Jongsung Shin

As a research assistant under Dr. Reidhead, I contribute to a project exploring Taiwan and Korean politics, focusing on data collection and analytics. With a major in data analytics from the International College of Innovation and a double major in Business Administration, I offer a diverse skill set to our research team.

Previously, I served as the student president of ICI, overseeing my department, and founded the SLAM language exchange club, a platform where local and international students gather. Through SLAM, I organize an English camp for local high school students.

For side projects, I authored 3 books: “Life Design Major 3 Principles: Happiness, Future Roadmaps, and Manifestation,” “AUS Working Holiday Guidebook,” and “K-Military Mindset Guidebook.” Additionally, I have been a stock and crypto investor since 2020.

Combining my academic journey, leadership experience, and community engagement, I am dedicated to contributing to our project. I am eager to apply my diverse skill set to shed light on this field.

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Connie Wang

Hi! I’m Connie, studying Korean Language and Culture at NCCU. As a Research Assistant on Dr. Reidhead’s team, I am responsible for collecting data.

From the experiences of traveling to Korea, I became interested in the Korean language, culture, and society. Consequently, I have continuously improved my Korean skills, enabling me to broaden my horizons to see the world from different perspectives.

I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to join this team, which allows me to put my learning into practice and learn a great deal.

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Chia-Lin Kao

Chia-Lin KAO is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Her research interests include the political communication of authoritarian governments and diaspora politics, with a regional focus on China and post-Soviet regions.

She employs mixed quantitative and qualitative approaches, particularly text-as-data methods, to assess national narrative variations and their impacts in China and post-Soviet countries.

She completed her International Master’s in Central and Eastern European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies under the Erasmus Mundus program, with a thesis on the relationships between external crises and national narrative shifts, using the cases of the Great Patriotic War and the Sino-Japanese War.

In her free time, she enjoys learning new languages. She is fluent in Mandarin and English, proficient in Russian and French, and is currently learning Haitian Creole.

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