Hi, my name is Ta-Wei Wang (王大維). Welcome to my website!
News
2012/8/1 Going South! Starting from August 1, 2012, I am an assistant professor (助理教授) teaching full-time at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling (教育心理與輔導學系), National Pingtung University of Education (國立屏東教育大學), Pingtung.
Heading East! Starting from Feb 1, 2012, I will be an assistant professor (專案助理教授) teaching full-time at the Department of Early Childhood Education (幼兒教育學系), National Dong Hwa University (國立東華大學), Hualien.
Free marital/couple therapy services! 徵求夫妻或情侶接受免費心理諮商!詳情請見這裡。
Professional
I am a Licensed Counseling Psychologist (諮商心理師) in Taiwan. I received my PhD and MEd in Counseling Psychology from the Department of Guidance & Counseling, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan.
I currently work as an adjunct counseling psychologist at several colleges and universities' counseling centers, including Tung Hai Univeristy, National Taichung University, and Hung Kuang University. I provide individual or family counseling services to students and staffs and also supervise counseling interns.
I also teach at colleges. Current I am an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Department of Senior Services Management, Minghsin University of Science and Technology; Department of Social Work, Asia University; and Department of Applied Psychology, Hsuan Chuang University.
Academic
My main research interest is to study how people construct and perform their gender identity, and how these constructions develop and are influenced by the social cultural context. Currently I am conducting my doctoral dissertation on "the social construction of masculinities in emerging adulthood". I would like to explore how male college students construct their masculinities using positioning theory and narrative/discourse analysis.
I am also interested in social constructionist narrative therapy, couple and family therapy, feminist therapy, and LGBT and multicultural issues in counseling and supervision.
Here is a list of my scholarly publications and other academic activities.
Personal
I was born in Kaohsiung, a beautiful southern city in Taiwan. I love it very very much, the weather, the people, and the "harbor spirit". I am resided in Taichung mainly for my jobs and the study.
I like to travel, and have been a backpacker (sort of) to travel in Spain and Greece by myself. I have also been to Japan, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. Besides, music is my major hobby, especially pop and R&B music in the 80's and 90's. In my spare time, I like to be a DJ/VJ to remix and edit music videos and upload them on YouTube.
I have a blog to write about opinions about society, and some academic stuffs from postmodern, post-structuralist, feminist, and critical-discursive viewpoints.
Contact Info:
E-mail: wangtwdavid@gmail(dot)com
On the left, you can see the links to my Curriculum Vitae and the publication list.