When I received notification that I was selected as a grantee of the International Education Administrator Fulbright Tawain award, my emotions were met with overwhelming joy and gratitude, but also anxiety.
The three years I spent in Taiwan can only be described as alchemy: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. That is not to say the journey was without hiccups or growing pains;
How did I get here? Am I in the right place? After a bad day at work, I decided to apply for the IEA Fulbright award in Taiwan. I had recently partnered with other international universities to develop 3+1s, and
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.
I am very grateful to Dr. Brian Boyd, the host of this exchange, for giving me the opportunity to visit the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute FPG Research Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Taiwanese folk religion, or Taiwanese Taoism, worships hundreds of gods. Most of these gods were imported from China, and if you look at their histories, you will find that long, long ago,
I appreciate this opportunity to share and reflect on my experience as a Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar-Teacher in Taiwan at National Central University, hosted by the Department of English, and affiliated with their Center for the Study of Sexualities.
For most Chinese language learners, their primary goal is to use the language effectively in daily conversations. In such conversations, the ability to understand and provide meaningful content is crucial.
I received the 2022/23 Fulbright Senior Research Grant and visited the Department of the History of Art at Yale University between February and August 2023 (see the cover photo where I am in front of the departmental building).
My clearest memories of Taiwan involve enduring the hot and humid summers, engaging in fierce battles of Street Fighter at
