Liang, Chung-Hui

                                                 
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                                                         e-mail:chunghuiliang@nycu.edu.tw
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                                                         Research Areas:Developmental Psychology, Peer                                                                                                  Relationship, Socialization Process

Education

1998-2000 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1992-1998 Master of Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1987-1991 Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan University

Reseach Areas

Developmental Psychology, Peer Relationship, Socialization Process

Career Experience

2000-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, National Tainan Univeristy

2002-2011 Assistant Professor, Center for General Education, National Chiao Tung University

2011- Assoicate Professor, Center for General Education, National Chiao Tung University 
2011- Head, Psychology Program, National Chiao Tung University
2019- Mentor, Cross-Disciplinary Program of Psychology, National Chiao Tung University

Awards/Honors

2000 National Science Council Research Award
2007 Excellent Teaching Award, Center for General Education
2007 #2 Most Popular Teacher Award of General Education Courses
2014 Excellent Teaching Award, National Chia Tung University 
2016 Excellent Teaching Award, National Chia Tung University

Publications
  1. Journal articles
Sandel, T. L.& Liang, C.-H.( 2010) Taiwan’s Fifth Ethnic Group: A Study of the Acculturation and Cultural Fusion of Women who have Married into Families in Taiwan. Journal of International & Intercultural Communication, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 249-275.
Sandel, T. L., Liang, C.-H. & Chao, W.-Y. (2006). Language shift and language accommodation across family generations in Taiwan. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development , 27(2), 126-147. (SSCI)
Miller, P. J., Sandel, T. L., Liang, C.-H., & Fung, H. (2001). Narrating transgressions in Longwood: The discourse, meanings, and paradoxes of an American socialization practice. Ethos, 29(2), 1-27. (SSCI)
Miller, P. J., Wiley, A. R., Fung, H., & Liang, C-H. (1997). Personal storytelling as a medium of socialization in Chinese and American families. Child Development, 68, 557-568. (SSCI)
  1. Conference Presentations
Liang, C.-H. (2017). In preschool children's peer world: Transformation of research method and fieldworker. Paper presented in the 56th Taiwan Psychology Association Annual Meeting, National Chung Cheng University,Chiayi, Taiwan. (2017/10/15)
Liang, C.-H. (2012). Borrowing and transformation: Entering preschool children's peer world.  Presented in the Conference of "Encountering and Integration: Dialogue of Anthropology and Psychology," Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 
Liang, C.-H. (2012). Getting close to children’s peer group: Preschool children’s life and well-being.  Paper presented at the 22th biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 
Liang, C.-H. (2009) Cultural meanings of the sibling hierarchy in Taiwanese preschools. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.
Liang, C.-H. (2007). Shame and pride: Age, kinship terms and socialization practice in a middle-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sandel, T. L. & Liang, C.-H. (2007). Communicating through Stories: An Analysis of Classroom Discourse in Mother Tongue Classes in Central Taiwan. Paper presented at the annual meeting of International Communication Association, San Francisco, California.
Liang, C.-H. (2006). How adjustment and culture interweave: The case of children in a middle-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the 19th biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Melbourne, Australia.
Liang, C.-H. (2006). Age, self and socialization in a middle-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, Canada.
Liang, C.-H. (2005). The magic sentence: Reacting to peers’ negative comments in a middle-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Liang, C.-H. (2005). They used to be shy: Shy children became active students in Taiwanese preschools. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.
Liang, C.-H. (2005). Crying of 3-year-olds in a middle-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.
Sandel, T. L., Liang, C.-H. & Chao, W.-Y. (2005). Personal Storytelling as a Medium of Socialization in Mother Tongue Education: A Comparison of Classrooms in Taiwan and the United States. Paper presented at 2005 Meeting of Association of Chinese Communication Studies, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.
Liang, C.-H. (2004). Young children’s initial school experience with numbers, Chinese and English. Paper presented at the 2004 meeting of International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.
Liang, C.-H. (2004). The drama of crying: the case of a 6-year-old girl in a working-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.
Liang, C.-H. (2003). Male/Female relationship inside and outside of play in a working-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Tempa, Florida
Liang, C.-H. (2003). Children’s engagement in rule-associated activities in a working-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Liang, C.-H. (2001). Play on the fly: Play in a working-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Liang, C.-H. (2001). Earning the right to play in a working-class Taiwanese preschool. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington.
Miller, P. J., Sandel, T. L., Liang, C.-H., & Fung, H. (1999). Narrating American transgressions: The meanings and discourses of one version of socializing practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Communication Association, Chicago.
Liang, C.-H. (1999). Disputes between 2 1/2 year olds and major caregivers: A focus on middle-class Taiwanese families. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Sandel, T., Liang, C.-H., Fung, H., & Miller, P. J. (1997). Storytelling across generations: Continuity and change in Taiwanese families. Paper presented at the annual conference on the history and culture of Taiwan, New York.
  1. Books and Book Chapters

Liang, C.-H.(2011). Life in the preschool: Fieldwork, adults, and children. Taipei: Wunan. (in Chinese)
Miller, P. J. , Sandel, T. L., Liang C.-H. & Fung, H.(2008). Narrating Transgressions in U.S. and Taiwan. In R. A. Levine & R. S. New (Eds.), Anthropology and child development (pp.198-212). Oxford: Blackwell.
Liang, C.-H. (2000). Play in a working-class Taiwanese preschool. Unpublished dissertation. University of Illinois.
Liang, C.-H. (1998). Disputes between 2 1/2 year olds and major caregivers: A focus on middle-class Taiwanese families. Unpublished master paper. University of Illinois.

Research Projects

Peers of prechool children
(104-2410-H-009-008-)                      Ministry of Science and Technology
2015/08/01~2017/07/31     PI    NT$ 248,000
Teacher perception and expectation of female foreign spouses and their children: Analysis of cultural codes and situational self
(99-2410-H-009-023-)                                National Science Council
2010/8/1~2012/7/31            PI    NT$ 393,000
Development of prechool peer culture (94-2413-H-009-004)     National Science Council       
2005/8/1至2007/1/31           PI    NT$ 485,000  
Entering the initial peer culture(3/3)(93-2413-H-009-001- )       National Science Council      
2004/8/1至 2005/7/31          PI    NT$ 579,200  
Entering the initial peer culture(2/3)(92-2413-H-009-005- )       National Science Council       
2003/8/1至 2004/10/31        PI    NT$ 558,400  
Entering the initial peer culture(1/3)(91-2413-H-009-004- )       National Science Council       
2002/8/1至 2003/10/31        PI    NT$ 467,700  
The invisible preschool life: Peer socialization process of preschool children in rural Taiwan
(90-2413-H-009-005- )                           National Science Council
2001/8/1 至 2002/7/31       PI        NT$ 325,600
Mother Tongue Preservation: Exploring Language, Identity, and Cultural Consciousness in Taiwan and US   CCK foundation  2002/07/01-2004/06/30 Co-Director NT$ 1,620,000