Doctoral Student

Yung-Ying’s research sits at the intersection of political sociology, nationalism, social movements, diaspora and migration, and the sociology of culture, with a focus on global China, Taiwan, and transnational politics. Her dissertation, supported by the ASA DDRIG, examines how a generation of US-based Chinese activists, mobilizing at the nexus of racial minority and diaspora politics, contest a movement field polarized by US-China geopolitical rivalry and cross-cutting ideological divides. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and organizational publications, she shows how these activists mobilize Chinese migrants whose political schemas have been shaped by migration across authoritarian and democratic regimes. Her other research projects study nationalism in Taiwan and, separately, nationalist contention in cosmopolitan cultural consumption. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from National Taiwan University.

Publication: Chang, Yung-Ying, and John Chung-En Liu. 2026. “The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism.” Nations and Nationalism, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.70092