{"id":5310,"date":"2026-01-14T18:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:04:12","slug":"welcoming-taiwan-studies-programs-new-visiting-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2026\/01\/14\/welcoming-taiwan-studies-programs-new-visiting-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Taiwan Studies Program’s New Visiting Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Taiwan Studies Program is excited to welcome Dr. Hui-Nien Lin<\/strong> and Dr. Chih-Chieh Chou<\/strong> as our Visiting Scholars for this academic year. They will be presenting their research at the Taiwan Studies Program’s Spring Colloquia in May.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Hui-Nien Lin<\/strong><\/a> is an Associate Professor in the Studies of Indigenous Cultural Development Program at National Pingtung University, Taiwan, and a former Director of the Indigenous Students Resource Center. Her work centers on Indigenous studies, disaster and climate governance, resilience, and traditional ecological knowledge, informed by long-term fieldwork with Rukai and Paiwan\u00a0tribal\u00a0<\/span>communities. She partners with Indigenous communities on climate-justice initiatives and advances trans-Pacific networks with scholars across Asia and North America.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Chih-Chieh Chou<\/strong><\/a> is Professor of Political Science at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan, where he previously chaired both the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Institute of Political Economy. He also directs NCKU\u2019s Center for Cross-Taiwan Strait and Chinese Societies Governance and serves as an off-site Researcher at the Taiwan Economic Research Institute. In addition, he is a registered arbitrator with the Chinese Arbitration Association (Taipei) and a consultant on Taiwanese business in China for Taiwan\u2019s Mainland Affairs Council. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research interests include international relations and law, East Asian political economy, cross-strait relations, human rights, political change, and state-society relations in Chinese societies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Taiwan Studies Program is excited to welcome Dr. Hui-Nien Lin and Dr. Chih-Chieh Chou as our Visiting Scholars for this academic year. They will be presenting their research at the Taiwan Studies Program’s Spring Colloquia in May. Dr. Hui-Nien Lin is an Associate Professor in the Studies of Indigenous Cultural Development Program at National<\/p>\n

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