Shih-Ying Cheng, MSW Email: [email protected] | Tel: 714-4689823 Add: Apt. 2B, 8324 Delcrest Dr., St. Louis, MO, 63124 EDUCATION 

PhD Student, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S. | Sept., 2015 – Present



Master of Social Work, National Taiwan University, Taiwan | Sept., 2007 – Jan., 2011



Bachelor of Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (Major: Sociology & Public finance), National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan | Sept., 2001 – Jan., 2007

HONORS/AWARDS 

Doctoral Scholarship, Taiwan Ministry of Education | 2015-2019



Master’s Thesis Award, NTU Women’s and Gender Studies | 2010-2011



Master’s Thesis Award, Taiwanese Association for Social Welfare | 2011



Master’s Thesis Award, Taiwan Association of Social Work Education | 2011



Master’s Thesis Award, Charitable Trust Ethnic Reconciliation Fund | 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Pedagogy & Research 

Teaching Assistant, Women’s Issues: Social Welfare and Social Work, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis | Sep. 2016 – Present



Teaching Assistant, Intimate Partner Violence: Theory, Problems, and Issues, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis | Jan. 2016 – May. 2016



Teaching Assistant, Social Casework, School of Social Work, National Taiwan University | Sep. 2008 – Jan. 2009



Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Work, School of Social Work, National Taiwan University | Feb. 2008 – Jun. 2008



Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Work, School of Social Work, National Taiwan University | Sep. 2007 – Jan. 2008



Research Assistant, Project: Systems Analysis of Florida Child Fatality Database (PI: Melissa Johnson-Reid, Ph.D.) | Aug. 2016 – Present 1



Research Assistant, Project: Violence Prevention for Adolescent Girls with Prior Maltreatment (PI: Wendy Auslander, Ph.D.) | May. 2016 – Aug. 2016



Research Assistant, Project: The Application of Pretrial Detention on Domestic Violence Cases (PI: Nina Balsam, J.D.) | May. 2016 – Aug. 2016



Research Assistant, Project: New Immigrant Families in the U.S. (PI: Shanta Pandey, Ph.D.) | Feb. 2016 – Jun. 2016



Research Assistant, National Taiwan University Children and Family Research Center, Taiwan | Mar., 2013 – Jan., 2014



Research Assistant, Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University, Taiwan | Mar., 2013 – Jun., 2013



Research Assistant, Social Work Forum, School of Social Work, National Taiwan University | Feb. 2008 – Jun. 2008

Social Work Practice 

Social Worker, Modern Women's Foundation, Taiwan | Feb., 2014 – Jul., 2015



Social Worker, TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan (TASAT) | Feb., 2011 – Feb., 2013 & Feb., 2009 – Apr., 2010



Social Work Intern, TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan (TASAT) | Jul. 2008 – Aug. 2008



Social Work Intern, Taiwan International Workers’ Association (TIWA) | Feb. 2008 – Jun. 2008



Social Work Intern, Song-Shan Social Welfare and Service Center | Jul. 2005 – Aug. 2005



Social Work Intern, Shi-Lin Senior Service and Day Care Center | Jul. 2004 – Aug. 2004

International Visit & Participation 

11th World Social Forum, Tunis, Tunisia | Mar.-Apr., 2015



East & Central Asia Sub-regional Gender & Politics Training, hosted by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Ulan Bator, Mongolia | May, 2012



25th Cordillera Day and Grassroots Organization Visit (Representing TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan), Benguet, Philippines | Apr., 2009



Social Work Education & Practice Visit (Representing School of Social Work, National Taiwan University), Hong Kong | Oct., 2008

Lectures & Talks (After May, 2015) 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Class: Women’s Issues: Social Welfare and Social Work, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis | Oct. 2016

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Violence Against Women Act, Class: Women’s Issues: Social Welfare and Social Work, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis | Oct. 2016



Lethality in Intimate Partner Violence, Class: Intimate Partner Violence: Theory, Problems, and Issues, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis | Mar. 2016



Evidence Appraisal, Class: Intimate Partner Violence: Theory, Problems, and Issues, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis | Feb. 2016



Social Work Practice: Marriage Immigrants and Domestic Violence Survivors, NTU Social Work Camp hosted by School of Social Work, National Taiwan University | Jul., 2015



From Casework to Campaign, panel hosted by TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan (TASAT) | May. 2015

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES 

TA Training for Facilitating Inclusive Classrooms, Gender & Orientation | Sep., 2016



Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Trauma in School Online training, issued by 3-C Institute for Social Development and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network | May, 2016



CITI Program Online training, issued by Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative | Sep. 2015



Social Worker Certificate, issued by Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan | Jan., 2008

PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Journal Articles Cheng, S.-Y. (2015). Why Don’t Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Leave? From Physical Abuse to Coercive Control. Formosa Journal of Mental Health, 28(4), 481-497. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2015). The Author’s Response “Toward a More Delicate Typology of Intimate Partner Violence: The Theoretical and Historical Controversies”. Formosa Journal of Mental Health, 28(4), 513-519. (In Chinese)

Cheng, S.-Y. & Yu, H.-Y. (2014). A time to submit and a time to resist: The family caregiving struggle of new immigrant women from Southeast Asia. NTU Social Work Review,29, 149-198. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2012). Hidden violence: New immigrant women’s sufferings. Forum in Women's and Gender Studies, 97, 22-24. (In Chinese) Book Chapters

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Cheng, S.-Y. (2013). Social education, advocacy and empowerment. In Pan, S.-M. (Eds.), Social work practice with immigrants (pp.137-149). Taipei, Taiwan: Chuliu & Taiwan Association of Social Workers. (In Chinese)

Cheng, S.-Y. (2013). An arduous march: Notes of the amendment of ‘Immigration Act’ article 38. In Lee, C.-W. (Eds.), Taiwan human rights report 2012 (pp.137-149). Taipei, Taiwan: New Sharing & Taiwan Association of Human Right. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2012). Participation in writing in Liao, F. F.-T. (Eds.), Taiwan human rights report 2011: Shadow reports on ICCPR & ICESCR from NGOs. Taipei, Taiwan: New Sharing & Taiwan Association of Human Right. (In Chinese) Conference Presentations Cheng, S.-Y. (2016, July). The association between gender-inequality and the rates of intimate partner femicide (IPF) – An analysis from the intersectionality perspective. Paper presented at International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. Cheng, S.-Y. (2016, July). The dual effects of decrease gender-inequality on intimate partner femicide – A conceptual model. Paper presented at International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. Cheng, S.-Y. (2016, April). The association between gender-inequality and the rates of intimate partner femicide (IPF) – An analysis from the intersectionality perspective. Paper presented at Research Without Walls, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Cheng, S.-Y. (2013, June). Women who must stay: Citizenship, residence, and marriage status of immigrant women in Taiwan. Paper presented at Asia Pacific Conference on Marriage Migration, Empowerment and Family, Taipei, Taiwan. Cheng, S.-Y. (2009, May). When ‘noble’ human right values meet ‘limited’ social resources: An exploration of cost analysis of legalization of ‘Household Service Act’. Paper presented at 9th Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Association for Social Welfare - New Social Risks and the Challenges to the Welfare System: International Innovation and Comparative Perspective, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese) Other Publications Cheng, S.-Y. (2015). Revenge Porn – intimate partner violence in web era (published at NPO Post Station). http://npost.tw/archives/16389 (In Chinese)

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Cheng, S.-Y. (2014, November 3). China students should not be excluded particularly from the cover of National Health Insurance. Apple Daily, p.A13. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2014). Why victims of domestic violence do not leave? – Observations from a social worker’s perspective (published at NPO Post Station). http://npost.tw/archives/11362 (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2014). ‘Where I went is a way I cannot see where it went – My micro revolution of social work’: records of community social work (published at NPO Post Station). http://npost.tw/archives/10451 (In Chinese)

Cheng, S.-Y. (2014). The tower that grass-roots social workers are unable to climb: Observations on the system of ‘social work certification’ (published at NPO Post Station). http://npost.tw/archives/6958 (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2014). Protection or oppression: Rethink ‘anti-trafficking’ (published at NPO Post Station). http://npost.tw/archives/6682 (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2014). Regarding ‘Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement’, where Taiwan government’s preparation is (published at NPO Post Station). http://npost.tw/archives/5194 (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2014). Same-sex marriage laws do not ruin ‘children’s benefits’. Taiwan Church News Network, 3235, 11. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2014, February 13). Social workers are not the panacea. Apple Daily, p.A15. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2013). My journey of acceptation (original: From the Pharisee to a straight). Taiwan Church News Network, 3223, 11. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2013, May 23). Enforce anti-discrimination rules (Svensson, P., & Cooper, P., Trans.). Taipei Times, p.8. Cheng, S.-Y. (2013, May 18). Taiwan needs effective anti-discrimination rules. Apple Daily, p.A24. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2013). Leave the wheat sheaves: The way to treat foreigners illuminated by Holy Bible. Taiwan Church News Network, 3195, 11. (In Chinese) Hsia, H.-C. & Cheng, S.-Y. (2013). By what time could the foreign country become homeland (published on Opinion column of Common Wealth Magazine). http://opinion.cw.com.tw/blog/profile/65/article/290 (In Chinese)

Cheng, S.-Y. (2013). By what time could the foreign country become homeland (simultaneously published on PTS News Network & Bongchhi Women's ePaper). http://pnn.pts.org.tw/main/2013/01/25/%E4%BB%96%E9%84%89%E4%BD%95%E6%99%82%E6%8 5

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Cheng, S.-Y. (2012). Marriage is real and domestic violence is real as well (published on Bongchhi Women's ePaper). http://www.frontier.org.tw/bongchhi/?p=16015 (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, December 3). Long-term care is for Sister Ding only, but not for general marriage immigrants. Apple Daily, p.A.30. (In Chinese) Hsia, H.-C. & Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, December 11). Prejudices erode migrants’ rights (Clegg, J., Trans.). Taipei Times, p.8. Hsia, H.-C. & Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, December 2). Stop stigmatizing marriage immigrants. China Times, p.A27. (In Chinese)

Hsia, H.-C. & Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, October 24). Foreigners have human rights too (Cameron, D., Trans.). Taipei Times, p.8. Hsia, H.-C. & Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, October 13). Foreigners’ personal liberty is deprived. China Times, p.A16. (In Chinese)

Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, July 12). The oppressed are oppressing each other. Lihpao Daily. (In Chinese) Wu, J.-Z. & Cheng, S.-Y. (2011, July 7). Taiwan’s foreigners should have freedom of speech. Apple Daily, p.A.22. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2011). Religion is not people’s opium. Taiwan Church News Network, 3098, 11. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2011). Shame on MOFA’s discrimination against Vietnam immigrants (published on Coolloud). http://www.coolloud.org.tw/node/62851 (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2011). Questions to ‘True Love’ Alliance. Taiwan Church News Network, 3094, 11. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2011). ‘Why me: A story of a brave victim of sexual assault’: A book of suffering and determination. Judicial Reform, 82, 40-41. (In Chinese) Cheng, S.-Y. (2010). ‘Dor’: The life intersection that redeems each other. Humanistic Education Journal, 257, 81-83. (In Chinese)

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