Current position: Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University

Email: kohua.yap(at)gmail.com

Address: No.70 Lien-hai Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804201

Publications

Highland Indigenous Peoples

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2023, Forced Relocation of Taiwan’s Highland Indigenous Peoples. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press. (Summury)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2017, "From Mountains to Foothills: Social Networks and Collective Relocations of Paiwan and Rukai Tribes." Taiwan Historical Research 24(1): 127-172. (See: Forced Relocation of Taiwan’s Highland Indigenous Peoples)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2016, "Divide and Rule: Social Networks and Collective Relocations of Bunun and Pan-Atayal Tribes, 1931-1945." Taiwan Historical Research 23(4): 123-172. (See: Forced Relocation of Taiwan’s Highland Indigenous Peoples)

Pingpu Indigenous Peoples

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2024, Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups (臺灣族群史解謎).  Taipei: SpringHill Publishing. (Introduction)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2022, "The Intermarriages between the Pingpu and the Han People in Taiwan, 1905-1945." New History 33(4): 173-215. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch4)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2013, "Exclusion or Renunciation? Identification of Plains Tribes and Mountain Compatriots." Taiwan Historical Research 20(3): 177-206. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch5 )

Hoklo and Hakka

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2022, "Intermarriages around the Hoklo-Hakka Borders, 1905–1945." Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy 34(4): 745-780. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch3 )

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2017, "When Bound Feet Meet Natural Feet: Ethnic Blending and Social Pressure." Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 197: 107-133. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch2 )

Mainlanders

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2021, "Reassessing Number of Mainland Chinese Immigrants with Declassified Archival Data." Taiwan Historical Research 28(3): 211-229. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch6 )

Linguistics

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2024, "The Influence of Family Language in Childhood on Educational Achievement." Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy 36(2): 377-410. (Abstract)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2018, "A Review of Linguistic Surveys in Censuses of Taiwan." Journal of Taiwanese Languages and Literature 13(2): 247-273. (Abstract)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2017, "Family Language Choice in Taiwan." Taiwanese Journal of Sociology 62: 59-111. (Abstract)

Social Issues

• Chen, Wei-Lin, Sue-Yeon Song and Ko-Hua Yap, 2021, “The Unintended Consequences of the Pandemic: The New Normal for College Students in South Korea and Taiwan.” Frontiers in Public Health 9:598302. (Full Text)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2018, "Does Multi-Channel College Admission System Benefit the Upper Middle Class?" Taiwanese Journal of Sociology 64: 171-195. (Abstract)

Others

• Yap, Ko-Hua and Feng-nan Su (illustrator), 2017, A Guide to the Imperial Map with the Aboriginal Borderline of Late Eighteenth-Century Taiwan. Taipei: SMC Publishing; Tainan: National Museum of Taiwan History. (Second Edition to be realeased in 2022)

• Wu, Chiu-Yuan and Ko-Hua Yap, 2021, "The Generation of Friendship Networks and Academic Consulting Networks within High School Classes." Survey Research: Method and Application 46: 161-191. (Abstract)

• Yap, Ko-Hua and Monchi Lio, 2013, "Reinvestigating the Influence of Railroad on Agricultural Production in Early 20th Century Taiwan." Taiwan Economic Review 41(3): 251-277. (Abstract)

• Chen, Yu-Wen, Ko-Hua Yap and Joey Ying Lee, 2013, "Tianditu: China's First Official Online Mapping Service." Media Culture & Society 35(2): 234-249. (Full Text)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, Yu-Wen Chen and Ching-Chi Huang, 2012, "The Diaoyutai Islands on Taiwan's Official Maps: Pre- and Post-1971." Asian Affairs: An American Review 39: 90-105. (Full Text)

• Yap, Ko-Hua, 2011, "Incorporating Local Contexts into Explaining Voting Behavior in Taiwan." Issues & Studies 47(2): 119-149. (Full Text)