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National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Dr. Chien Chou

  • Update Date:2026-04-07
Senior Vice President / Chief Ethics Officer Chien Chou
Vice President / Chief Ethics Officer Chien Chou
  • Current Position
  • jobs Senior Vice President, NYCU
  • jobs Chief Ethics Officer, NYCU
  • jobs Chair Professor, Institute of Education/Center for Teacher Education, NYCU
  • jobs Director, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (RCHSS), NYCU
  • jobs Director, Office of Academic Ethics and Research Integrity (OAERI), NYCU
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  • Contact
  •  Phone:(03) 573-1808
  •  Email:cchou@nycu.edu.tw
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  • Staff
  • assistant Office Coordinator : Ms. Tu
  •  Phone: (03)571-2121 ext:50062
  •  Email:wy4856@nycu.edu.tw
  • Ph.D. in Education Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • M.A. in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
  • B.A. in History, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 2026.1 – 2027.12 | Advisor, Ministry of Education
  • 2025.1 – 2026.12 | Member, Academic Review Committee, Ministry of Education
  • 2020.2 – 2020.3 | Visiting Scholar, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
  • 2016.8 – 2023.7 | Committee Chair, Research Ethics Committee for Human Subject Protection, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
  • 2014.3 – 2015.12 | Director General, Department of International Cooperation & Science Education, Ministry of Science and Technology (on secondment)
  • 2014.1 – 2014.3 | Director General, Department of Science Education, Ministry of Science and Technology (on secondment)
  • 2013.6 – 2014.1 | Director, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (RCHSS), NYCU
  • 2011.8 – 2013.7 | Chair, Institute of Education/Center for Teacher Education, National Chiao Tung University
  • 2005.8 – 2007.7 | Chair, Institute of Education/Center for Teacher Education, National Chiao Tung University
  • 1999.8 – 2000.7 | Professor, Institute of Communication, National Chiao Tung University
  • 2025 Academic Award, CTCI Foundation
  • 2025 Muduo Award, Annual Meeting of the Education Academic Associations of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • 2025 The Executive Yuan Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Contribution
  • 2025 National Excellent Teacher Award, Ministry of Education
  • 2024 Outstanding ICT Elite Award
  • 2023 Academic Award, Ministry of Education
  • 2011 Merit NSC Research Fellow Award, National Science Council
  • 2008 Merit NSC Research Fellow Research Project, National Science Council
  • 2005 NSC Research Fellow Award, National Science Council
  • 1998, 2000, 2002 Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council
  • 1996, 1997 Class A Researcher Award, National Science Council
  • E-Learning
  • Information Literacy and Ethics
  • Academic Ethics Education
  1. Wang, C. Y., & *Chou, C. (2026, e-pub ahead of print). Investigating the mediating role of self-regulation in the association between smartphone addiction and academic performance: A nationally representative study of Taiwanese students from primary to university levels. Chinese Journal of Communication.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2025.2608714
  2. *Chou, C., Hung, M.-L., & Li, Z. R.-Y. (2026). Revisiting online learning readiness: Scale development and insights from Taiwanese elementary school students. Educational Technology & Society, 29(3), 51–63.
    https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202607_29(3).RP04
  3. *Chou, C., & Wei, H.-C. (2025). A tale of two formats: Graduate students' perceptions and preferences of interactivity in responsible conduct of research education. Accountability in Research–Ethics, Integrity and Policy, 32(6), 889–912.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2024.2347394
  4. *Chou, C., Lee, I.-J., & Fudano, J. (2024). The present situation of and challenges in research ethics and integrity promotion: Experiences in East Asia. Accountability in Research–Policies and Quality Assurance, 31(6), 576–599. 
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2022.2155144
  5. *Chou, C., Lee, I.-J., & Fudano, J. (2023, e-pub ahead of print). The present situation of and challenges in research ethics and integrity promotion: Experiences in East Asia. Accountability in Research:
    Policies and Quality Assurance.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2022.2155144
  6. Chou, H.-L., & *Chou, C. (2023). How teens negotiate privacy on social media proactively and reactively. New Media and Society, 25(6), 1290-1312.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211018797
  7. Chou, C. (2023). Guidelines and best practices for extending conference papers to journal articles: Issues for consideration from a research integrity perspective. Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences, 60(2), 189-216.
    https://doi.org/10.6120/JoEMLS.202307_60(2).0008.OR.BM [in Chinese with English extended abstract]
  8. *Chou, C., Pan, S. J.-A., & Hsueh, M.-L. (2023). Assessment criteria for research misconduct: Taiwanese researchers' perceptions. Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance, 30(8), 613-632.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2022.2071155
  9. *Chou, C., & Lee, Y.-H. (2022). The development of a literacy-based research integrity assessment framework for graduate students in Taiwan. Science and Engineering Ethics, 28, 66.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-022-00401-5
  10. *Chou, C., & Pan, S. J.-A. (2022). Analyses of US National Science Foundation’s suspected incidents of noncompliance in research: 1989-2019. Journal of Library and Information Studies, 20(1), 69-100.
    https://doi.org/10.6182/jlis.202206_20(1).069 [in Chinese with English extended abstract]
  11. Chou, C. (2022). Thesis by publication: Definition, regulations and issues for consideration. Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 59(1), 73-96. https://doi.org/10.6120/JoEMLS.202203_59(1).0037.OR.BM [in Chinese with English extended abstract]
  12. *Chou, C., & Pan, S. J.-A. (2020). Self-plagiarism in academic writing: Concepts, cases, regulations, and best practices. Journal of Library and Information Studies, 18(2), 43-72.
    https://doi.org/10.6182/jlis.202012_18(2).043 [in Chinese with English extended abstract]
  13. Hsueh, M.-L., Pan, S. J.-A., & *Chou, C. (2020). A preliminary investigation of Taiwanese researchers' (mis)understandings of academic ethics: Taking the reported cases relating to plagiarism, improper citations, and self-plagiarism by the Ministry of Science and Technology as examples. Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 57(2), 149-185.
    https://doi.org/10.6120/JoEMLS.202007_57(2).0042.RS.BM [in Chinese with English extended abstract]
  14. Chou, H.-L., & *Chou, C. (2021). A multigroup analysis of factors underlying teachers' technostress and their continuance intention toward online teaching. Computers & Education, 175, 104335.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104335
  15. Wei, H.-C., & *Chou, C. (2021). Ready to do OpenCourseWare? A comparative study of Taiwan college faculty. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22(2), 118-141.
    https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v22i2.5252
  16. Pan, S. J.-A., & *Chou, C. (2020). Taiwanese researchers’ perceptions of questionable authorship practices: An exploratory study. Science and Engineering Ethics, 26(3), 1499–1530.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00180-x
  17. Wei, H.-C., & *Chou, C. (2020). Online learning performance and satisfaction: do perceptions and readiness matter? Distance Education, 41(1), 48-69.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2020.1724768
  18. Chou, H.-L., & *Chou, C. (2019). A quantitative analysis of factors related to Taiwan teenagers' smartphone addiction tendency using a random sample of parent-child dyads. Computers in Human Behavior, 99, 335-344.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.032
  19. Chou, H.-L., Liu, Y.-L., & *Chou, C. (2019). Privacy behavior profiles of underage Facebook users. Computers & Education, 128, 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.08.019
  20. Sun, J. C.-Y., Lin, C.-T., & *Chou, C. (2018). Applying learning analytics to explore the effects of motivation on online students' reading behavioral patterns. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(2), 209-227.
    https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v19i2.2853
  21. Chang, C.-M., Hung, M.-L., Lu, J.-L., & *Chou, C. (2018). The virtues of Taiwanese internet-using adolescents: The development and validation of the cyber virtues scale. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 21(1), 104-111.
  22. Atif, Y., & *Chou, C. (2018). Digital citizenship: Innovations in education, practice, and pedagogy [Editorial Material]. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 21(1), 152–154.
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/26273876

 
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