strengthening Nurse Practitioner Education, Advancing Health For All
Reflecting on my Fulbright experience as a senior teaching scholar in Taiwan I feel a deep sense of gratitude. I am grateful for the opportunity to advance and contribute meaningfully to my professional mission.

Research and Reflections on My Time in Taiwan
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived in Taiwan. Aside from a few short visits in the past, I knew little about the pragmatics of everyday life here. Taiwan was also a new field site for me, where I was beginning a (relatively) new research project on care and breast cancer.