T.Y. Wang is Chair of the Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He is an ISU University Professor. He currently serves as the co-editor of the Journal of Asian and African Studies and was the Coordinator of the Conference Group of Taiwan Studies (CGOTS) of the American Political Science Association. Professor Wang’s current research focuses on Taiwanese national identity, cross-Strait relations, and US policy towards China and Taiwan. He has authored, co-authored or edited 10 books/special issues and published over 60 articles/book chapters in such scholarly journals as the American Political Science Review, Asian Survey, International Studies Quarterly, Issues and Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Political Research Quarterly and Social Science Quarterly. He is the co-editor of the Taiwan Voter (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017) (with Christopher Achen).