Chuing Prudence Chou (周祝瑛) received her PhD in Comparative and International Education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is a professor in the Department of Education at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan. She is also a senior Fulbright scholar. Her research interests include comparative studies on international higher education reform, gender equity in education, and cultural exchange in rival states. She has written numerous books, journal articles, and other publications on these issues in both Chinese and English. Her most recent English-language titles include Chinese Education Models in a Global Age (2016), The SSCI Syndrome in Higher Education: A Local or Global Phenomenon (2014), and Taiwan Education at the Crossroad: When Globalization Meets Localization (2012). Jonathan Spangler is the President of the Asia-Pacific Policy Research Association and Director of the South China Sea Think Tank. He received his PhD in Asia-Pacific Studies from National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei, Taiwan. His primary research interests include Asia-Pacific regional security, maritime territorial disputes, and cross-strait relations, with an emphasis on the effects of different actors’ foreign policies on regional trends and volatility. He has over fifteen years of experience as an educator, having taught courses related to international relations, education, sustainable development, and a diversity of other fields. His books, reports, academic articles, analyses and commentaries, reference materials, and other publications have been widely recognized and used by policymakers, researchers, students, and the media in various fields. Raised in Boulder, Colorado, he has lived and worked in six countries in North America, Latin America, and East Asia, including the past eight years in Taiwan.
