{"id":469,"date":"2010-05-14T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ta100people.wpengine.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2010-05-14T01:29:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T08:29:22","slug":"ketty-chen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/ketty-chen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketty Chen &#8211; Professor of Political Science and Animal Rights Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plano, TX<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>I am proud to be a Taiwanese American, because Taiwan is not only where  my roots are, it also represents hard work, perseverance, survival,  democracy and freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-471\" title=\"chen.ketty2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/chen.ketty2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"chen.ketty2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/chen.ketty2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/chen.ketty2.JPG 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Who are you? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in Plano, TX.\u00a0 I drink too much coffee, and I love desserts.\u00a0 I am an animal lover, especially dogs.\u00a0 I have two fur kids.\u00a0 Mr. Snuggles is an 11-year-old border collie mix, the wise and constant companion.\u00a0 Biguru or &#8220;Bea&#8221; is the rambunctious beagle I adopted last year.\u00a0 I also love to sing, and I&#8217;ve been invited to perform at local Taiwanese American organization events.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a big fan of Taiwanese songs.\u00a0 Jiang Hui is one of my favorite singers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I am a professor of political science at Austin College.\u00a0 My fields of expertise are comparative politics, international relations and political theory.\u00a0 When I have some spare time, I help the local animal shelters rescue stray and abused dogs.\u00a0 I am also the current Media Chair of Formosan Association for Public Affairs -Young Professional Group&#8217;s (FAPA-YPG) Steering Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you proud to be of Taiwanese heritage?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I am proud to be a Taiwanese American, because Taiwan is not only where my roots are, it also represents hard work, perseverance, survival, democracy and freedom.\u00a0 I am proud of the fact that Taiwan has overcome colonization, war, atrocities and authoritarianism.\u00a0 Today, Taiwan is the pillar of democracy and a model for other countries in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the  future of Taiwanese America look like to you?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I see Taiwanese Americans becoming the leaders in all fields in American societies. I also see Taiwanese American communities coming together to contribute and support the Taiwanese&#8217; right to self-determination and be incorporated into the world community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any  additional  information you would like to share? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Please neuter and spay your pets.\u00a0 Adopt instead of buy!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-472\" title=\"chen.ketty1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/chen.ketty1-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"chen.ketty1\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/chen.ketty1-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/chen.ketty1.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plano, TX Who are you? I was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in Plano, TX.\u00a0 I drink too much coffee, and I love desserts.\u00a0 I am an animal lover, especially dogs.\u00a0 I have two fur kids.\u00a0 Mr. Snuggles is an 11-year-old border collie mix, the wise and constant companion.\u00a0 Biguru or &#8220;Bea&#8221; is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}