Dung-Shiu’s Academic Journey

I’m on my way to becoming a professional sociologist.

Education and Research Interests

M.A. student, National Taiwan University, Taipei (2024-)

  • Master’s student of the Department of Sociology

B.A., National Taiwan University, Taipei (2019-2024)

  • Bachelor of Sociology, Anthropology (Double Major)

  • Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies Program

  • Certificate in Honors Program of Sociology with Bachelor Thesis:《The Bear in the Room: Queer Temporality and Taiwanese Gay Bear Culture》

Research Interests:

Marriage, Family and Kinship Studies, Feminist Theories, Gender and Sexualities, Intimate Relationships, Social inequality, Social and Cultural Changes, Qualitative Methods

Research Competency Certificate:

Certified Social Researcher with Expertise in both Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis, as recognized by the Taiwanese Sociological Association.

Faculty Employment

Adjunct Research Assistant (2021-Present)

  • Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. (2021-Present)

    • Wen Liu (2024-2026) [NSTC Young Scholars’ Research Program Grant] Civil Defense and Psychological Preparedness: Taiwan’s Grassroots Mobilization for War Preparedness. #NSTC 113 - 2628 - H - 001 - 012 - MY2 Two-year research grant from National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan.

    • Wen Liu (2021-2024) [MOST Grant] The Economics of Belonging: Overseas Returnees’ National Identity Making and Ontological Security. #MOST 110 - 2410 - H - 001 - 097 - MY2 Four-year research grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

  • Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. (2023-2024)

    • Min-Sho Ho (2024) on comparative social movement, especially the movement of abolishing the death penalty.

    • Ke-Hsien Huang and John Chung-En Liu (2023) on energy poverty.

Teaching Assistant (2023-present)

  • Introduction of Sociology, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Semesters: 2023 Spring, 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring. 2024 Fall, 2025 Spring.

  • Social Research Methods (2): Qualitative Methods [English-Medium Instruction Class], Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Semester: 2025 Spring.

  • Queer Theory, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Semester: 2024 Fall.

Program Assistant (2024-2025)

  • Semester program in Taiwan, Centre Global, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Column Writer (2023-Present)

  • La-Tai-Mei Gender Talk. Foundation for Women’s Rights Promotion and Development, Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan).

Referred Articles and Academic Presentations

Panel Present

  • 2023 June, “The Bear in the Room: Queer Temporality and Taiwanese Gay Bear Culture.” Panel Presentation at 2023 Annual Conference of North American Taiwan Studies Association “Resistance and Resilience: Repositing Taiwan.” Irvine, California, U.S.A. (in English)

  • 2022 Oct., “The Resistance Possibility from a Marginal Space: Taiwanese Gay Bear Men’s Reparative Practices Against the Homonormativity.” Panel presentation at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association. Taipei, Taiwan. [余東栩，2022，〈邊緣空間的游擊可能性：台灣男同志熊族的正典化修復實作〉。發表於2022台灣女性學會年度研討會「性別、空間、（不）移動」] (in Mandarin)

  • 2021 Oct., “A Wonderland away from Patriarchal Gazes: Bisexual Desire Practices in a College Women Handball Team.” Panel presentation with Wei-An Chen at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association. Online. [余東栩、陳薇安等人，2021，〈逃離父權凝視的桃花源：大學女子手球校隊的雙性情慾實作〉。發表於2021台灣女性學會年度研討會「亞洲、性別、非人權」] (in Madarin)

Round Table Forum

  • 2023 Nov., “Impacts of Sociology: Certificates of Social Investigation.” Round table discussion at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Sociological Association. New Taipei City, Taiwan.

  • 2023 Sep., “Harassment and Discrimination on Campus: How Can We Deal with That?” Round table discussion at the 2023 Annual Conference of Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association. Taipei, Taiwan.

Journal and Forum Articles

  • Yu, Dung-Shiu, 2023. Rescaling Gender Equality Education: A Critical Review of National Taiwan University. Forum in Women's and Gender Studies, 119, 92-101. [余東栩，2023，〈重置性別平等教育尺度：來自臺大經驗的反省〉，《婦研縱橫》，119：92-101] (in Mandarin)

Bachelor Thesis

  • Dung-Shiu, Yu, 2023. The Bear in the Room: Queer Temporality and Taiwanese Gay Bear Culture. Taipei: Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University. Bachelor Thesis. [余東栩，2023，《房間裡的大熊──酷兒時間性與臺灣男同志熊族社群文化初探》。台北：國立臺灣大學社會學系（學士論文）。] (in Mandarin)

Selected Grants, Awards, and Scholarships

MOST Undergraduate Student Research Scholarship (2022-2023)

  • Body, Class and Identity: The Building and Reparation of Taiwanese Gay Bear Men’s Subjectivity. #MOST 111-2813-C-001-023-H Six-month research grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

Dean’s List Award (2024 Fall, 2021 Fall, 2020 Fall)

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