Curriculum Vitae Ching-Hsing Wang Department of Political Science University of Houston 447 Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall Houston, TX 77204-3011 Email: chinghsing.wang@gmail.com Education 1. Ph. D., Political Science, University of Houston (Expected completion: May 2013) Fields: Methods, American Politics, Comparative Politics Dissertation: Causes and Consequences of Trust in Asia Committee: Scott J. Basinger (chair), Kent L. Tedin, and Jim Granato 2. M.A., Political Science, University of Houston (December 2011) 3. M.A., Political Science, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (July 2007) Thesis: The Analysis of Legislators Behavior on Law-Making and Constituency Service: Continuity and Change before and after the Alternation of Power (written in Chinese). 4. B.A., Political Science, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (July 2001). Publications Peer reviewed journal 1. Wang, Ching-Hsing. Party Identification and Attitude toward the Independence-Unification Issue in Taiwan. Issues & Studies forthcoming. 2. Wang, Ching-Hsing. The Effects of Party Fractionalization and Party Polarization on Democracy. Party Politics forthcoming. 3. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2009. Analysis of Legislators Law-Making and Constituency Service: Continuity and Change After Party Turnover in the Year 2000. Taiwanese Political Science Review 13(2): 113-169 (written in Chinese). 4. Wang, Ching-Hsing, and T. Y. Wang. 2007. The Effects of Political Participation on Political Efficacy: An Analysis of Taiwan s 2004 Presidential Election. Taiwanese Political Science Review 11(1): 69-107 (written in Chinese). 5. Wang, Ching-Hsing, and Tien-Long Shun. 2005. An Analysis of Influential Factors of People s Evaluation of Taiwan s democracy. Taiwan Democracy Quarterly 2(3): 55-80 (written in Chinese). - 1 -
Book Chapters Wang, Ching-Hsing and Taofang Huang. 2009. The Electorate s Voting Participation. in Lu-huei Chen, Ching-hsin Yu and Chi Huang (eds.) 2008 Presidential Election: the Critical Election of the Second Party Turnover. Taipei: Wu Nan Press (written in Chinese). Manuscripts under Review 1. Economic Evaluation and Democratic Support in Asia: A Cross National Analysis. 2. Political Sophistication and Political Participation in Taiwan. 3. The Effects of Information and Predisposition on Individual Response to Hypothetical Survey Questions. 4. Why Do People Vote? Rationality or Emotion. 5. Personality and Gender Gap in Voter Turnout. 6. Gender Differences in the Effects of Personality on the Direction and Strength of Partisan Identification. Works in Progress 1. Revisit the Theory of the Calculus of Voting: An EITM Framework. (co-authored with Taofang Huang) Honors and Awards 1. 2012 (2012 fall). Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 2. 2012 (2012 spring). Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 3. 2011 (2011 fall). Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 4. 2011. Conference funding, Department of Political Science, University of Houston. 5. 2011 (2011 spring). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 6. 2011. Funding for Winter Political Methodology Workshop, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University. 7. 2010 (2010 fall). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 8. 2010 (2010 summer). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 9. 2010 (2010 spring). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 10. 2009 (2009 fall). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 11. 2009 (2009 summer). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 12. 2009. Studying Abroad Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). 13. 2009 (2008 spring). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 14. 2008 (2008 fall). Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston. 15. 2008. The outstanding administrative staff award in academic year 2007-2008, National Chengchi University. 16. 2005. Fellowship of the Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University. - 2 -
17. 2005. Taiwan delegate of Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations (HPAIR), Harvard University and University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. 18. 2004. Taiwan delegate of the visiting mission of Japan and Taiwan Youths, Interchange Association, Japan. Methodological Workshops and Training 1. 2012. EITM Summer Institute, Hobby Center for Public Policy at University of Houston, Houston. 2. 2011. Summer Statistics Workshops, Structural Equation Modeling, Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, College Station. 3. 2011. Winter Political Methodology Workshop, A Practical Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Modeling, Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University, College Station. 4. 2006. Conflict Management Workshop, National Committee on United States-China Relations, San Diego (U.S. and financial support from U.S Department of State). 5. 2005. Categorical Data Analysis in the C.S.R Workshop on Survey Research Methods, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 6. 2005. Summer Camp of Quantitative Methodology in Political Science, Institute of Political Science Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 7. 2004. Summer Camp of Quantitative Methodology in Political Science, Institute of Political Science Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Employment (academic) 1. Teaching assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Houston (September 2008-present). 2. Research Associate & Call Center Supervisor/Interviewer, Election Study Center, National Chengchi University (October 2003-January 2007). 3. Research assistant, National Science Council project: Sustenance and Change of Taiwan Undergraduates Political Values and Attitudes: The Research of Political Socialization of University (Ⅰ) (August 2004-July 2005). 4. Area supervisor, National Science Council survey project: Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study, 2002-2004(Ⅳ): The Legislative Election, 2004 (TEDS 2004L) (January 2005-April 2005). 5. Research assistant, National Science Council survey project: Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study, 2005-2008(Ⅰ): the Survey of County Magistrate/City Mayoral - 3 -
Elections in 2005 (TEDS2005M) (January 2006-April 2006). 6. Area supervisor, National Science Council survey project: Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study, 2005-2008(Ⅰ): the Survey of County Magistrate/City Mayoral Elections in 2005 (TEDS2005M) (August 2005-July 2006). 7. Professor T. Y. Wang s Research assistant (T. Y. Wang is Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University and was a visiting professor at the Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University, Fall of 2005) (September 2005-January 2006). Employment (non-academic) 1. Project Planner, Center of International Education and Exchange (Office of International Cooperation now), National Chengchi University, April 2007-July 2008. 2. Second Lieutenant, Republic of China Army, July 2001-March 2003. 3. Administrative Assistant, Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University, September 2003-September 2006. Conference Presentation 1. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2011. Social Networks, Interpersonal Trust and Support for Democracy in East Asia. The 91 st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association. The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, March 16-March 19. The 69 th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Chicago Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, March 31-April 3. 2. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2011. Why Do People Vote? Rationality or Affect. The 91 st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association. The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, March 16-March 19. 3. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2010. Economic Evaluation and Democratic Support in Asia: A Cross National Analysis. The 90 th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association. Hyatt Regency and Double Tree, Houston, March 31-April 3. 4. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2009. The Effects of Political Knowledge on Political Participation in Taiwan. The 15 th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, June 26-28. 5. Wang, Ching-Hsing, and Taofang Huang. 2009. Why Vote? Voter Mobilization and Election Differential. 2009 International Conference on Taiwan s Election and Democratization Studies. National Chengchi University, Taipei, May 22-23. 6. Wang, T. Y., and Ching-Hsing Wang, 2009. The Effects of Electoral Participation on Political Efficacy in South Korea and Taiwan. The Conference on Electoral Politics in Taiwan: Origins and Consequences of the Electoral Reform. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, February 6-8. - 4 -
7. Wang, T. Y., and Ching-Hsing Wang, 2006. Electoral Participation and Political Efficacy: A Cross-National Analysis. The International Conference on Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study 2006. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, October 21. 8. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2005. An Analysis of Taiwan People s Satisfaction with Democracy: Measurement, Meaning and Political Influence. Paper presented at the International Conference on Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study 2005: Cross-national Survey Studies. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, November 12-13 (written in Chinese). 9. Wang, Ching-Hsing. 2005. An Analysis of Influential Factors of Taiwan People s Viewpoints about the Relation of Taiwan and China in Economy and Trade. Paper presented at the Conference on Public Opinions and Cross-Strait Relations. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan,, September 24 (written in Chinese). 10. Tsai, Chia-Hung, and Ching-Hsing Wang. 2005. Standardization of Data Format. Paper presented at Workshop of Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, March 26-27 (written in Chinese). 11. Wang, Ching-Hsing, and Tien-Long Shun. 2004. An Analysis of Taiwan People s Evaluation of Democracy. Paper presented at the International Conference on Taiwan s Election and Democratization Study, 2004. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, September 25-26 (written in Chinese). Professional Memberships American Political Science Association, Student member, September 2008-current. Midwest Political Science Association, Student member, September 2008-current. Southwestern Social Science Association, Student member, February 2010-current. Professional Service Reviewer: American Politics Research, International Political Science Review Language Skills English, Japanese (pass the Level 2 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, i.e., the best is Level 1), Chinese (Native speaker). References Scott J. Basinger Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston sjbasinger@uh.edu Tel: (713) 743-3911 - 5 -
Kent L. Tedin Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston ktedin@uh.edu Tel: (713) 743-3890 Jim Granato Director, Hobby Center for Public Policy, University of Houston Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston jgranato@uh.edu Tel: (713) 743-3887 - 6 -