Ping-Hsuan Wang

As a linguist in the workplace, I see language as a meaningful tool for effective communication. I continue my academic research while writing for the general public [e.g. Taiwan Pride in online comments]. Currently I work as a testing editor in Taipei, Taiwan for large-scale English proficiency tests.

With an undergrad major in English literature (2008-2012), I am also interested in teaching and learning English as a foreign language (EFL), comparative literature, and theater production. I taught EFL in Taipei (2012-2015, 2018-2020) and was certified at Georgetown University SCS in 2017.

My research interests include:

(1) online comments as a site of value perception and ideological contestation;

(2) narrative as a linguistic strategy in a political debate during Taiwan's 2016 presidential debate;

(3) gay immigrants' coming-out experience in the U.S.

(4) framing the social and gender roles in family mealtime conversations;

(5)time and place in narrative co-construction with Taiwanese-American family