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Integrating Global Curricula: Reflections on Taiwan

Steve Varela August 23, 2017

    I recently discovered that I indeed had something in common with the esteemed Paul Krugman, the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Not surprisingly, it has to do with Taiwan. My recent visit back to the island brought back to mind many of the reasons why

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Jane Winn: Taiwan-China Cross-Strait E-Banking Integration

Fulbright Taiwan May 14, 2017

Professor Jane Winn, 2016-2017 Fulbright Cross-strait Senior Scholar, discusses her observations on the opening of a Cross-Strait Electronic Fund Transfer Link in 2012 and her Comparative Case Study of Legal, Administrative and Innovation Cultures. She also taught a seminar on the topic of “Regulation of Financial Technology” in the National

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American Literature & Creative Writing in Taiwan

Robert Davidson 戴維特 April 19, 2017

Introduction      I had the pleasure to serve as a Visiting Professor in the Foreign Languages and Literature Department at Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, 2015-2016. I taught undergraduate and graduate classes in creative writing and American literature, with a special focus on Asian American literature.       My

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Creating Structured Data for Online Bios

Marcia Lei Zeng 曾蕾 April 19, 2017

Introduction       The study aims to define an effective method and framework for describing online biographical sketches using structured data, or, in a broad sense, “metadata” – the structured, encoded data that describe characteristics of information-bearing entities. Using artists as an example, the most widely seen structured data

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Exploring the Art and the Science at Stanford

Jui-Fen Lu盧瑞芬 April 19, 2017

If I had to use just one word to describe my year-long sabbatical leave as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford, it would be “fruitful” on both the art and the science fronts. The Science      I am a health economist and my research interests in recent years have

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The Ignored Inequality: Affective Inequality

Chien-Hsing Wang 王千倖 April 19, 2017

We live in a world where inequality permeates all aspects of our lives, where we are indifferent to the emotional burdens of others, where we are victimized by fear, anger, resentment, and hatred. Economic, cultural, and political inequalities widen the gap between the rich and poor, and unemployment rates remain

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Emily Grubb:  A Weekend in Cinsbu

Emily Grubb 葛明麗 December 5, 2016

This video depicts a two-day class trip to the Atayal village of Cinsbu taken by the National Chengchi University’s IMAS class on the Modernization and Socialization of Indigenous Cultures.  During this immersive trip, the class was able to learn about the different spacial planning concepts of indigenous peoples, elementary education

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Research on Childhood Obesity among Preschool-age Children in Taiwan

Jyu-Lin Chen 陳姿利 December 5, 2016

     I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to be a senior research scholar working on a cross-strait research project in Taiwan and Mainland China. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated childhood obesity as a global epidemic and a major public health issue. Overweight is defined as

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