Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Curriculum and Instruction
Social studies and education for sustainable development
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
Master's Degree
MED in Education
Educational Philosophy
National Chung Cheng University, 2007
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Foreign Languages and Literature
National Chung Cheng University, 2004
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Chan, Yun-Wen. Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Grants (TOP Grants) for Young Scholars, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, international, $20000. (Submitted: May 20, 2022, Funded: October 2022 - October 2023). Grant.
- Chan, Yun-Wen. North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA) Prof. Liao Shutsung Research Award, Institutional (Higher Ed), $2000. (Submitted: March 1, 2023). Grant.
- Chan, Yun-Wen. North America Taiwanese Professor Association Prof. Shutsung Liao Research Award for Outstanding Taiwanese research, $2500. (Funded: 2017 - 2018). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Chan, Y.-W. (2024). Social studies advocacy for environmental and sustainability education: a scholarly review and discussion within the US schooling contexts. Environmental Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2405892
- Chan, Y.-W., & Hinestroza, J. M. (n.d.). Learning to Teach Sustainability Decision-making: Connections Between Spatial Reasoning and Democratic Deliberation. Social Education.
- Forsythe, M. E., & Chan, Y.-W. (2025). Building from scientific argumentation to democratic deliberation: An interdisciplinary approach to decision-making about socioscientific issues. Journal of College Science Teaching, 54(3), 233–240. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2024.2417180
- Chan, Y.-W., Tseng, Y.-C., & Li, Y. (2025). Trends of nature education research in China: A scholarly review. Integrative Conservation.
- Chan, Y.-W., & Forsythe, M. E. (2025). Making sense of social sustainability: How teacher candidates analyze local sustainability challenges. Journal of Environmental Education, 56(5), 390–402. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2025.2498883
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award in Scholarly/Creative Activities at the College of Education. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award within the Presidential Awards Program. 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA) Professor Liao Shutsung Research Award 2023. August 2023 - July 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors for Fall2022. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 NATPA Annual Conference Poster Award for Young Scholars. 2021
Featured service activities
- Member
International Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership
- Member
Assistant/Associate Professor of Elementary Education Search Committee
- Member
Comprehensive Exam Service Committee of Bilingual and ESL Elementary Graduate Program
- Reviewer / Referee
Theory and Research in Social Education
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Geography in Higher Education