Julia Huang

Dr. Julia Huang is a cultural anthropologist whose speciality includes religion, globalization, and gender. She has done fieldwork in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, and China. Her first book, Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement (Harvard University Press, 2009) focuses on a lay Buddhist movement that began as a tiny group in Taiwan and grew into an organization with ten million membership worldwide. Her second book, Religion and Charity: The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies (co-authored with R.P. Weller et al.) (Cambridge University Press, 2017) examines religious contributions to social welfare in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia. In addition, Huang has published numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Boston University
• Certificate DePaul University (2019 — 2019)
• Certificate School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2018 — 2019)
• Certificate School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020.01)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) National Taiwan University
• High school Taipei 1st Girls' High

Companies

• Adjunct Faculty DePaul University (2019)
• Independent Contractor The National Bureau of Asian Research (2017 — 2018)
• Professor National Tsing Hua University (2002 — 2018)
• part-time consultant The World Bank (2016 — 2017)
• Part-time lecturer University of California, Santa Cruz (2017 — 2017)
• Visiting Scholar Stanford University (2014 — 2016)
• Part-time lecturer Stanford University (2015 — 2015)
• Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley (2013 — 2014)
• Visiting Senior Research Fellow National University of Singapore (2011 — 2011)

Skills

The most important

• Lecturing
• Grant Writing
• Theory

Other

Qualitative Research, Higher Education, Anthropology, Teaching, University Teaching, Research