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SUNG-SHENG YVONNE CHANG Department of Asian Studies University of Texas at Austin 120 Inner Campus Drive SUNG-SHENG YVONNE CHANG Department of Asian Studies University of Texas at Austin 120 Inner Campus Drive· Stop G9300 Austin, Texas 78712-1251 [email protected] EDUCATION • Ph.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Asian Languages, 1985 • Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, TX, Comparative Literature, 1981 • M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Comparative Literature, 1975 • B.A., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Foreign Languages and Literature, 1973 EMPLOYMENT • Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin: Professor (2004- ); Associate Professor (1994-2004). • Department of Oriental and African Languages and Literatures, University of Texas at Austin: Associate Professor (1993-1994); Assistant Professor (1984-1993). • Program in Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin (1984- ). • Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS: Visiting Assistant Professor (1983-1984). • Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan: Visiting Lecturer, sponsored by the National Science Council, Republic of China (1981-1982). VISITING POSITIONS • Visiting Researcher, Program for Developing World-class University and Cutting-edge Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. May-June, 2007. • Visiting Professor, Graduate Institute of Comparative Literature, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, Taiwan. Sponsored by the National Science Council, Republic of China. May- August, 2006. • Visiting Researcher, Graduate Institute of Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Sponsored by National Sciences Council, Republic of China. June-December, 1994. MEMBERSHIP and PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Elected as President (1999-2000) & President-Elect (1997-1998), American Association of Chinese Comparative Literature Served on the following Board of Directors, Executive Committees, and Advisory Boards: North American Taiwan Studies Association (2014; 2018); Taiwan Humanities Society (2009-11); Graduate Students Study Abroad Program of the National Science Council, Republic of China (2002); American Association of Chinese Comparative Literature (re-named as Association of Chinese & Comparative Literature in 2000) (1995-1998 & 2001-2007); American Association for Chinese Studies (1996-2001); Chinese Writers' Association in North America, Houston Division (1991-2000). Served on the following Editorial Board and Publication Series: International Journal of Taiwan Studies, Brill Publishing, Oct. 2018-present; Monumenta Taiwanica, Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages, and Literature at National Taiwan Normal University, Nos. 13-16, 2 Nov. 2015-Oct. 2017; Oct. 2017-Sept. 2019; Publication Series on Sinophone and Taiwan Studies, National Taiwan Normal University and Springer Publishing; Publication Series on Taiwan Literature, Institute of Taiwan Literature, National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan), 2013-present; New Perspectives on the Study of the Culture of Taiwan Publication Series, Jiangsu University Press (Jiangsu, China), 2012 -present; Bulletin of Taiwanese Literature, published by National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan), 2007 -present; Taiwan in Comparative Perspective, an e-Journal at the London School of Economics (London, England), 2007- term expiration; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, University of Texas, 2004-10; Chung-wai Literary Monthly, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan), 2003-present; Post Identity, University of Michigan University Library, (Ann Arbor, Michigan), 2001-present; Tamkang Review, Tamkang University (Tamsui, Taiwan), 1998-term expiration; Series on Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Institute of Comparative Literature, Fu Jen Catholic University (Hsinchuang, Taiwan), 1997- term expiration; American Journal of Chinese Studies, American Association for Chinese Studies, 1996-2001. UNIVERSITY and DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE at THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN • Director of the Taiwan Studies Program in the Department of Asian Studies (2009-present) • Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Liberal Arts (2017-2018). • Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Liberal Arts (2013-2015). • Acting Chair, Department of Asian Studies (2000-2001). • Faculty Supervisor, Chinese Language Program, Department of Asian Studies (2000 - 2016). • Representative, University of Texas System Office of Community Relations Working Group (OCRWG) (2001-2002). • Associate Chair, Department of Asian Studies (1995-1997 & 1998-2000) • Graduate Advisor, Department/Center of Asian Studies (1995-1997 & Spring, 1998). • Interim Director, Program in Comparative Literature (Spring & Summer, 1988). GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS • Principal Investigator. Project title: Advanced Development of the Taiwan Studies Program. Department of Asian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. Sponsor: Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2023. Grant amount (5 years): $167,500. • Principal Investigator. Project title: Taiwan Studies Program Enhancement. Department of Asian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. Sponsor: Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2018. Grant amount (3 years): $150,000. • Ralph B. Thomas Regents Professorship in Asian Studies. The University of Texas ast Austin. September 1, 2014- August 31, 2015. $3,000. • Ralph B. Thomas Regents Professorship in Asian Studies. The University of Texas ast Austin. September 1, 2013- August 31, 2014. $3,000. • Principal Investigator (Prof. H Iris Chyi in Department of Journalism served as the Co-PI). Project title: Spotlight Taiwan. Sponsor: Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan). September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014. Grant amount: $50,000. • Principal Investigator. Project title: The Taiwan Studies Program Development. Department of Asian Studies, the University of Texas at Austin. Sponsor: Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014. Grant amount for 3 years: $90,000. • Rapoport King award for advising Nicholas Sanford, recipient of Rapoport King Thesis Scholarship. 2012-2013. $1000. • Principal Investigator. Project title: The Taiwan Studies Program Development. Department of Asian Studies, the University of Texas at Austin. Sponsor: Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011. Grant amount for 3 years: $300,000. • Grant for compiling and editing an English-language “Sourcebook of Modern Taiwanese Literature.” Collaborator: Professor Michelle Yeh at University of California, Davis. Sponsored by the Ministry 3 of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009. Amount for the entire project period: NT 3,999,930 (approximately $130,000). • Faculty Research Assignment, Faculty Development Program, University of Texas at Austin. Equivalent of one-semester’s salary. Spring, 2007. • University Cooperative Society Subvention Grant. Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Austin. $ 5,000. June, 2003. • Research Grant. Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, the Republic of China. Approximately $13,500. January 1, 2002, to December 30, 2004. • Special Research Grant. “Pilot Research Trip to Shanghai, China.” Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Austin. $750. November, 2002. • Dean’s Fellow. College of Liberal Arts, the University of Texas at Austin. Relief from teaching duties for one semester. Fall, 2001. • Faculty Research Assignment, Faculty Development Program, University of Texas at Austin. Equivalent of one-semester’s salary. Fall, 1997. • Research Grant, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. $58,400. September 1, 1996, to August 31, 1998. • Research Grant, Pacific Cultural Foundation, the Republic of China. $4,000. July 1, 1996, to June 30, 1997. • Travel Grant, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (American Council of Learned Societies, National Academy of Sciences, and Social Science Research Council). $1,300. October, 1992. • Research Grant, Center for Chinese Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Approximately $5,000. 1992-93. PUBLICATIONS Books 2017 Taiwan wenxue shengtai: cong jieyan faze dao shichang guilu 台湾文学生态—从戒严法则到市 场规律. Translated from English to Chinese. Original title: Literary Culture in Taiwan: Martial Law to Market Law, by Sung-sheng Y. Chang (NY: Columbia UP, 2004). Trans. Jun Liu, Sung- sheng Chang, Mei-ching Chen, Chun-hung Lin, and Li-li Lin; eds. Sung-sheng Chang, Xuefeng Feng, and Guoqing Zheng. Zhenjiang: Jiangsu daxue chubanshe. 228 pages. 2015a Dangdai Taiwan wenxue changyu 当代台湾文学场域 [Literary field in Contemporary Taiwan]. Zhenjiang: Jiangsu daxue chubanshe. 303 pages. 2015b Xiandai zhuyi‧dangdai Taiwan 現代主義‧當代台灣 [Modernism‧contemporary Taiwan]. Taipei: Lianjing chuban shiye gongsi. 479 pages. 2014 The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan. Eds. Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Michelle Yeh, and Ming-ju Fan. Intro. by Sung-sheng Y. Chang. New York: Columbia University Press. 565 pages. 2004 Literary Culture in Taiwan: Martial Law to Market Law. New York: Columbia University Press. 271 pages. 2001 Wenxue changyu de bianqian: dangdai Taiwan xiaoshuo lun 文學場域的變遷：當代台灣小說論 [Transformations of a literary field: on contemporary Taiwanese fiction]. Taipei: Lianho wenxue chubanshe. 248 pages. 1993 Modernism and the Nativist Resistance:
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