Panel II
10:35-12:20, May 25
DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES
公共政策與發展

CHAIR: Mei-Lin Pan, Sociology, Duke University

• Dynamic analysis of Industrial Structure: The Case of Taiwan Po-Sheng Ko, Economics, University of Utah
• National Parks in Taiwan: Current Problems and Future Directions Homer C. Wu, Natural Resource Interpretation, Stephen F. Austin State University
• A Cost-Benefit Decision Model for Taiwan's New Intercity Transportation System Chih-peng Chu, Engineering Economic Systems, Stanford University

Panel III
CURRENT ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGY
【社會學的當前課題】

Part 1.
1:40-2:50, May 25
Women, Economy, and Institutions
女性，經濟，與制度

CHAIR: Chia-lung Lin, Political Science, Yale University

• Between Filial Daughter and Loyal Sister: The Politics of Gender in Taiwan's Small-Scale Industry Anru Lee, Anthropology, City University of New York
• Ideological is Institutional: A Case Study of Married Women's Working Patterns in Taiwan, 1970-1995 Jin-guay Liao, Feminist Theory and Sociology, New School for Social Research

 Part 2.
1:40-3:10, May 26
State, Economy, and Medicare
國家，經濟，與醫療福利

CHAIR: Chia-lung Lin, Political Science, Yale University

• From Dominance to Symbiosis: Mapping the Historical Trajectory of An Imposed Authoritarian State in Taiwan Chung-Hsien Huang, Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Rethinking The Developmental State in Taiwan - Evidence from the Apparel and Computer Industries Mei-Lin Pan, Sociology, Duke University
• The State and Professional Power of Medicine in Taiwan Kuo-ming Lin, Sociology, Yale University

Panel IV
3:10-4:20, May 25
ELECTORAL COMPETITION AND INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
選舉競爭與制度設計

CHAIR: Chia-lung Lin, Political Science, Yale University

• Systematic Method of Weighted Distance: the Application on Taiwan's Electoral Studies Jih-wen Lin, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles Herming Chiueh, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
• New Ideas on Constitutional Principles and on the Government Structure Ching L. Ko, Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University

Panel V
4:40-5:50, May 25
EDUCATION CURRENT SITUATION AND RESOURCES
教育與資源

CHAIR: Pei-fen Sung, Teacher Education, Michigan State University

• The Role of Task Value and Self-efficacy on Taiwanese College Students' Effort and Achievement, Shu-Ling Wang, Educational Psychology, University of Southern California
• The Role of Academic Libraries in Taiwan's Continued Development, John Shufelt, Library Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Panel VI
8:30-10:15, May 26
LITERATURE AND CINEMA
【文學與電影】

CHAIR: Ling-chei Chen, Comparative Literature, Columbia University

• The development of Taiwan's Anti-communist Literature in the 1950s Feng-Huang Ying, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• Expressions of Identification in Taiwan's Literature: Case Examples from Dong Fang Pai's Lang Tao Sha and Wu Cho Liu's Orphan of Asia Marshall McArthur, Chinese Literature, University of Texas at Austin Bifurcating "Chinese "National" Cinema: Narrating
• Nation-Spaces and the Positioning of Taiwan Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Comparative Literature, Stanford University

Panel VII
10:35-12:20, May 25
PEACE AND WAR IN THE TAIWAN STRAITS: HISTORY AND PRACTICE
臺海安全：歷史與現狀檢討

CHAIR: Liang Ji-jeng, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles

• In Defense of Taiwan: The Rise of the Nationalist Island-Chain Strategy and Its Struggle in Southeast China Hsiang-Wang Liu, History, Pennsylvania State University
• Sino-American Crisis Interaction System in the Taiwan Straits, 1950-58 Andrew Edward Manning, International Studies, University of Denver
• Revisiting Taiwan's National Strategy to Counter Chinese Aggression Holmes Liao
• A Study of the Taiwan-China Conflict-- An Application for the Analytic Hierarchy Process Wei-Der Hsu