LIEN, Pei-te 1957-

PERSONAL:

Born March 24, 1957, in Hua-lien, Taiwan; naturalized U.S. citizen; daughter of Chemkun and Yu-cheng (Chang) Lien; married Wei Shyy (divorced); children: Albert, Alice. Ethnicity: "Chinese." Education: National Taiwan University, B.A., 1979; attended University of Michigan, 1979, 1980-81; University of Florida, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1995. Politics: Democrat. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, gardening, reading.

ADDRESSES:

Home—3004 South Sequoia Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84109. Office—Department of Political Science, University of Utah, 260 South Central Campus Dr., Room 252, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9152; fax: 801-585-6492. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

University of Florida, Gainesville, instructor in American politics, 1992-93; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, assistant professor, 1995, faculty fellow, 2001, associate professor of political science and ethnic studies, 2002—. University of California—Los Angeles, visiting scholar at Asian-American Studies Center, 1996; University of California—San Diego, research associate of Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, 2001—; workshop presenter; guest on media programs; public speaker. Florida Consortium of Political Research, associate director, 1992-94; APAC-Listserv (Internet news and discussion network), co-owner, 1999-2001. Utah Coalition for Justice, founding member, 1997—.

MEMBER:

American Political Science Association (cochair of Asian American Caucus, 1999-2001), Association for Asian American Studies, Organization of Chinese Americans (founding member of Utah chapter), Association of Asian Americans East of California, Western Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southwestern Social Science Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Grant from Pacific Cultural Foundation, 1994-95; fellow of Social Science Research Council, 1999-2000; grants from National Science Foundation, 1999-2001, and KSCI-Television, 2000; book award, best book on political participation, voting, elections, and political behavior in race, ethnicity, and politics, American Political Science Association, 2002, for The Making of Asian America through Political Participation; Fulbright grant, 2003.

WRITINGS:

The Political Participation of Asian Americans: Voting Behavior in Southern California, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1997.

The Making of Asian America through Political Participation, Temple University Press (Philadelphia, PA), 2001.

(With M. Margaret Conway and Janelle Wong) Diversity and Community: Asian-American Political Attitudes and Behavior, Routledge (New York, NY), in press.

Contributor to books, including Black and Multiracial Politics in America, edited by Yvette Alex-Assensoh and Lawrence Hanks, New York University Press (New York, NY), 2000; Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, and Prospects, edited by Gordon Chang, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 2001; Essays on Ethnic Chinese Abroad, Volume II: Women, Political Participation, and Area Studies, edited by Tsun-Wu Chang and Shi-Yeoung Tang, Overseas Chinese Association (Taipei, Taiwan), 2002; Asian Pacific Americans and American Politics: Law, Participation, and Policy, edited by Paula McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Blue Ridge Summit, PA), 2003; and Asian-American Religions: Borders and Boundaries, edited by Tony Carnes and Fenggang Yang, New York University Press (New York, NY), 2003. Regional correspondent, World Journal, 1989-91. Contributor to periodicals, including Chinese American Forum, Social Science Quarterly, Chinese America: History and Perspectives, Amerasia Journal, Journal of Asian American Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, and International Migration Review.