Past Fellows

Yao-Tsung SU (蘇瑤崇), Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Email: sytsung@gwu.edu

Affiliation: Providence University

Research Topic: US Policy towards Taiwan, 1941 to 1949 

Research Term: June 2019 – August 2019

Yao-Tsung Su received his PhD in History from the University of Kyoto, Japan. In pursuit of acquiring knowledge in Chinese Buddhist history, he lived and studied for seven years in Kyoto. During this time, his areas of research focused mainly on the religious policy of the Tang dynasty and the interaction between China and Japan in Buddhism. Upon his return to Taiwan, he turned to study the postwar history of Taiwan. His postwar research topics focused on the history of the disposition policy towards Taiwan by the United States and China from 1941 to 1949 and the related issues regarding the 228 Incident. He is currently working on a project called Research on the Truth and the Transitional Justice of the 228 Incident by the Memorial Foundation of the 228 Incident. He also directs a project exhibition titled The 40^th Anniversary of the Kaohsiung Incident by the Kaohsiung Museum.

Eun-Jung JUNG, The Republic of Korea

Email: eunjung22@gwu.edu | cherrytomato0722@naver.com

Affiliation: East Asia National Resource Center

Research Topic: Gender and Media: How to use media to promote Gender Equality in East Asia, especially in Korea

Research Term: June 2019 – December 2019

Eun-Jung Jung received her B.A. in English Literature and Chinese Literature from Yonsei University in 2003. She worked as a speechwriter for the former President Myung-Bak Lee at the Cheong-Wa-Dae (Executive Office of the President of the South Korea) from October 2010 to May 2013. In addition, she worked as Deputy Director responsible for Public Relations, speechwriter for the Minister for press releases and conferences at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family from June 2013 to January 2019. Before the government position, she worked as a journalist at Herald Corporation from December 2003. She has a strong interest in enhancing social sensitivity among the public to contribute to the reduction of social conflicts and violence.

Yu-Hua CHEN, Taiwan

Email: yu-hua.chen@anu.edu.au

Affiliation: Australian National University

Research Topic: Stuck in a Rivalry: What Should China’s Buffer States Do?

Research Term:  November 2019 – January 2020

Yu-Hua Chen is a lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU). He is broadly interested in China’s security policy, international relations theory, and East Asia politics. His doctoral research investigates the role of buffer states in shaping China’s security policies towards North Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia. His doctoral research has been supported by grants from the Taiwan government, ANU, and Peking University.

Chen has been published in a variety of publications, including The National Interest, IPR Review, East Asia Forum, the Taiwan Insight, The China Policy Institute Blog, and Thinking-Taiwan.