Publications

Jhang, J. (2019). “She did not come out, but we’ve come to terms” -- Family reconciliation of

challenged expectations when a young adult child is gender and sexual minority/tongzhi:

Multiple perspectives. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin.

Jhang, J. (2019). Examining cultural discourses in Taiwanese gender and sexual minority/tongzhi

family-of-origin relationships. Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, 33, 115–142.

https://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/e-journal/issue-33/jhang.

Jhang, J. (2018b). Scaffolding in family relationships: A grounded theory of coming

out to family. Family Relations. 67(1), 161-175. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12302

Jhang, J. (2018a). [Review of Celebrity health narratives and the public health, by Christina S. Beck,

Stellina M.A. Chapman, Nathaniel Simmons, Kelly E. Tenzek and Stephanie M. Ruhl]. Health

Communication, 33(2), 225-228. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1250193

Bock, M. J., Pain, P., & Jhang, J. (2017). Covering Nipples: News Discourse and the Politics and

Framing of Breastfeeding. Feminist Media Studies. 19(1), 53-69. DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1313754

Current/Future Projects

#少子女化的社會因素和影響

The social causes and impact of low birth rate

#資訊傳染病與人類關係

Infodemics and human relationship

#社區健康、心理健康

Community health, mental health

Research Areas

Interpersonal Communication 人際傳播

Family communication 家庭傳播

Health communication 健康傳播

LGBTQ and gender studies 同志與性別研究

Conflict and communication 衝突與溝通

Language and social interaction 語言與社會互動

Grounded theory 紮根理論

Qualitative research methods 質性研究方法

Discourse studies 論述研究
Conversation analysis 對話分析

Awards and Honors

2020 | Sandra Petronio Family Communication Dissertation Award, National Communication Association
2019 | Doctoral Honors Seminar (competitively selected), National Communication Association,
2019 | Program Director Scholarship, North America Taiwan Studies Association
2018 | Scholarship, Global Island: Taiwan and the World workshop, University of Washington, Taiwan Studies Program
2018 | Travel funding to The National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation Conference
2017 | National Communication Association Student Caucus Travel Award, National Communication Association
2017 | Student Travel Grant, 2017 International Communication Association Preconference— Digital Asia: Recent Research and Practice. San Diego, CA.
2016 | Health Communication Scholar Program Research Grant, Moody College of Communication, UT Austin
2016 | Outstanding Ph.D. Student of the Year, Department of Communication Studies, UT Austin
2015 | Top Student Paper Award in the Language and Social Interaction Division, National Communication Association
2015 | National Communication Association Student Caucus Travel Award (The LGBTQ Caucus), National Communication Association
2014-2015 | Graduate School Continuing Scholarship, UT Austin
2013-2014 | The Pic-Wagner Fellowship, UT Austin
2010-2012 | Full Scholarship Grantee, Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange (ALLEX) Scholarship Program

Research Engagement

2021-Present | Researcher, Dr. Chan Chang-Chuan The Sixth Naphtha Cracker research public writing project
2021-Present | Researcher, Mental Health Association in Taiwan
2021-Present | Taiwan-UK Sex/Gender/Sexuality Minorities Health Research Network (TUSHRN) Taskforce
2018 -2021 | Regional Expert, Franklin & Marshall Global Barometer of Gay Rights/ Transgender Rights (F&M GBGR/GBTR), Franklin & Marshall College
2016-2019 | Researcher, The Health Communication Scholar Program, Department of Asian Studies, UT Austin
2015-2017 | Assistant Researcher, The News as Cultural Research Group, School of Journalism, UT Austin
2012-2013 | Research Assistant, Interdisciplinary Project on Computational Linguistics and Chinese Dialectics, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Academic Learning

2021-2022 | Selected invitee, 科技部人文社會科學研究中心：知識x社會x未來：跨領域年輕學者論壇
2021 | Selected invitee, 台大風險中心參與式前瞻工作坊

Invited Talks

June 2022 Taiwan Ireland Association

Topic: “Rethinking family: Taiwan as an extended case“

Spring 2022 Department of Cultural Resources and Leisure Industries, National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan

Topic: “Twenty years into the 'Act of Gender Equality in Employment'"

Fall 2021 Research Institute of The Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Topic: “Taiwan Studies in North America“

Fall 2021 Language Center, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Topic: “Mental health and studying abroad"
Topic: “TOEFL exam preparation"
Topic: “Studying abroad--application package"

Fall 2021 Graduate Program of Ethnicity and Culture, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Topic: “Families in Post Same-Sex Marriage Taiwan"

Spring 2021 Communication Studies Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California (online)

Topic: “Internationalizing the study of family and interpersonal communication”

Spring 2021 Department of Cultural Resources and Leisure Industries, National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan

Topic: “Empowering diversity in the workplace”

Fall 2020 Austin Asian American Film Festival-Prismatic Taiwan (talk given online)

Topic: “Family relationship and communication in Small Talk (2016)”

Fall 2020 Association for Taiwan Literature, Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Topic: “Current Trends in Taiwan Studies-North America Perspective”

Fall 2020 Department of Mass Communication, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

Topic: “Identity issues in same-sex marriage movement in Taiwan”

Spring 2020 Department of Cultural Resources and Leisure Industries, Taitung, Taiwan

Topic: “Gender Issues in the workplace”

Fall 2019 College of Communication, National ChengChi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Topic: “Field observation and in-depth interviews: What are these?”

Fall 2019 Graduate Society of Applied Linguists, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Topic: “She did not come out but we’ve come to terms”— family reconciliation of challenged expectations when a young adult child is a gender and sexual minority/ tongzhi”

Spring 2017 Department of Psychology and Counseling, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Topic: “The daily lives for the sexual and gender minorities: Family relationship, and work”

Fall 2016 Department of Psychology and Counseling, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Topic: “A counselor’s guide to understanding the basics of the sexual and gender minorities”

Fall 2016 Department of Mass Communication, Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Topic: “The endless possibilities that blossom when LGBTQ+ intersects with communication studies”

Fall 2016 Institute of Communication Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Topic: “Media communication: LGBTQ+ and gender”

Fall 2016 Department of Speech Communication, Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan

Topic: “What has been communicated in speech communication?”

Fall 2016 Department of Mass Communication, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

Topic: ”Sex and gender in communication studies: Binary and fluidity”

Spring 2015 Workshop: Cigarette smoking among sexual minority populations, Department of

Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (talk given online)

Topic: “LGBTQ+ substance use and abuse in Taiwan”

Spring 2013 The Teaching Excellence Seminar-English Subject, Ching Hua High School, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Topic: “Communicative pedagogy: What is it, why is it important, and how to use it”