C.V. is available for download at http://washington.academia.edu/YenChuWeng/CurriculumVitae
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Lecturer, Program on the Environment, University of Washington, 2015 –
Affiliations:
- Center for Environmental Politics
- School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
- Taiwan Studies Program, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Coach, Evidence-Based Teaching Program, Center for Teaching and Learning, 2018 – 2020
Program Director, Program on the Environment – Taiwan: Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience, Study Abroad Program, 2019 –
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Program on the Environment, University of Washington, 2013 – 2015
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
Dissertation: The Dynamics of Public Participation in Ecological Restoration: Professional Practitioners, Volunteers, and Institutional Differences
M.S. in Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
Thesis: Spatiotemporal Changes of Landscape Pattern in Response to the Process of Urbanization: A Case Study of the Madison Area, Wisconsin, USA
B.S. in Geography, National Taiwan University, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Program on the Environment, University of Washington
- Environment 100 – Introduction to Environmental Studies
- Environment 301 – Research Methods in Environmental Studies
- Environment 310 – Data Analysis in Environmental Studies
- Environment 401 – Analysis of Environmental Cases
- Environment 495C – Environmental Issues in East Asia
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Geography 120 – Global Physical Environments
- Geography 339 – Environmental Conservation
- Geography 370 – Introduction to Cartography
- Geography 377 – Introduction to GIS
PUBLICATIONS
Please see the PUBLICATIONS page.
TEACHING INTEREST
Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies; Environmental Conservation; Contemporary Environmental Issues; Science, Society, and the Environment; The Urban Environment; Introduction to Ecological Restoration; Applied GIS and Natural Resources; Participatory Research for Community-based Natural Resource Management
RESEARCH INTEREST
Different interpretations of “nature” in the context of environmental conservation; Public and scientific understandings of environmental problems; Expert-lay dynamics in community-based natural resource management; Social aspects of ecological restoration; Application of GIS in natural resource management
ACADEMIC WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
- QUBES- Project EDDIE Faculty Mentoring Network: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning and Scientific Concepts with Data (2020)
- QUBES-SESYNC Faculty Mentoring Network: Investigating Socio-Environmental Issues with Data (2018)
- Evidence-Based Teaching Program, University of Washington (2016-17)
- Teaching about Socio-Environmental Synthesis: Moving Towards Best Practices, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), June 21-24, 2016, Annapolis, Maryland.
- Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), July 15-18, 2014, Annapolis, Maryland.
- Ecological Restoration as Social Reconstruction, New England Workshop on Science and Social Change (NewSSC), April 19-23, 2006, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
- Political Ecology of Knowledge, Science and Technology: An Interdisciplinary Workshop, March 6-7, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
- Taiwan Studies Course Development Grant (2018, 2019)
- Global Innovation Fund, University of Washington (2018, 2020, 2021)
- Technology Teaching Fellow, University of Washington (2016)
- Open Education Resources Librarian-Faculty Collaboration Mini-Grant, Washington State Community and Technical College Libraries (2016-17)
- Winner of Commendation for Exemplary S-E Synthesis Case Study. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center Case Study Collection (2014)
- Study Abroad Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (2009-2011)
- Whitbeck Graduate Dissertator Award, UW-Madison, 2009
- Clarence W. Olmstead Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison (2009)
- NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award (DDRI # 0802627), 2008
- Vilas Travel Grant, UW-Madison Graduate School, 2008, 2009
- Trewartha Conference Travel Award, UW-Madison, 2008, 2009
- The Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies Graduate Student Research Travel Grant, UW-Madison, 2008, 2009
- Outstanding Professional Paper in Geography, UW-Madison (2008)
- Outstanding Paper by a Graduate Student at the Geography Department Symposium, UW-Madison (2005)
- College of Science Dean’s Award, National Taiwan University (2002)
TEACHING-RELATED CERTIFICATES
- eLearning Design and Development Certificate, Renton Technical College (2017)
- Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (2017)
- An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching, BUx – CIRTL (Center for Integrated Research Teaching and Learning) (2016)
- Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching, BUx – CIRTL (Center for Integrated Research Teaching and Learning) (2016)
- Independent Improving Your Online Course (IYOC), Quality Matters (2016)
- Desktop GIS, Continuing and Professional Education, Pace University (2016)
- Introduction to the Canvas Learning Management System for Faculty, Washington Online (2015)
- How to Use Open Educational Resources (OER), Washington Online (2015)
- Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators, Desire2Learn and Portland Community College (2014)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACADEMIC SERVICES
Professional Affiliations
- Association of American Geographers (AAG)
- Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)
- Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
- Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
- Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Academic Service
- Editorial Board Member, Journal for Case Studies in the Environment
- Scholarship Committee, College of the Environment, University of Washington
- Advisory Board, Program on the Environment, University of Washington
- Department of Geography Speakers Committee Graduate Student Representative, UW-Madison
- Coordinator for the Annual Geography Student Symposium, UW-Madison
- Program Committee Member of the Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference
Journal Reviewer
- Applied Geography
- Ecological Restoration
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Journal for Case Studies in the Environment
- Journal of Geography and Regional Planning
- Land
- Land Degradation & Development
- Landscape Research
- Remote Sensing
- Society and Natural Resources
- Sustainability