Chien-Juh Gu was awarded a prestigious Fulbright fellowship and will spend the summer semester 2025 in Vienna at the Faculty of Social Sciences, at the Department of Sociology.
Activities
Professor Gu will teach a theory seminar, “Immigration and Social Inequality”, within the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS) and a graduate seminar, “Gender and Health”, in the Gender Studies Program. She will give a presentation, “Rethinking Gender and Immigration: A Feminist Standpoint Approach”, in the Gender Talks series, organized by the Gender Research Office in cooperation with the Department of Sociology (scheduled for March 20).
In addition, Professor Gu will lead two workshops, “Navigating Academia as a Gender and Racial Minority” (scheduled for April 3) and “Evaluating Scholarly Works” (scheduled for June 12), organized by the ViDSS.
CV
Chien-Juh Gu (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University, USA. Gu specializes in gender, social psychology, immigration, and health. She is the author of The Resilient Self: Gender, Immigration, and Taiwanese Americans (Rutgers University, 2018) and Mental Health among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, and Transnational Struggles (LFB, 2006). Gu’s recent research examines the social adaptation of Burmese Christian Refugees in Michigan. She is working on a new project that examines women’s resistance against the overtreatment of breast cancer in the United States.
During her time in Vienna, Gu will conduct research on immigrant entrepreneurs, examining their work trajectories, gender relations, racial dynamics, and cultural identities. Through this work, she will build connections with immigrant communities in Vienna.
Teaching – Talk – Workshops
- Teaching (Doctoral program Social Sciences): “Immigration and Social Inequality”
- Teaching (Master program Gender Studies): “Gender and Health”
- Gender Talk: “Rethinking Gender and Immigration: A Feminist Standpoint Approach”, Gender Research Office & Department of Sociology, March 20 | 17:00 | Department of Sociology, Seminar Room 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1090 Vienna (and online)
- Workshop: “Navigating Academia as a Gender and Racial Minority”, Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS), April 3 | 10:00-12:00 | ViDSS Meeting Room (Seminar Room 11), Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna
- Workshop: “Evaluating Scholarly Works”, Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS), June 12 | 10:00-12:00 | ViDSS Meeting Room (Seminar Room 11), Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna
Links
Dr. Chien-Juh Gu-Western Michigan University
Fulbright-University of Vienna Visiting Professor of Social Sciences
