1我的研究興趣是暴力及戰爭倖存者的老化歷程及代間創傷與復原、運用藝術(arts-based methods/research)為社會邊緣族群發聲，以及社會工作的社會創新。後者，我特別關注女性與永續發展議題。我於社工實務界服務二十多年，曾從事老人、婦女、兒童及脆弱家庭的輔導與服務，以及非營利組織的管理與發展；並曾投入相當的心力於前台籍慰安婦的國際人權運動，以及慰安婦紀念館的建館工作。這些寶貴的服務經驗，開啟了我對於社會工作與歷史創傷，以及社會工作與社會創新/跨域合作的興趣。2018年到2023年，我在台灣政府公費留學考試獎學金的支持下，赴加拿大攻讀社工博士學位，從一位實務工作者轉換為質性研究者，以生命歷程觀點與交織理論，探討慰安婦倖存者的多元生命角色及其家庭的代間現象；這段期間，我也與來自不同領域的夥伴們於台灣推動循環經濟與中高齡女性的社會參與專案，探索社會工作與社會創新交織的多種可能性。未來期許自己能於社工實務與教學及研究的整合上，貢獻綿薄力量。

學歷

加拿大麥基爾大學社會工作博士

美國匹茲堡大學公共政策與管理碩士

美國哥倫比亞大學社會工作碩士 

輔仁大學社會工作學士

專業證照

美國新墨西哥州碩士級社會工作師執照(2003–2007)

DISSERTATION

Kang, S.-H. (2023). Taiwanese comfort women survivors and their families: The complexity of identity, motherhood, and intergenerational implications [PhD diss., McGill University].

JOURNAL ARTICLES (PEER-REVIEWED)

Kang, S.-H. (2021). Toward a humanistic discourse: Approaches to gaining public support for Taiwanese comfort women. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 13 (3),710–711. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huab044

PRESENTATIONS (selected)

Kang, S.-H. (2023, July. 7). Toward a Humanistic Discourse: Approaches to Gaining Public Support for Taiwanese Comfort Women Survivor. In McCarthy, M. (Chair), Building Narratives and Deconstructing Hegemony in Northeast Asian Memorymaking [Panel presentation]. Memory Studies Association 7^th Annual Conference, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom.

Kang, S.-H. (2023, July. 4). Intersectionality of early sexual trauma and aging in two Truku comfort women survivors’ life trajectories. In McCarthy, M. (Chair), “Comfort Women” Research and Activism Across the World [Panel presentation]. Memory Studies Association 7^th Annual Conference, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom.

Kang, S.-H. (2023, Feb. 15). Empowering women through sustainable circular economy: Burlap coffee bags refashioning. In Chang, W.-W. (Chair), Empowering women through education [Invited panel presentation]. Empower Women! Empower! LAC Forum. The International Cooperation and Development Fund, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Taipei, Taiwan.

Denov, M, Carlton, R., Bandarchian, N., D’Amico, M., Kang, S.-H., Linds, W., & Mitchell, C. (2023, Jan. 3-6). “Leaving a Mark”: Art-Making with Refugee Children and Young People [Poster presentation] The Twenty First Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Kang, S.-H. (2022, Sep. 13). More than a survivor: Perspectives of Taiwanese comfort women survivors’ families [Invited workshop presentation]. Gender, Sexuality, and Memorialization: An Interdisciplinary Workshop, University of York, York, United Kingdom.

Kang, S.-H (2021, Aug. 25). Storytelling as resistance: Towards a humanist discourse of Taiwanese comfort women. In Schick-Chen, A. & Berry, C. (Chairs), Comfort women” in Taiwan:Issues of discursivity, intertextuality, and filmic representation [Panel presentation]. The 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany. (online)