Information Science Doctoral Program

Applicant: Wei-Chu Chen

Wei-Chu Chen
Curriculum Vitae
Phone: (812)2724551
E-mail: chen273@indiana.edu

Education
M.S. in Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington, 2015
M.S. in Social Informatics, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, 2004
Thesis: The Digital Divide in Information Education in Taiwan Hierarchical
Linear Model Approach
B.A. in Sociology, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, 2001

Research Area
Information and Social Network, Social Informatics, Computer-Mediated
Communication, Digital Divide

Professional Experience
Research Assistant, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University
Bloomington, 2014-current
Project:
(1) Face in the Crowd (Microsoft Research Center)
Research Assistant, Department of Information and Library Science, Indiana University
Bloomington, 2012-2013
Projects:
(1) Transmission of tacit skills in East Asian graduate science programs.
(2) Incubators of knowledge: Predicting protg productivity and impact in
the social sciences.
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Social Informatics, Yuan Ze University, 20092011

Information Science Doctoral Program

Applicant: Wei-Chu Chen

Projects:
(1) An integrated research on social development policy in the network
society
(2) The social affordance of information technologies for quality of life, social
capital, and network community
(3) IPv6 deployment for ISP/ICP in Taiwan: Challenge and opportunity
Research Assistant, Center for Education Research and Evaluation, National Taiwan
Normal University, 2007-2009
Projects:
(1) Taiwan integrated postsecondary education database
(2) Assessing the impact of high school context on students performance
Assistant Research Fellow, Institution for Public Opinion, Shin Hsin University, 20062007
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Social Informatics, Yuan Ze University, 20022004

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Yuan Ze University, 2002-2004
Courses: (1) Research Methods (Department of Social and Policy Sciences)
(2) Social Research Methods (Department of Information
Communication)

Technology Skills
SPSS, STATA, R, SQL, Pajek, Gephi, Microsoft Office Suite