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The Academic Website of Albert Chiu

ABOUT ME

I am currently an assistant professor in Political Science department in Tunghai University (東海大學政治系助理教授) in Taichung, Taiwan. My research interests include political participation, political psychology, educational policy, and quantitative methods. Quantitative research is always my favorite. I grew up in Taitung, Taiwan and went to Taipei for my college education; I received a bachelor's degree in Journalism in Chinese Cultural University in 2001. After two years of compulsory military service in Taiwan Coast Guard, I entered University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL) in the United States for an advanced degree. I received my doctorate degree at UNL in December, 2008, and my dissertation was about individualism and civic engagement in the US.

As a big fan of American culture, I am interested in exploring issues related to major components of the American dream. My current research interest has to do with the content of individualism and its political implication, namely, political participation. I have spent several years trying to create a typology that is comprised of different types of individualism and empirically test them.

If you have any questions for me or you are interested in my current projects, please don't hesitate to email me. I am very glad to engage in a conversation with you.

Telephone: +886 4 23590121 ext.36217
Email: albert6811@thu.edu.tw

EDUCATION

PhD The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2005~2008) Nebraska, USA
博士 美國內布拉斯加州州立大學林肯分校政治系
Major: Political Science
Dissertation Chair: John R. Hibbing
Dissertation Topic: Individualism and Civic Engagement in the United States

MA The University of Nebraska-Lincoln(2003~2005) Nebraska, USA
碩士 美國內布拉斯加州州立大學林肯分校政治系
Major: Political Science
Thesis Chair: Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
Thesis Topic: Economic Individualism, Social Individualism, and Political Participation

BA Chinese Culture University (1997~2001) Taipei, Taiwan
學士 中國文化大學新聞系
Major: Journalism

National Taitung Senior High (1994~1997) Taitung, Taiwan
高中 國立台東中學

Hsin Sheng Junior High School (1991~1994) Taitung, Taiwan
國中 台東縣立新生國中

Malan Elementary School (1985~1991) Taitung, Taiwan
小學 台東縣立馬蘭國小

PAPER IN PROGRESS

"Network Heterogeneity, Partisan Defection, and Voter Turnout: A Study of Taiwan's 2006 Taipei and Kaohsiung Mayoral Elections" Political Behavior (Revise and resubmit; with Frank C.S. Liu) [SSCI]

"An Impact Analysis of the Motor Voter and the Mail Registration Policies on Voting Probability." A Journal of European and American Studies (Under review) [TSSCI]

"Social Individualism, Economic Individualism and Political Participation."

"亞洲集體主義與公民參與在台之實踐"

"Bring Home the Bacon or Corruptive Politics? A preliminary examination of public support for the Legislative Yuan's executive function"

"Asian American Candidates and Deracialization Strategy"

NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL PROJECT (國科會計畫)

個人主義、集體主義與政治參與/Individualism, Collectivism and Political Participation in Taiwan
編號：99-2410-H-029-005(新人計畫)

This project proposal aims to answer a key question: are Taiwanese collectivistic or
individualistic? On the one hand, Taiwanese seem to be collectivistic when it comes to
familism, hierarch in workplace and school, and vulnerability to peer group pressure. On the
other hand, Taiwanese seem to be self-centered and individualistic regarding contribution to
public goods. Chinese philosophers like Lian Qichao would argue against the individualism to
which Chinese people subscribe and argue that it will retard the development of the Chinese
society.In solving the myth regarding whether or not Taiwanese is individualistic or collectivism,
my answer is that it depends. In public domain, Taiwanese tend to be individualistic and it is
represented as a social pattern that Taiwanese people do not have the idea of “public goods”
and individuals in Taiwanese society are utility maximizes and try to get what they want; very
few people are willing to contribute tokens into the public pool. In private places, with
families and friends who share the same ethnic background, however, Taiwanese are willing
to gather so as to gain benefits and attain common goals. This is what I call the “ambivalence
of collectivism”.What is important is that Taiwanese have the idea of socially gathering in
private place and due to this idea they tend to participate in politics. This is hypothetically
why there is an unusually high political participation level in Taiwan, compared with that in
the United States and Europe. All in all, this research proposal aims to study the connection
between political participation and collectivism belief in Taiwan.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"Bring Home the Bacon or Corruptive Politics? A preliminary examination of public support for the Legislative Yuan's executive function"「轉變中的行政與立法關係」學術研討會 - May, 2010 台北東吳大學政治系

"The Lone Cowboy: Individualism, Public Opinion, and American Foreign Policy." With Daniel Braaten Midwest Political Science Association
Conference - April, 2010. Chicago, Illinois.

"台灣主流報紙「政黨偏好」因素分析" 兩岸新聞傳播高峰論壇：數位時代兩岸新聞傳媒發展現況與遠景 - June, 2009 台北國父紀念館(社會服務)

"金融海嘯對東亞的衝擊-台灣在美中新局下的迴旋空間" - 第五屆中部外交論壇：東亞區域整合的新發展- May, 2009 台中東海大學(社會服務)

"台灣海洋觀光大三元：景點商機、深度旅遊與生態保育" 第二屆海洋事務論壇- April, 2009 台中東海大學(社會服務)

"An Impact Analysis of the NVRA (Motor Voter Act)." Great Plains Conference Program- Sept, 2008. The University of Northern Iowa, Iowa

"A Deracialized Strategy and Asian American Candidates." Midwest Political Science Association Conference- April, 2008. Chicago, Illinois.

"The distinction between social individualism and economic individualism." Western Political Science Association Conference - March, 2006. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"American isolation behavior and its behavior implication." Midwest Political Science Association Conference- April, 2006. Chicago, Illinois.

INVITED TALKS

「散沙或泥塊：個人主義、集體主義」於中興大學國務所 與 文藻國際事務學院 (2009)

「態度決定微笑的角度-以美國白人對弱勢族群態度研究，審視台灣漢原及漢外關係」於台東大學南島文化研究所 (2007)

JOURNAL REFEREE EXPERIENCE

Issues & Studies

Journal of Electoral Studies

MY OTHER SITES

Enter here for my CV (點此進入我的履歷表)

Click here for my National Science Council website (點此進我的國科會網站)

or download my CV file (下載我的產官學資料表)

DOWNLOAD CLASS FILES (課程資料下載專區)

My classes on a regular basis include Public Issues in America, Legislative Process, Epistemology in Political Science, and Theory and Methods in Political Science.

＜美國社會公共議題與理論＞(研)課程與閱讀進度表（pdf）

托克維爾<論美國的民主>中文版 (請按我)

美國憲法本文中英文對照版 (請按我)

美國憲法增修條文共廿七條 (請按我)

美國總統大選黨內初選各州時間表 (請按我)

美國州長一般資訊 (請按我)

美國經濟危機閱讀材料 (請按我)

槍枝管制與伊戰議題 (請按我)

槍枝管制Powerpoint (請按我)

伊戰Powerpoint (請按我)

美國教育改革資料 (請按我)

引用他人論點格式(請按我)

美國非法移民資料(請按我)

美國非法移民資料Powerpoint(請按我)

美國弱勢族群政策資料(請按我)

亞裔美國人的政治與愛情 (請按我)

COURSE WEBSITES

鏈結至「美國政治」大學部網站 (請按我)

鏈結至「美國政治」研究所網站 (請按我)

CLASS SCHEDUAL

九十八學年度上學期
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聯絡電話：2359-0121轉36217【研究室】 個人e-mail: albert6811@thu.edu.tw

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