Overview

Dr. Doris T. Chang is a Professor of Political Science at 萝莉社 University. She holds a Ph.D. in East Asian history from the Ohio State University and is the author of a book entitled Women鈥檚 Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan, published by the University of Illinois Press. She also published several refereed articles and presents academic papers in national and international conferences. Her research interests include Taiwan in comparative global perspectives, human rights, workers鈥� rights, LGBT rights, women鈥檚 political leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region, and gender policies of the United Nations.

Information

Areas of Research Interest
  • Human Rights
  • Taiwanese Politics
  • Asian Politics
  • Gender
Areas of Teaching Interest
  • Global Gender Politics
  • Asian Politics
  • Human Rights
Publications

鈥淟egalization of Same-Sex Marriage in Contemporary Taiwan鈥� International Journal of Taiwan Studies, forthcoming publication in September 2020.

鈥淕ender Mainstreaming and Gender Policies in Contemporary Taiwan,鈥� Journal of International Women鈥檚 Studies, Vol. 19, No. 6, 2018: 344-358.

鈥淪tudies of Taiwan鈥檚 Feminist Discourses and Women鈥檚 Movements,鈥� International Journal of Taiwan Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2018:  90-114.

鈥�Chen Ch眉: A Cosmopolitan Leader for Human Rights and Democracy in Taiwan,鈥� ChiMoKoJa: History of China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan Vol. 1 (Fall 2015), co-authored with Richard C. Kagan, 73-100.

鈥淲hat Can Taiwan and the United States Learn from Each Other鈥檚 Guest Worker Programs?鈥� Journal of Workplace Rights Vol. 14 No.1, 2010: 3-26.

鈥淭wo Women, Two Visions of Nationhood for Taiwan: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Hsiu-lien Annette Lu.鈥� Asian Journal of Women鈥檚 Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 Summer 2009: 7-32.

鈥凌别补诲颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;Sex and Temperament in Taiwan: Margaret Mead and Postwar Taiwanese Feminism,鈥� NWSA (National Women鈥檚 Studies Association) Journal Vol. 12 No.1 Spring 2009: 51-75.

Book titled Women鈥檚 Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009. (https://www.amazon.com/Womens-Movements-Twentieth-Century-Taiwan-Doris/dp/0252033957).

Awards and Honors

Recipient, Professor Liao Shutsung Research Award of the North American Taiwanese Professors鈥� Association, $5,000, August 2015 to July 2016

Grants

Visiting Fellowship, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, $2596.00, May 2006

 

CO-PI, Information Technology Grant of 萝莉社for Integrating and Sustaining Global Learning in interdisciplinary curriculum, $7700.00, November 2003.

Areas of Service

Dr. Chang has served as a conference program coordinating committee member of American Association of Chinese Studies, associate editor and referee of journal article for International Journal of Taiwan Studies, referee of conference abstracts for European Association of Taiwan Studies, North American Taiwan Studies Association, and the Fifth International Conference on Intercultural Communication Competence. In the past, she also served as a referee of journal articles for East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Asian Studies Review, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.

 

From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Chang served as Vice President of the Kansas Conference of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to advocate for faculty rights. In 2019, she was appointed by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly to be a member of the Kansas Census Complete Count Committee. From 2010 to 2015, she served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Wichita Global Learning Center. At 萝莉社 University, Dr. Chang was a referee of the 萝莉社 Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Forum, a member of the Academic Affairs Subcommittee and University Scholarship and Student Aid Subcommittee of the Faculty Senate, and the LAS Tenure, Promotion, and Appeals Committee.