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A Preliminary Research Note on International Teaching Partnerships
Introduction The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Program is a collaborative effort between the United States and host countries around the world. Bringing together young U.S. citizens with experienced English teachers in the host country, it provides enriched English language instruction to students in elementary, junior high, and senior high
Kimberly Wilson: Ambiguity and Change in China’s and Taiwan’s South China and East China Sea Claims
Kimberly Wilson illustrated her research findings on both China’s and Taiwan’s maritime and territorial claims in the South China and East China Seas. She also shared her observation of Taiwan and her host institution, National Chengchi University. Kimberly Wilson is a doctoral student studying international relations and comparative politics at the
Paul Vierthaler: Late-Imperial bibliographic studies and digital quantitative analysis
New methodologies allow us to explore stylistic relationships among late Imperial Chinese texts. These new techniques may provide insight into the anxiety-ridden traditional classification of unofficial histories as novels. Paul Vierthaler, leads us to navigate these new possibilities and also share his research experience in Taiwan. Paul Vierthaler is a
Kirsten Asdal: Naval Perspectives on Asia-Pacific Maritime Conflict
Kirsten shared her experiences living and studying in Taipei in 2013-2014 and discussed what she has learned about Asia-Pacific international relations and regional maritime conflict. Kirsten Asdal graduated from the US Naval Academy in May 2013 with a B.S. in Chinese. She will complete a masters in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Kenneth Loh: Smart Sensors for Safer Bridges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcmAxpJfHwDr. Kenneth Loh explained his research which characterizes the performance of a sensor prototype for monitoring bridge scour, which is the erosion of soil/riverbed materials by flowing water near bridge foundations that could cause collapse. Dr. Loh is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, Nano-Engineering and Smart Structures Technologies (NESST) Laboratory,
Daniel Indro: The Next Asian Tigers? Economy in ASEAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4duoIaY3RyU Fulbright Senior Scholar Dr. Indro shared his pedagogical activities that encourage students to analyze business opportunities and risks in the ASEAN countries from a Taiwanese company’s perspective. Dr. Daniel C. Indro is an Associate Professor of Finance at Penn State University’s Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies. He
Jason Protass: New Perspectives on Old Buddhist Poetry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEwZJFJmRrQ Jason Protass shares his research on Daoqian (道潛), a Buddhist monk lived in Song Dynasty, who is a close friend of Shu-shi (蘇軾). There was a large amount of Daoqian’s poetry survived and gave Jason an opportunity to look at the poetry used in social situation, in different kinds of
Charles Musgrove: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the Emergence of Democracy in Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMeab3DKXXA Fulbright Senior Scholar Dr. Charles Musgrove discusses how the impressive Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in central Taipei has defied the original intentions of its creators to become a popular lightning rod of democratic activity. Dr. Charles Musgrove is Associate Professor of History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He
Rodney Winther: Conducting My Way Through Taiwan (Music… not Trains!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHrJD6ZD2Fc Professor Rodney Winther shared his conducting and teaching life at Shih Chien University, with the Taiwan Wind Ensemble, and through musical outreach in this video. At Shih Chien, he conducts the University Orchestra, the University Wind Ensemble and teaches graduate conducting. Professor Winther is retired from the University of Cincinnati
Philip Brown: Dam(ned) Imperialism: The Case of the Wusantou Dam
Dr. Philip Brown examines an unusual Japanese colonial enterprise that has been remembered not as the epitome of imperialistic evil, but in highly laudatory terms, especially since democratization in Taiwan. He was exploring the development of the Jianan water control project constructed between 1920 and 1930 under Japanese
