{"id":5091,"date":"2025-07-08T22:33:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2025-07-31T22:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:18:13","slug":"yen-chu-weng-named-fulbright-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2025\/07\/08\/yen-chu-weng-named-fulbright-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Yen-Chu Weng named Fulbright Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/environment.uw.edu\/faculty\/yen-chu-weng\/?_gl=1*1s4e4cp*_ga*MTI1MjkxNTcuMTczNjc5MDkwNQ..*_ga_3T65WK0BM8*czE3NTIwMTM3NjMkbzI5NiRnMSR0MTc1MjAxNDA2NCRqNTIkbDAkaDA.*_gcl_au*MzY1OTMxMzIuMTc0NDY0NjE1NS43MjUwMzE0ODAuMTc0OTEzOTkwNi4xNzQ5MTM5OTA4*_ga_JLHM9WH4JV*czE3NTIwMTM3NjMkbzYxJGcxJHQxNzUyMDE0MDY0JGo1MiRsMCRoMA..\"><strong>Yen-Chu Weng<\/strong><\/a>, Taiwan Studies Program faculty, is one of four UW faculty researchers named as Fulbright Scholars for the 2025-26 year.<\/p>\n<p>Weng, assistant teaching professor in the Program on the Environment and the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. As a geographer, Weng\u2019s work explores the dynamic relationships between human societies and the environment. She is also an affiliate faculty member with the Taiwan Studies Program.<\/p>\n<p>She was awarded the Fulbright Teaching Award to teach courses in geography, sustainability, environmental literature and global environmental politics at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophia.ac.jp\/eng\/\">Sophia University<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hosei.ac.jp\/\">Hosei University<\/a>\u00a0in Tokyo. Through her Fulbright project, Weng will share the American experience in environmental conservation, movements, and governance with students and scholars in Japan and to foster opportunities for mutual learning and advancement in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yen-Chu Weng, Taiwan Studies Program faculty, is one of four UW faculty researchers named as Fulbright Scholars for the 2025-26 year. 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