T.Y. Wang, Ph.D.


Professor


Department of Politics & Government

Illinois State University

Campus Box 4600

Normal, IL 61790-4600

 

E-mail: tywang@ilstu.edu
Office: 309-438-7880

Department: 309-438-8638

Fax: 309-438-7638


         T.Y. Wang is Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University.  He received his B.A. in Public Administration from National Chung-hsing University, M.A. in Political Science from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from State University of New York at Buffalo.  He also received quantitative training at Inter‑University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan.  He was the Coordinator of the Conference Group of Taiwan Studies (CGOTS) of the American Political Science Association and a visiting professor at Political Science Department, National Chengchi University, Fall of 2005.  He is currently the co-editor of the Journal of Asian and African Studies and the Director of Unit for International Linkages, ISU Office of International Studies and Programs.

 

Professor Wang’s research focuses on Taiwanese national identity, cross-Strait relations, US policy towards China and Taiwan and research methodology.  He has published articles in such scholarly journals as the American Political Science Review, Arab Studies Quarterly, Asian Survey, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, International Journal of Public Administration, International Studies Quarterly, Issues and Studies, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Journal of Peace Research, and Journal of Political and Military Sociology.  His most recent publications include Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (in Chinese) (Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2007), China After the 16th Party Congress: Prospects and Challenges (editor, 2005), Taiwan’s National Identity and Democratization (guest editor, special Issue of the Journal of Asian and African Studies, v.40, no.1-2, 2005), “The Effects of Political Participation on Political Efficacy,” Taiwanese Political Science Review (in Chinese) (with Ching-Hsing Wang, 2007) and “Political Tolerance in a Democracy under External Threats,” Political Research Quarterly (with G. Andy Chang, 2006).  His forthcoming boos and articles are “The Rise of China and its Emerging Grand Strategy,” Journal of Asian and African Studies (Special issue editor, forthcoming), “Democratic Commitment in Taiwan: An Analysis of Survey Data,” in Philip Paolino and Jim Meernik (eds.) Democratization in Taiwan: Challenges in Transformation (forthcoming) and “Political Tolerance in Taiwan: Democratic Elitism in a Polity under Threat.” Social Science Quarterly (with Lu-huei Chen).

 

       Professor Wang has received research grants from a variety of foundations, including the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Cultural Foundation and the World Society Foundation.  He has been frequently invited to conduct lectures and present papers in China, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and the United States.  Professor Wang is on the Advisory Board of the Korean Association of Public Policy and the Editorial Board of the Taiwanese Political Science Review and the Journal of East Asian Studies.

 

·        Curriculum Vita

 

·        Research and Data on African Coups

 

·        Research and Data on Political Tolerance in Taiwan

§            Abstract

§            Data Documentation

§            Elite Tolerance Data, Mass Tolerance Data

 

Other Important Links:

§        Konkuk Summer Program in Korea

 

Back to ISU Home Page

 



last modified 08/17/2007 Home page is maintained by T.Y. Wang,Political Science. Please email me with comments and corrections. Disclaimer: This document in no way represents Illinois State University. All opinions and errors are mine alone.

tywang@ilstu.edu