Anglo-American fiction, Asian American Studies, African American Studies, Women Writers, Caribbean Literature, Diaspora Studies, Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Film Studies, Children’s Literature

1994/8 ~ 2001/7 Associatet Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University

1998/5 ~ 2000/7  Chairman, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

2001/1 ~ 2002/7 Director, Devision of Academic Exchange and International Admissions, Office of Research and Development, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

2001/8 ~ present  Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University

2002/4 ~ 2005/7 Associate Dean, Office of Academic Studies, National Chiao Tung University

2002/7 ~ 2003/1 Fulbright Visiting Scholar, History of American Civilization Program, Harvard University, USA

2004 ~ 2006, 2006 ~ 2008 President, Association of Comparative Literature of the Republic of China

2004/2 ~ 2004/10, 2009/2 ~ 2010/1 Director, Film Studies Center, National Chiao Tung University

2005/8 ~ 20007/1 Director, National Chiao Tung University Press

2005/8 ~ 2007/11 Dean, Office of Academic Studies, National Chiao Tung University

2006 ~ 2007 Board Member, Spring Foundation

2008 ~ 2010 Board Member of Supervisors, Taiwan Indological Association

2008/11 ~ 2015/7   Distinguished Chair Professor, Chung Hua University

2010 ~ 2012, 2014 ~ 2016 President, Association of English and American Literature of the Republic of China

2011/5 ~ 2014/4  Distinguished Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University

2011/10 ~ present Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

2011/11 ~ 2013/12 Convener, Foreign Literatures section, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Council

2012/1 ~ 2015/12 Executive Committee, Researh Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Council

2012/8 ~ present  Review Committee, Journal Evaluation of Research Institute for the Humanites and Social Sciences, National Science Council

2013 ~ present  Editorial Board Member, Atlantic Studies (Routledge)

2014/5 ~ present  Chair Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University

2014/10 ~ 2016/9 Board Member, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education

2015 International Resident Researcher, Humanities Center of Stanford

2015 ~ present Executive Committee Member, Contemporary Women’s Writing Association

2016 ~ present  Advisory Board Member, The Society for Mutli-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas (MESEA)

2017/10 ~ present  Advisory Board Member, Inter-Asia: Cultural Studies (Routledge)