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Academician Shu-Min Huang

Academician Shu-Min Huang's Personal Profiles

[2015 Awardees]
  • Distinguished Research Fellow & Director
[Academic record]
  • Ph.D. ,Michigan State University (1977)
  • M.A., Michigan State University (1973)
  • B.A. ,National Taiwan University (1967)
[Experience]
  • Chairman of HS-IRB, Academia Sinica (2013-2014)
  • Academician, Academia Sinica (2010-)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow, Advanced Humanities Center, NTU (2010-)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow & Director, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica (2006-2014)
  • Honorary Visiting Professor, Xiamen University (2008-)
  • Chairman, Department of Anthropology, ISU (2001-05)
  • Honorary Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, China (2002-)
  • Visiting Professor & Director, Institute of Sociology &Anthropology, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan (1991-1992)
  • Assistant Director for International Affairs, Iowa State University (1988-1991)
  • Professor, Iowa State University (1987-2005)
  • Honorary Visiting Associate Professor, Xiamen University (1984-)
  • Associate Professor, Iowa State University (1982-1987)
  • Assistant Professor, Iowa State University (1977-1982)
  • Adjunct Assist. Professor, Iowa State University (1975-1977)
[Grants, Honors and Awards]
  • Harvard-Yenching Fellowship for research in Taiwan, (PI $6,500) (June 1973-Sept 1974)
  • World Food Institute Summer Research Grant, (P.I. $6,400) (1980)
  • Faculty International Travel Grant, Iowa State University, ($1,200) (1980)
  • American Council of Learned Societies, International Travel Grant, ($1,200) (1981)
  • ISU Summer Research Grant, ($2,300) (1981)
  • Gamma Sigma Delta (1982)
  • Outstanding Academic Advisor, College of Sciences & Humanities, ISU ( 1982)
  • Phi Kappa Phi, (1983)
  • Sigma Xi, (1983)
  • National Science Foundation Research Grant, (PI $24,808), (1984-1985)
  • Committee on Advanced Chinese Studies, Fellowship, (PI $36,800)(1984-1985)
  • Honorary visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology, Xiamen University (1985)
  • National Academy of Sciences: Five-year research project on rural health care systems in Shandong ($16,000 in 1987; $4,100 in 1990, and $5,300 in 1991), (1987-1991)
  • Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Project Grant, U.S. Department of Education (with Dr. William Wolansky, $60,000), summer (1988)
  • Faculty International Travel Grant, ISU, ($1,625) (1989)
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation Developing Countries Training Fellowship, (PI $7,500 each year for three years), 1990-1992. CCK Foundation Research Grant, (PI $129,600), (1990-1992)
  • Fulbright-Hays Research Scholar in Taiwan, (PI $34,165), (1991-1992)
  • Wilton Park International Service Award, ISU (1993)
  • Committee on Scholarly Exchange with China, Summer Research Grant, (PI$7,550) (1996)
  • American Council of Learned Societies Planning Meeting Grant (PI $2,500) (1996)
  • CCK Foundation International Conference Grant (PI $55,000)(1997)
  • CCK Foundation Research Grant (Co-PI, $60,000) (1997-1999)
  • USIA International Affiliations Grant ($120,000, with Dr. David Acker, ISU)(1998-2001)
  • CCK Foundation Research Grant (PI $50,000), (1999-2001)
  • Freeman Foundation Summer Study Tour Grant (PI $43,000), (2002)
  • Pathway to Sustainable Agriculture Scholar, Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture,Iowa State University, (2002)
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation Research Grant (P.I. $30,000), (2002-2003)
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation Research Grant (P.I. $28,525), (2004-2005)
  • National Science Foundation International Research Collaboration Conference Grant (P.I.$24,000) (2005)
  • Academia Sinica Thematic Research Grants: “Socio-Economic Changes and Policy Assessment Among Taiwanese Indigenous Populations.” (P.I., NT$3,340,000 (2006) ; NT$4,400,000(2007); NT$980,000(2008).
  • National Science Council: Coordinating and Directing Anthropology Section (P.I., 2007: NT$573,300; 2008: NT$573,300; 2009: NT$573,000).
  • Academia Sinica Thematic Research Grant: “Zang-Yi Corridor and Its Ecosystem, Ethnic Culture, and Future Development.(” P.I., 2008: NT$3,839,000; 2009: NT$3,685,000; 2010: NT$2,890,000).
  • CCK Foundation Research Grant, “Ethnographic Field Projects in Zang-Yi Corridor” (P.I. NT$2,300,000), (2009-2011)
  • CCK Foundation Research Grant, “Ethnographic Field Projects in Zang-Yi Corridor” (PI NT$2,300,000) (2009-2011)
  • National Science Council: “The Development of NGOs and the Growth of Grass-root Civil Society in Southwest China”(P.I., 2011: NT$488,000; 2012: NT$488,00; 2013: NT$488,000).
  • Academia Sinica Thematic Research Grant: “Community Vulnerability and Health among Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples.”. (P.I. 2012: NT$12,000,000; 2013: NT$12,000,000; 2014: NT$12,000,000).
  • “A Tale of Two Lakes: Ecological Change and Development in Yunnan Alpine Lakes”，a four-year book writing project funded by the Ministry of Science & Technology (2014-2017)
  • Sustainable Development in Anthropocene: Changing Urban Life in Taiwan.” Three year research project funded under Academia Sinica’s Thematic Research Project (2015-2017)