Tung Hai University, Department of Law, Certificate, 1986
Taichung, Taiwan

National Taiwan University, Department of Sociology, Bachelor of Art, 1991
Taipei, Taiwan

Syracuse University, Department of Sociology, Ph.D. student, 1991-Now
Syracuse, New York, USA

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Awards
Book Coupon Award, 1989, 1990
National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)

Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award, 1995
Section of Political Sociology, American Sociological Association (Washington, D.C., USA)

Paper title: " The Emergence of Taiwanese Nationalism --- A Preliminary Work of the Approach of Interactive Episodic Discourse."

T.I.E. Scholarship, 1996
Taiwanese Import & Export Association (New York, USA)

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Publications
1990, "From Belief System to Worldview --- Comparing the Cases of Yami's Anito Belief versus Bunun's Hanido Belief," Man and Society (Taipei), 26: 35-46 (in Chinese).

1994, "Instrumental Strategy or Symbolic Realignment: A Rhetoric Analysis of One Document of 'Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine," Pp. 113-120, in Proceeding of the 1993 Maxwell Colloquium, edited by Ruth Charles, Syracuse, New York, USA: Syracuse University.

1996, "Revising the Resource Mobilization Theory --- A Reexamination of the Civil Rights Movement," Maxwell Review, 4(1): 61-69.

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Conference Papers
1995, "The Emergence of Taiwanese Nationalism --- A Preliminary Work of the Approach of Interactive Episodic Discourse," paper presented at the First Annual Meeting of the North America Taiwan Studies Conference, June 2 - 4, New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University; and the Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, August 16 - 20, Washington, DC, USA.

1996, "Analyzing the Ideologies of Postwar Overseas 'Taiwan Left' Movement --- A Case Study of the 'Debate on Taiwanese Nationalism' (1979-1982)," paper presented at the First Annual Meeting of Taiwanese History and Culture Conference, August 9 - 12, Austin, Texas, USA: University of Texas --- Austin.

1997, "The Role of Domestic Conditions in the International Conflict Resolution --- Comparing the Cases of Taiwan versus Hong Kong," paper presented at the Conference on the 50^th Anniversary of 228 Incident, sponsored by the World United Formosans for Independence --- USA Headquarters, February 20 - 23, San Diego, California, USA; and the Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, August 9 - 13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1997, "Bureaucratic-Authoritarian State, Developmental State, Or Other? --- Explaining the Coexistence of Political Authoritarianism and Economic Development in Taiwan," paper presented at the Third Annual Meeting of North America Taiwan Studies Conference, May 30 - June 1, Berkeley, California, USA: University of California at Berkeley.

1997, "Between 'Foucault' and 'Luhmann' --- Theory, Epistemology, System, and Subject," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, August 9 - 13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Selected Essays of Social Critics

1993, "Ilha Formosa, The Beautiful Island --- My Country, My Culture, My Love," Newsletter of Association of International Students at Syracuse University (Fall).

1994, "Give Taiwan a Voice at the UN," Syracuse Herald Journal (October 12).

1995, "The Theory and Practice of Low Cost Protest," Taiwanese Collegian, 17: 9 (in Chinese).

1995, "The Sad Story of this Land --- Introducing the Native Americans around Syracuse Area," Taiwan Tribune (March 15).

1995, "The Retrospect and the Outlook of Taiwanese Student Movement in North America," (with Herming Chueh and Cheng-Fang Lo), paper presented at the Eighth Annual Conference of Taiwanese New Generation, sponsored by Taiwan Research Fund, July 15-16, Taipei, Taiwan (in Chinese).

1995, "US Must Support Taiwan against China Threat," Syracuse Herald Journal (July 28).

1995, "The Unforgettable Five Days in New York --- The Working Diary of 'Alliance For Taiwan's Sovereignty," Taiwan Tribune (November 15) (in Chinese).

1996, "The 1978 Davis Cup Demonstration --- A Case Study for Evaluating the Possibility of Olympic Demonstration in Atlanta," Newsletter of Taiwanese Collegian (May) (in Chinese).

1996, "The American Crazy Woman Participating in Taiwan's History --- An Interview with Arrigo Linda Gail about the Overseas Taiwan Independence Movement," Taiwan Tribune (July 3) (in Chinese).

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Membership of Professional Associations
American Sociological Association, 1994 - Now
Washington, D.C., USA

American Political Science Association, 1996 - Now
Washington, D.C., USA

The Association for Asian Studies, 1997 - Now
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

North America Taiwan Studies Conference, 1995 - Now
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
(Board Member, 1997 - Now)

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Membership of Taiwan-related Associations
Society for Taiwan Studies, National Taiwan University, 1988-1991
Taipei, Taiwan
(President, 1990-1991)

Taiwan Environment Protection Union, 1988-1991
Taipei, Taiwan

Syracuse Taiwanese Association, 1991-Now
Syracuse, New York, USA
(President, 1994-1995)

Taiwanese Collegian, 1992-Now
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
(Committee Member and Coordinator of Information Sub-committee, 1994-1996)
 

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Contact Information
Wei-Der Shu
403 Redbud Hill
Bloomington, IN 47408
Phone: (812)857-5197

E-Mail: wdshu@mailbox.syr.edu
URL: http://www.oocities.org/CollegePark/Union/6245/index.html

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