EDUCATION
1974 B.A. (Sociology) National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
1978 M.A. (Sociology) University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.
1983 Ph.D.(Sociology) Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
EMPLOYMENT
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. October 2002-.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. September 1992- September 2002.
Visiting Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University. July-Dec., 1994.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. September 1988-August 1992.
Research Scientist, Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M. May 1983-July 1988.
