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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

April21 (T), 2026 Something interesting to share...




 Vets protest Iran war in the Capitol, get zip-tied by cops
A hundred or more veterans of the US military gathered in the congressional building Monday, staging a protest complete with a flag-folding ceremony and “End the war on Iran” and “We can’t afford another war” banners.
Police quickly descended on the scene, armed with zip-ties, to detain them.
~ geopolitics_prime

Krystal Huang
Thanks to Kathy M's sharing.

Krystal Huang
Repost:


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https://www.facebook.com/reel/1365821278908041



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Dozens of American veterans and military family members were detained after they started protesting the Iran war inside a congressional office building in Washington D.C.

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While cleaning my laptop drives, I found some old teaching documents (I retired). The following one is the soul of sociology. So I converted it into a video dubbed with English ( not my original voice). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-BESZbTLPE Some ideas in the video might interest you (if you have not taken sociology) ?

Due to the limited time for video, I deleted many real life examples or case studies. The 1 hour slides were condensed into 10 minutes.


Krystal Huang
Cultivating sociological imagination and critical thinking provides the necessary power to counter the risks posed by omnipresent AI/AGI - from my perspective.

Krystal Huang
In Taiwan, I majored in sociology. It was not a matter of personal choice, nor an expression of any privileged individualism. It was assigned based on my entrance exam scores (before the educational reform).  It wouldn't be embarrassing to admit that my understanding of the subject was shallow. One of the main reasons could be Taiwan facing severe threats from the CCP regime,  worsen by the ruler's enacting Martial Law around the Island, college professors (at NTU) often perfunctorily reading through lecture notes which were older than I was. There were no teaching evaluations, nor “publish or perish” expectations to "excite" them.

Krystal Huang
At Madison, time ran fast and my 2-year scholarship which I earned from Taiwan, was expired. Again, I did not have enough time to exam my understanding of Sociology. Then due to an opportunity to teach locally, I found a school closer by to continue my educaation - UMN, not sociology any more, but learning technology.  (Since I taught at a tech college, it might enhance my "survival rate" as an instructor at this school which was the first time to hire a non-native English speaking Asian since 1912.)   

Then I started a dual role as a full time faculty and part-time student.

Krystal Huang
So how could I teach sociology with great sense of joy? In the end, from my recollection, I owed that possibility to my students. Their doubts and questions pushed me to delve more deeply into reading and thinking. For example, when I talked about individal in the social contexts, most people seldom having the luxury to make an absolute personal decision. Then, one of my students raised his hand, " My joining military, be honest to you - 100% from my free will! Nothing affected me to make that choice!"

You know, this was a tech college. 85% of students came from working class or disadvantageous families.

Krystal Huang
This is a society that prides itself on “individualism.” Many people seem to believe in it wholeheartedly—and that, in fact, was one of the most challenging aspects of teaching sociology.

I did not explain why I joined the military in Taiwan. Most people hold certain views at people joining military, no matter what, except, the princes or princesses of royal families.
Recalling that time, my parents were aging and ill, and universal health care was little more than an impossible dream. For families with limited means, one had to stay strong—or pray not to fall ill. My grandparents died without opportunities to access medical treatments, which was quite common around people like us.

Meanwhile, Taiwan, under the rule of Chiang Kai-shek and his son, faced the looming threat of the CCP. Many young people were drafted or recruited into military service. Military budgets were always the priority of the national spending (like now...) During that hard times, I had just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, but the job market was far from welcoming.

The military, however, offered something crucial : access to medical care for cadets’ parents, without the crushing burden of hospital bills. At the same time, the nation herself stood at a moment of natioal security crisis - the bigger threat from the CCP regime.

And so—almost inevitably—I found myself in the military - for 8 years. Later, I won a scholarship to study at any English speaking country.  I chose the US. - a great nation at that time.

(Note.  Later - from 1995, the Universal Health Care ACT prevailed. Many world health organizations predicting it wouldn't last for 10 years. Bankruptcy was inevitable - from the Capitalism's Caculator. But, see, what happens, Taiwan has been ranked the world number one in enacting high quality of universal health care policy for 7 years.)

Saturday, January 10, 2026

Jan. 10 (Sa,) 2026 A non-mainstream, yet a main-money-making AI industry: AI and sex business...

Accidentally, I fould this video (not in English) :
A non-mainstream, yet a main-money-making AI industry: AI and sex business...
Then, I checked around relevant information. Attached below.




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An interface with  AI

I asked some common questions (texts based) to see how this AI mode responded and checked some media critics who pointed out a so-called "garbage-in-garbage-out" phenomenon. The massive interfaces between the zealous users and the " constantly fed AI," they said that the mutual influences may deterioate each other's ability in many aspects of life.



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XfqxqZ6ycjrZJ4QjkTgVHMbwzKighltWxmzJmkRgVn4/edit?usp=sharing

This is from Google searching engine AI mode which answers my question regarding the positive and negative impacts of AI applications on humanity,  so far:

As of 2026, the question of whether AI does more "good" or "bad" remains a subject of intense global debate, with consensus shifting from initial awe to a more rigorous evaluation of its real-world impacts. While AI has driven massive breakthroughs in specialized fields, it has simultaneously introduced systemic risks that are actively impacting society today.

The "Good": Major Contributions to Humanity:

1. Revolutionized Healthcare: AI has transitioned from experimental to a foundational clinical tool, solving complex medical case with up to 85.5% accuracy—significantly higher than some experienced physicians. It is now critical for accelerating drug discovery, disease mapping, and personalized treatment planning.

2. Economic Productivity: By 2026, AI is expected to contribute approximately $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. It is transforming "boring, repetitive tasks" into automated workflows, allowing humans to focus on creative and strategic roles.

3. Scientific Discovery: AI is no longer just a tool but a "partner" in research, capable of generating hypotheses and even controlling laboratory equipment to accelerate breakthroughs in climate modeling and materials science.

4. Climate & Infrastructure: AI helps optimize renewable energy grids and streamline logistics to reduce global waste.

The "Bad": Urgent Risks and Negative Impacts:

1. Deepening Inequality: There is a growing risk of a "Next Great Divergence," where AI widens the gap between high-income nations and underserved communities. Job displacement is expected to impact up to 40% of working hours in high-income countries, primarily hitting routine office and administrative roles.

2. Erosion of Truth: The rise of generative AI has made producing convincing disinformation and deepfakes easier than ever, which experts warn could undermine elections and institutional trust.

3. Environmental Strain: Training and running large models consume staggering amounts of resources; data centers are projected to exceed 1,000 TWh of electricity by the end of 2026, competing with public demand for green energy and potable water.

4.Algorithmic Bias: Systems used for hiring, medical triage, and law enforcement frequently perpetuate racial and gender biases present in their training data.

5. Cognitive and Social Impact: Recent studies suggest over-reliance on AI may be leading to "self-inflicted AI dementia" or "brain rot," where humans' critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills atrophy.

Current Consensus (2026)

Public sentiment leans toward caution: a 2025 survey showed 57% of Americans rate AI's risks as high, compared to only 25% who see high benefits. Most experts agree that the net impact is not yet determined, but rather a "tipping point" that depends on whether governments can implement effective regulation and "guardrails" to ensure the technology augments rather than replaces human capacity.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

April 9 (W,) 2025 The power of a kingdom and a nation


Krystal Huang


Krystal Huang
Ya, the 3 nations - the maga kingdom, the eligible inactive-voters-nation, the eligible voters-who-vote-nation: a big problem of the 2-dominant party system that can function the same as the One-Party condition.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Apri. 7 (T,) 2025 Eating Grass vs. Imposing Pressure - which regime: a super-capitalism vs. a fake capitalist-communism, can withstand longer?


Wang Q. S., a former leader of China says, ”Chinese eating grass 3 years, will still survive well.” 104% tariffs, so what?

Krystal Huang
Wang Qishxn/王岐X, is the former vice “president” of the ccp regime.
Now the issue is -
eating grass vs. imposing pressure -
which regime: a super capitalism vs. a fake capitalism, can withstand longer?
In this game of saving face, who are those that suffer the most?

Krystal Huang
Origins:
美國前財長亨利鮑爾森,在他的與中國打交道20年的自傳中,對當年交手的朱鎔x和王岐x讚譽有加。書中他提到,王岐x有一次對他說,我們中國人只需要吃草就可以活三年,你們美國人吃草可以活多久?這是王在威脅美國政府,"你們美國人省省吧,別企圖掐我們中國人的脖子,先死的一定是美國."
Translation : In his autobiography of his 20 years of dealings with China, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson praised Zhu Rxxgji and Wxng Qishxn, with whom he dealt at the time. In the book, he mentioned that Wxng Qishxn once said to him, "We Chinese only need to eat grass to survive for three years. How long can you Americans survive by eating grass?" This is Wxng Qishxn threatening the US government, - "You Americans, please stop trying to strangle us Chinese. The first to die will be the US."

Krystal Huang
Don't move my cheese! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aho2kXg1o-k


YOUTUBE.COM
Elon TURNS on Trump, wants "ZERO TARIFFS"
Elon TURNS on Trump, wants "ZERO TARIFFS"


Krystal Huang
He called him - the trade advisor "Moron" who was the one pointing to the CCP's foul play during the king's first term. Then, he talked back, "you, are, merely a Car Assembler/Dealer!" Meanwhile, he owns the biggest factories in the CCP regime with all the unbelievable benefits - cheap laborers, lands, raw materials, easy regulations at the cost of human rights and environment damages.... 54% of his cars, particularly, batteries, come from such "wornderful" conditions.

And then the CCP subsidizes its own car manufacturing business to copy Txslx's recipe to build its own.  Now its BYD is dumping into the world with cheap cars.

Thus, levy tariffs on others, but not on all his businesses! What a generous, empathic guy to serve the masses' interests....

Krystal Huang
Big leverage - big borrowing, big buying, enjoying big fame, and big excitment - having much fun in the US. than in South Africa.


Krystal Huang
Anotherdie-hard smartie .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpBc_Dfv58Q


YOUTUBE.COM
China threatens ‘total war’ with US if Trump doesn’t realise he’s made a mistake | Victor Gao
China threatens ‘total war’ with US if Trump doesn’t realise he’s made a mistake | Victor Gao

Krystal Huang
Tariff Show, including penquins/seals.... https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=2243605736085745

Krystal Huang
Hit hard. Thou shall not be richer than the king... His royal highnesses will come to harvest this huge wave of stock market profits...



Krystal Huang
This is a meme from the ccp regime foreseeing the future of the maga world....
Quite offensive, isn't it? https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/videos/9854406537912938


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2jTztojVnRU 
May be an image of 8 people and text that says 'EconomyTrivia Economy April a 5:43 PM Bloodbath at Dow,Nasdaq &S& P 500 on 4th April Friday. RANK NAME NET WORTH 1 Elon Musk Tesla, Spacex $362.5 B $15.7 B| -4.15% 2 Jeff Bezos Amazon $189.4 B $6.7 B -3.44% 3 Mark Zuckerberg Facebook $174.9 B $9.2 -4.99% 4 Larry Ellison Oracle $161.8 B $10.8 B |-6.24% 5 Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway $154.4 B $10.7 -6.50% 6 Bernard Arnault & family LVMH $154.1B B $3.6 -2.28% 7 Larry Page Google 8 $122.5B B $3.9 B| -3.07% Sergey Brin Google $117.6B B $3.6 B -3.00%'
Krystal Huang
Over four decades. China has experienced a remarkable rise in living standards, alongside a tremendous increase in inequalities. China now has the 2nd-largest number of billionaires globally, with the top 10% owning 68% of the country’s wealth, compared to 70% in the USA. These two big countries compete everything, particularly the scale of money and power concentration.

Personally, I hope the majority working population in China can enjoy their hard earned outcome, but in reality, the social class and regional inequality are exponetionally widening.

Over four decades. China has experienced a remarkable rise in living standards, alongside a tremendous increase in inequalities. China now has the 2nd-largest number of billionaires globally, with the top 10% owning 68% of the country’s wealth, compared to 70% in the USA. These two big countries compete everything, particularly the scale of money and power concentration.

One major difference is that one dominates the national wealth in a small group of the One Party CCP regime's high rank-n-file/corrupt bureaucrats of the publiburo, who eagerly transport/hide money, valuable assets/wealth in other advanced countries. Heavily spending on military expansion is another cause, so as to feed the Silk Road Initiative creating the global hegemony is another big investment. Thus, more than one billion average people share 6% of the national wealth. That is the main reason why the internal consumption rate is constantly in low condition. Meanwhile, the other one with the world highest income/wealth inequality seems tolerating the dire condition when the masses are fed with forced oversoncumption via media control and the political manipulation of the super-capitalists ... A relevant article for reference:  https://wid.world/.../chinas-contemporary-paradox-rising.../


WID.WORLD
China’s contemporary paradox: rising inequality, falling support for redistribution - WID - World Inequality Database
China’s contemporary paradox: rising inequality, falling support for redistribution - WID - World Inequality Database

Thursday, April 3, 2025

April 3 (Th,) 2025 Toy

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Krystal Huang
Reuters News:
Symbolically.  https://www.reuters.com/.../us-senate-vote-protesting.../


REUTERS.COM
US Senate passes bill aimed at stopping Trump tariffs on Canada
US Senate passes bill aimed at stopping Trump tariffs on Canada


Krystal Huang
Russia, no tariffs. Ukraine, 10% tariffs.

April 3 (Th,) 2025 The Beauty Trap

Krystal Huang
AP news: Alert! Beauty Trap.


apnews.com
US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens
The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.

Brian S
I believe this was always the case? Maybe not stressed as much?

Krystal Huang
Brian, The Beaty-trap strategy is well known in history. Money, fame, and, particularly, sex (plus, delicious food), tend to be irresistible to many males in the business-political fields.

Krystal Huang
One of the famous 36 stratagems:
Mar. 17 (M,) 2025 How many of the stratagems can you identify...
https://ci8395.blogspot.com/.../mar-17-m-2025-can-you...


Krystal Huang
By the way, about 360,000 females from China married Taiwanese males. Most local people wish them a happy marriage. Unfortuantely, this group has the shorest marriage duration and highest divorce rate after obtaining citizenship. Most of them tend to bring in their folks from China to enjoy Taiwan's high quality, low cost universal health care benefits.
Some of them involve with quasi-espinage activities. 3 of them through the due process, were sent back to the CCP-regime last week.

Krystal Huang
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5HZIzm_cS5g


YOUTUBE.COM
Another Chinese influencer is getting deported from Taiwan
Another Chinese influencer is getting deported from Taiwan

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

April. 2 (W,) 2025 Silence

Krystal Huang

Who is silent?
Who is silenced by what? By whom?
Why do people keep silent?
How are people in silence?
How safe is it - in silence?
Silence for what?
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""First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me
—and there was no one left to speak for me."
- Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)


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Everyone is fatigued. I was talking online with a Canadian last night who asked me why no one was doing anything and I didn’t have an answer. You wonder why both parties don’t work together to get rid of these two assholes, one of which no one here voted for. You wonder how these people can be so spineless and cowardly.
This might provide some answers.
Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump’s Tyranny
by Ralph Nader
March 14, 2025
There are reasons why influential or knowledgeable Americans are staying silent as the worsening fascist dictatorship of the Trumpsters and Musketeers gets more entrenched by the day. Most of these reasons are simple cover for cowardice.
Start with the once-powerful Bush family dynasty. They despise Trump as he does them. Rich and comfortable George W. Bush is very proud of his Administration’s funding of AIDS medicines saving lives in Africa and elsewhere. Trump, driven by vengeance and megalomania, moved immediately to dismantle this program. Immediate harm commenced to millions of victims in Africa and elsewhere who are reliant on this U.S. assistance (including programs to lessen the health toll on people afflicted by tuberculosis and malaria).
Not a peep from George W. Bush, preoccupied with his landscape painting and perhaps occasional pangs of guilt from his butchery in Iraq. His signal program is going down in flames and he keeps his mouth shut, as he has largely done since the upstart loudmouth Trump ended the Bush family’s power over the Republican Party.
Then there are the Clintons and Obama. They are very rich, and have no political aspirations. Yet, though horrified by what they see Trump doing to the government and its domestic social safety net services they once ruled, mum’s the word.
What are these politicians afraid of as they watch the overthrow of our government and the oncoming police state? Trump, after all, was not elected to become a dictator—declaring war on the American people with his firings and smashing of critical “people’s programs” that benefit liberals and conservatives, red state and blue state residents alike.
Do they fear being discomforted by Trump/Musk unleashing hate and threats against them, and getting tarred by Trump’s tirades and violent incitations? No excuses. Regard for our country must take precedence to help galvanize their own constituencies to resist tyranny and fight for Democracy.
What about Kamala Harris — the hapless loser to Trump in November’s presidential election? She must think she has something to say on behalf of the 75 million people who voted for her or against Trump. Silence! She is perfect bait for Trump’s intimidation tactics. She is afraid to tangle with Trump despite his declining polls, rising inflation, the falling stock market and anti-people budget slashing which is harming her supporters and Trump voters’ economic wellbeing, health and safety.
This phenomenon of going dark is widespread. Regulators and prosecutors who were either fired or quit in advance have not risen to defend their own agencies and departments, if only to elevate the morale of those civil servants remaining behind and under siege.
Why aren’t we hearing from Gary Gensler, former head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), now being dismantled, especially since the SEC is dropping his cases against alleged cryptocurrency crooks?
Why aren’t we hearing much more (she wrote one op-ed) from Samantha Power, the former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under Biden, whose life-saving agency is literally being illegally closed down, but for pending court challenges?
Why aren’t we hearing from Michael Regan, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Biden about saboteur Lee Zeldin, Trump’s head of EPA, who is now giving green lights to lethal polluters and other environmental destructions?
These and many other former government officials all have their own circles – in some cases, millions of people – who need to hear from them.
They can take some courage of the seven former I.R.S. Commissioners — from Republican and Democratic Administrations — who condemned slicing the I.R.S staff in half and aiding and abetting big time tax evasion by the undertaxed super-rich and giant corporations. I am told that they would be eager to testify, should the Democrats in Congress have the energy to hold unofficial hearings as ranking members of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees.
Banding together is one way of reducing the fear factor. After Trump purged the career military at the Pentagon to put his own “yes men” at the top, five former Secretaries of Defense, who served under both Democratic and Republican presidents, sent a letter to Congress denouncing Trump’s firing of senior military officers and requesting “immediate” House and Senate hearings to “assess the national security implications of Mr. Trump’s dismissals.” Not a chance by the GOP majority there. But they could ask the Democrats to hold UNOFFICIAL HEARINGS as ranking members of the Armed Services Committees!
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker can be one of the prime witnesses at these hearings – he has no fear of speaking his mind against the Trumpsters.
On March 6, 2025, the Washington Bureau Chief of the New York Times, Elisabeth Bumiller, put her rare byline on an urgent report titled, “‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves.”
She writes: “The silence grows louder every day. Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents [one exception is Wesleyan University President Michael Roth] fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief executives alarmed by tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.”
To be sure, government employees and other unions are speaking out and suing in federal court. So are national citizen groups like Public Citizen and the Center for Constitutional Rights, though hampered in alerting large audiences by newspapers like the Times rarely reporting their initiatives.
Yes, Ms. Bumiller, pay attention to that aspect of your responsibility. Moreover, the Times’ editorial page (op-ed and editorials) are not adequately reflecting the urgency of her reporting. Nor are her reporters covering the informed outspokenness and actions of civic organizations.
Don’t self-censoring people know that they are helping the Trumpian dread, threat and fear machine get worse? Study Germany and Italy in the nineteen thirties.
The Trump/Musk lawless, cruel, arrogant, dictatorial regime is in our White House. Their police state infrastructure is in place. Silence is complicity!
https://nader.org/.../stay-silent-and-stay-powerless.../

Krystal Huang
雞肋揹鍋俠, 棄之可惜.

https://www.nytimes.com/.../pol.../trump-musk-wisconsin.html


NYTIMES.COM
For Trump, Elon Musk Is a Liability, but Still Useful for Now
For Trump, Elon Musk Is a Liability, but Still Useful for Now


Krystal Huang
Thanks to David F's sharing.

Krystal Huang
籠粉紅, 又在唱衰臺灣國, 長敵國之氣. 內患比敵國更可惡可卑...
黃麗
黃昶 真的是

Krystal Huang
https://www.theguardian.com/.../trump-tariffs-global...


THEGUARDIAN.COM
Global stock markets fall as new Trump tariffs loom
Global stock markets fall as new Trump tariffs loom


Krystal Huang
https://www.nytimes.com/.../trump-tariffs-global-stock...


NYTIMES.COM
Stock Markets Slide After Trump Unveils Tariffs
Stock Markets Slide After Trump Unveils Tariffs



Krystal Huang
Txxxp Tariffs Could Cost Average American Household $4,200 a Year ... https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tariffs-could-cost...


NEWSWEEK.COM
Trump tariffs could cost average American household $4,200 a year
Trump tariffs could cost average American household $4,200 a year

Crystal Curriculum Vitae

Crystal Li-chin Huang is a bilingual writer, folksong enthusiast, and visual arts/social science educator with a background in learning technology. Through her work, she offers poetic, socio-cultural critiques in her signature one-page-snippet format.

Teaching Experience:

Fall 2003 to Spring 2020, faculty professor, teaching Art Appreciation, American Government, Diversity Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Problems via multiple delivery formats (course designer and facilitator for the face to face, online, hybrid, ITV -Youth Option, Web-conference, and Accelerated/Evening alternative methods) at Chippewa Valley Technical College. (During the above teaching career, I also completed my terminal degree in 2015 through being a part-time student for 10 years. This could be an answer to some friends' curiosity why I did not teach at the 4-year college? In fact, students and I have some similarity regarding SES at the 2-year college environment that sustains my teaching enthusiasm.)

Spring 2000 to spring 2003, Lecturer, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Stout

95-97, TA at Wayne State College, NE

1. Taught “Introduction to Visual Arts” sections
2. Assisted Design and Painting studio courses
3. Conducted workshop for Information Literacy and Library Automated System

Professional Experience:

2000 to 2003,
adviser of Undecided Student Advisement Program, UW-Stout

1999 to 2000, program coordinator at the Undecided Student Advisement Office,

College of Arts and Sciences, UW-Stout

Nov.1997 to Jan.1999, Computer Layout Specialist in the Composing Department and

lifestyle columnist in the Editorial Department of the Dunn County News, Menomonie, WI

1992-93, library assistant, UW-Madison

Civil Servant:

1. Supervisor, the Supervisory Committee of the Congressional Aide Association of the Legislative Yuan (首屆立法院國會助理協會監委 Congress of Taiwan), Taipei

Job including: coordinating election campaigns, Congressional speech writing and serving constituencies.
(問政質詢總主筆, 競選文宣策劃, 選民服務)

2. Executive Secretary and member of Taipei Women Rescue Foundation (台北婦女救援會執行長)

3. Taiwan-China policy researcher at the Executive Yuan (研究考核委員會/大陸工作會報 - 陸委會前身 of the Central Government), Taipei

4. Journalist at the Ta Hwa Evening News, Taipei.

5. Cultural/English tour guide at the Ministry of
Transportation, Taipei, Taiwan. (交通部導遊 英語組)

6. Military educator, and English/Japanese instructor.

Education:

(Luckily, I won a full scholarship to study abroad through a nation-wide competition in 1990, Taipei, Taiwan.)

Ph.D. Learning Technologies (previous Instructional Systems and Technology) , Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
明尼蘇達大學科技教育研究所博士

Dissertation: Preferences, Pedagogical Strategies,
and Challenges of Instructors Teaching in Multiple Delivery Formats within A 2-Year College Context

M.S. Ed., Art Education, Wayne State College, Nebraska with a minor in Computer Science.
Research Project: Integrating Multimedia Technology into Art Curriculum with Classroom Implementation, 1997.
偉恩大學美術教育研究所碩士

M.S. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Major: Social Psychology focusing on Social Movements
Minors: Journalism and Women's Studies. Thesis Title: Multilevel Analysis of A Social Movement-1947, 228 Social Uprising in Taiwan, 1993.
威斯康辛大學社會學研究所碩士

M.S. Socio-political Science (the Graduate Institute of National Development), National Taiwan University. Thesis: Social Ideology and Gender Roles- Women's Issues in Contemporary society, 1986.
臺灣大學國家發展研究所碩士

Special Training. Major: Military Education. Political Warfare Academy, Army of Taiwan (due to a national crisis, I joined the Army Academy).
國防部政治作戰學院

B.A. Sociology, National Taiwan University.
臺灣大學社會學學士

Taipei Municipal First Girls' High School.
北一女

Areas of Interests

Innovation in Online Education Programs

TPACK Integration of Emerging Technologies

Equity and Quality of Diverse Learning in the Digital Age

Learning Technologies in the post-secondary educational setting

Interdisciplinary collaborative (Education, Social Science, and Technologies) Learning

Skills

Interpersonal, enthusiastic, and helpful with strong work ethics

Multiple language ability: Taiwanese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese

Have taken computer science as a minor (2001-2003).
Knowledgeable of C++, JAVA, Assembly language and Web Design
CMS/LMS: BlackBoard, WebCT, E360, Moodle, Joomla.

General Software application: Multi-aid, QuarkXpress, Pagemaker.

2010,Hyperstudio, Inspiration and variety of social media applications

Authorize tools: Macromedia (DreamWeaver, and Flash)
Web 3.0, Blog 2.0., Cloud Computing,
Photoshop/Photodeluxe, Premiere, Illustrator

PC and Mac proficiency

Visual-art making (2-D: Calligraphy; drawing, traditional ink/painting and mixed media;
3-D: mainly, ceramics and other mixed media

Trained quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods

Statistic software: Spssx, MaxQDA2, and Minitab

Certificates:

Canvas/E360/BlackBoard/WebCT/Joomla - LMS (Learning management system) Teaching Certificates from UW-Stout and CVTC

Hybrid/blended and Web-conference training Certificates from CVTC

Quality Matters Certified Peer-Reviewer

Web Design and ITV Certificates from UW-Stout

General and Special Higher Civil Service Certificates from Taiwan

Academic Activities and Professional Development

Research, Papers, Posters, Projects, publications, and Professional Development


Book

1993, Title :The February 28, 1947 Uprising in Taiwan:
A Multi-leveled Analysis of Collective Actions Author Li-Chin (Crystal) Huang
Publisher: University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1993
Digitized Feb 19, 2008. Length 172 pages

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89048376008;view=1up;seq=12

2004, Title: The Wonder of Tao: A Meditation on Spirituality and Ecological Balance.
Author: James Eggert.
Illustrations and Calligraphy by Li-chin (Crystal) Huang
Green Dragon Publishing. Printed in the United States of America and
the United Kingdom.

2018 Title: A Mystic Flow. Poems.
Publisher: Xena Crystal LC Huang

https://www.bookemon.com/flipread/777800/mystic-flow-from-sun-sun

Theses/Dissertation

2015, Dissertation: Preferences, Pedagogical Strategies,and Challenges of Instructors Teaching in Multiple Delivery Formats within A 2-Year College Context. Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Technologies (previous Instructional System and Technology), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

1997, Thesis Research Project: Integrating Multimedia Technology into Art Curriculum with Classroom Implementation. Wayne State College.

1986, Thesis: Social Ideology and Gender Roles- Women's Issues in Contemporary society. Socio-political Science (the Graduate Institute of National Development), National Taiwan University.

Research Papers/Publications, Posters, and Projects

2017, Internationalizing the Curriculum Conference, Panelist, 2017

Apr 13, 2017 publication description Crystal Li-chin Huang Learning-Teaching-Sharing Blog

Title: “The Voice of Faculty and Staff”

2012, title: Integrate Learning Technologies into A Social Science Course-Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Studies
https://drive.google.com/?utmmedium=et&utm_source=about&utm_campaign=et-about%23my-drive
Presented at the 28th Distance Teaching and Learning Conference
at UW-Madison, Aug, 2012.
Paper published in the Conference proceedings. https://drive.google.com/?utm_medium=et&utm_source%20=about&utm_campaign=et-about%23recent

2012, Project Presentation- STEMSS
Project presentation to the future- STEM scientists for the local district.
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=nav_responsive_sub_nav_edit_profile

2009, Title: “What is the Lived Experience of Designing and Teaching Multiple Delivery Methods -Live Meeting, Hybrid, Online, and Face To Face (f2f) within a Semester at a Technical College Setting”?
Paper presented at the 2009 AECT International Convention, Louisville, KY
Published in the Convention Proceedings, and in the ERIC
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED511355.pdf

2009, Title: Learning Information Technologies as Empowering Tools to Narrow the Gender Gap in the Rural-Urban Spectrum - a Review from Global to Domestic Perspective (Project Leader: Dr. Susan Walker)
Paper presented at the 2009 AECT International Convention, Louisville, KY
Published in the Convention Proceedings, and in the ERIC
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED511355.pdf

2008, Title: Beauty and Artistic Beauty
Presented at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/XenaCrystalLCHuang-A

2008, Title: Green and Dao
“The Wonder of the Tao-Six Meditation on Science, Spirit,
and the Future of Economics”
Presented at University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/XenaCrystalLCHuang-B

2008, Title: Freedom Writers
Presented at University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/XenaCrystalLCHuang-C

The next 5 research projects, due to my job descriptions (mainly, as hired in a Non-Research Institution of a 2-year college setting, the dir. of professional development (a male) at that time/2010, informed me that the school budget supported attendees, but not the researcher-presenters), I was unable to attend/present to the following conferences.

2015, Research proposal: Title:
“How Could It Be, Two Identical Online Deliveries in One Composite, and One Did So Well,
While the Other…” , accepted by Association of Educational Communication and Technologies (AECT) for presentation
at the 2015 International Conference.

2010, Research proposal. Title:
“Struggles and Triumphs– A Female Minority Social Science
Instructor’s Reflection on Sociology Web-conference Course in
Facilitating Disadvantaged Learners”,
accepted by Association of Educational Communication and
Technologies (AECT) for a presentation
at the 2015 International Convention.

2010, Research proposal: Title:
“From Quantity to Quality - Quality Matters! But, What and How Does It Matter?
– Pursuing Online Courses Quality Assurance One Step at
A Time!” accepted by the Association of Educational
Communication and Technologies (AECT)
for a presentation at the 2015 International Convention.

2010, Research proposal. Title:
“Live Meeting: Web-conference Triumph in Sociology Course
facilitation”, accepted by the League of Innovation for a
presentation at the 2010 Maryland Conference.

2010, Research proposal. Title:
“Constructing a Bio-ecological System of Teaching and Learning Environment for 2-year College”, accepted by the League of Innovation 2010 Maryland Conference

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2008, Quantitative Research Project. Title:“Do The Knowledge Of Using The Internet And The Annual Income Level Affect The Total Life Skill Assessments Of Rural Low Income Mothers”? University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (as part of my collaborative research projects)

2008, Co-presenter: The 16th Midwest Quality Research Conference
Topic: “The Lived Experience of Relocated Teachers in Korea”,
at St. Thomas University.

2008, Co-presenter: “A Brief Introduction to the Multimedia
Enhancer” at UW-Stout.

2008, Co-presenter: “A Mini-presentation: A brief of CMS”
at UW-Stout

2007-8, Collaborative Research Project: Joined the “Rural
Families Speak”
– A Multistate, Longitudinal and Multidisciplinary research
project, focusing on low-income women’s using information
technology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

2007, research project presentation. Title: “Reflection on the Pedagogies of the Oppressor and the
Oppressed”, at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2007 The Four Asian Dragons.
Presented at Professor Husby's International Business program http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lchuang-229189-4-dragons-new-entertainment-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ppt-powerpoint/

2006, Research paper: Exploration of PCTMK Model of Hybrid Teaching.
Published as an Op-Ed in the Dunn County News.

2004, Collaborative project.
Assisting professor emeritus Jim Eggert as a translator and
illustrator of the Book-
“The Wonder of the Tao- A Meditation on Spirituality &
Ecological Balance”. FL: Brumby Holding, Inc.

2004, Panelist, UW-System Women's Study Consortium
Topic: “A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Childless
Issues in Contemporary American Society”, at UW-Stout.

2003, Keynote speaker:
Annual Spring Awards and Recognition of Multicultural Student Services at UW-Stout.

2003, Presenter, “A Cultural Sojourner's ‘Courage to teach’ in
Intro-Sociology”, at UW-Stout.

2002, Poster presentation, Student and Faculty Research Day:
”An Action Research Report on a Spontaneous Thematic
Pedagogy in Intro-Sociology”, at UW-Stout.

2002, Panelist- International Forum
AAUW Midwest Regional Conference Presentation:

1.“The Trajectory of Women's Transformation via Education
- 3 Women's Stories”, at Rapid City, South Dakotahttp://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lchuang-1577072-mini-cultural-presentation-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20calligraphy/mini-cultural-presentation- calligraphy/

2. Story-tellinghttp://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lchuang-224205-3-women-stories-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gender-presentation1-education-ppt-powerpoint/

2001, Teaching Day Display,
“Sociological Pedagogy-Blending Teaching Strategy to Empower Student Active Learning”, at UW-Stout.

2001, Presenter, Professional Development Day:
“Enhancing Active Teaching/Learning Via Electronic application” at UW-Stout.

2001, Research paper:
“A Thematic Approach of Teaching Sociology during September
11th Crisis”, accepted to the Midwest Sociologist Conference

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2014 Diversity Pedagogical Project
-The Gettysburg Address recorded in English, Mandarin,
and Taiwanese http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR4PZFwrj-hN3un6lZg_ADXauCGe7JCCy

Affiliations /Associations

American Education and Research Association (AERA)

Association for Educational Communications and Technologies (AECT)

International Society for Technology Education (ISTE)

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE)

National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)

CVACTE, EDUTOPIA

American Sociological Association.

Member of American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Governance Involvements

Executive Secretary of Li-ling Huang Gender Equity Memorial Endowment at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC). (2016 to present).

Sponsor of the Tsai-Huang Memorial Endowment Scholarship at CVTC. (2007 to present).

Adviser of Art Club at CVTC (2016 to present).

Adviser of Diversity Student Organization at CVTC (2011-2013).

Co-chair of Professional Development Committee of
Chippewa Valley Technical College Career and Technical Education Association (2009-2011).

Chair of the Chippewa Valley Technical College Education Association Scholarship Foundation (2010 to present).

CVACTE Event/Year Book Coordinator (2010-11).

Representative of ALC (Academic Leadership Council –WTCS).

Representative to the Advisory Committees of Renal Dialysis, Surgical Technician programs.

Course representative of Art Appreciation and Diversity Studies.

Nominations and Awards


2019, nominated to the Teaching Excellent Award at Chippewa Valley Technical College.


2013, nominated to the Teaching Excellent Award at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

2010, nominated to the Teaching Excellent Award at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

2006, nominated and the recipient of the Regional Outstanding Teacher of Chippewa Valley Technical College.

2001, nominated and the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to UW-System and Women of Color representing UW-Stout in 2001.

Activities in Taiwan

1989-1990 Taiwan-China policy researcher at the Executive Yuan

(大陸工作會報兩岸政策研究員 - 陸委會前身
Central Government), Taipei.


- 1988: Elected as the Supervisor
of the National Congressional Assistant Association, Taipei.
(首屆國會助理協會監委)

- 1987-88: Delegate of Taiwan, invited

by both Congresses of Taiwan and the U.S. to observe the

Primaries and Causes in New Hampshire and Iowa as well as

followed the Presidential campaign trails.

- 1985-88

1. Journalist at the Ta Hwa Evening News, Taipei.

2. Cultural/English tour guide at the Ministry of
Transportation, Taipei, Taiwan.

3. Twice Campaign Coordinator and Speaker, and later,

the Speech Writer in the Congress.
(問政質詢總主筆, 競選文宣策劃, 選民服務)

4. Executive Secretary and member of Taipei
Women Rescue Foundation.
(台北婦女救援會執行秘書長)


1985-87 Congressional aide at the Legislative Yuan

(首屆立法院 國會助理 Congress of Taiwan), Taipei


Job including: coordinating election campaigns,

Congressional speech writer (問政質詢總主筆)
and serving constituencies.


- 1984-85: Summer and Winter Camp Speaker. (奉派執行冬令夏令營巡迴演講)


Previous career:

Military educator, and English/Japanese instructor at
Chung-San girls' High School, Chung-Sing University,
Taipei-Tech College, and Chang-Shu high school.

Others:

Grad Student Activities:

College and Graduate School at National Taiwan University

- Vice Chairperson

of the Graduate Association of National Taiwan University.

- Due to a National Crisis, I joined the Army Academic.
A retired Captain since 1985.

- Four semesters top 3% students of Sociology Department,

National Taiwan University.

- Selected, members of softball and volleyball varsity teams,
National Taiwan University.

Non-Academic Publications/Writing:

· Calligrapher and illustrator

of The Wonder of the Tao-Six Meditation on Science, Spirit,

and the Future of Economics by Jim Eggert.

A Human Trade Group Publisher, FL., 2004.

· Karma Ode, Burning Snow-Poetry, 2002, (in process).

· "Introductory Miao (Hmong) History and Culture by Tinqgui Li":

Translation,(collaborated with Steve Vang.) Wisconsin, UW-Stout. 2001.

· A Comprehensive History of the Chinese Miao (Hmong) by Xingfue Vue.

Translation. (collaborated with Steve Vang.), Wisconsin, UW-Stout, 2001.

· 10 articles related to cultural phenomena
for the Dunn County News, 1998-1999:

1. A thought to the Humane Society.

2. Homeopathy- a look from a tradition medical perspective.

3. The sociocultural perspective to Mulan.

4. Gua Sha-the traditional home remedy.

5. Halloween in the U.S. vs. Ghost Festival in Asia.

6. Organic products and its co-op practice.

7. Bosnia first hand report-Military sisters.

8. A cultural-sojourner's multicultural perspective.

9. Mini international house-visit the "Sharon the ambassador".

10.The legends behind Chinese New Year in Taiwan.

Selected writing/proposals as A Congressional Aide:

· “Women and Social Order,”

The Research and Assessment Monthly, Taipei, Taiwan, 1990.

· “The Interpellation to the Central Government”

- a compilation of 3 volumes (300 articles) relating to social welfare

and political system reformation drafted by me when working at

Congress,1986-88.

Some articles related to Women's issues are:

1. A proposal for "Equal Right, Equal Pay and Equal Opportunity of Employment

for both genders." September 29th,1987, the 80th session Legislative Yuan.

2. A proposal to Establish the "'Ministry of Women's Affairs'

to implement the Social Welfare for Women."

January 6th, 1988, the 80th, session, Legislative Yuan.

3. An interpellation on the issue of the Dilemma of

Single Parent and Divorced Women. January 19th,

1988.the 80th session, Legislative Yuan.

4. An interpellation on the issue of "the Myth of Marriage and

Increasingly Dysfunctional Families in contemporary society."

January 18th, 1987, the 80th session, Legislative Yuan.

· Personal Quantitative Research Project:

"Gender and Political Tolerance-The Study of Dane County,

Wisconsin." UW-Madison, 1992.

Hobbies

Enjoy reading, writing, poetry, music, cooking, visual art-making, nature and pet-caring.

Like to play basketball, ping pong, volleyball, tennis, softball, swimming, and hiking.

Li-chin (Crystal) Huang


WebSite: http://ci8395.blogspot.com/


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Learning and Teaching of Crystal Li-chin Huang