Education：

Ph. D. Department of Art Education (Specialization on Arts Policy and Administration), The Ohio State University

Discipline：

Arts Administration, Museum Administration, Theater Management, Cultural Policy, Arts Education and Community

Research Expertise：

Board Governance, Theater Education, Risk Management and Museums, Risk Management and Theaters, Audience Behavior

Work Experiences：

Associate Dean of College of Liberal Arts, NSYSU (2022-2023)

Chairman of Department of Theater Arts, NSYSU (2020-2023)

Acting Chairman of Department of Theater Arts, NSYSU (2012-2014)

Director of Arts Center at Continuing Education Center, NSYSU (2002-2004)

Research Projects：

A Study on the Development of Taiwanese Theater, TV and Film Screenwriters (2022-2024) MOST 111-2410-H-110-056-MY2

Telling a Moving Story: Analyzing Taiwanese Audience Behavior of Korean Drama from Scripts, the Core of Cultural and Creative Industries (I)（2019-2020）MOST108-2410-H-110-020

A Study on Risk Identification, Evaluation and Strategy Selection of Medium and Large Sized Museums (II and III)（2018-2019）MOST107-2410-H-110-064

A Study on Risk Identification, Evaluation and Strategy Selection of Medium and Large Sized Museums (I)（2016-2017）MOST105-2410-H-110-045

An Analysis on Governance of Private Museums in Taiwan（2015-2016）MOST104-2410-H-110-065

An Analysis on Risk Identification and Assessment of Medium and Large Sized Theater in Taiwan（II）（2014-2015）MOST103-2410-H-110-067

Selecting Publications：

Journal Papers：

Cheng, C. and Chen S. (2021, Feb). Risks of performing arts at theater venues. Arts Marketing,11 (1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAM-01-2020-0002 (ISSN: 2056-4945)

Chen, S. (November 2013). Examining Taiwanese film audiences’ buying behavior and buying decision from the perspective of demographic variables. ISCAL 2013 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Culture, Art and Literature, 1.  (ISSN: 2309-3781)

Chen, S. (2008, Fall). Politics and arts administration in Taiwan. Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 38 (3), 205-216.

Chen, S. (2008, August). A study of the board governance of Taiwanese arts organizations. Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management, 5(1), 333-342.

Books and Book Chapters：

Chen, S. (2021). Risk management of medium and large size theaters. Taipei: Ainosco Press. (ISBN978-986-05-9750-9)

Chen, S. (Trans) (2019). Leadership in the performing arts. Taipei: Taipei National University of Arts. (ISBN978-986-05-9750-9)

Chen, S., Cheng, C., Lee, C., Tan, X., & Lee, T. (2017). An Analysis on risk identification, evaluation and strategy selection of medium and large sized theater venues. In A. Wang, S. Chen, J. Hsieh, & Tseng, C. (Eds.) (2017). Arts and culture in social innovation and practice (pp. 189-211). Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University.（ISBN9789860514681）

Chen, S. (2017). Establishment and leadership in private museums. In S. Chen (Ed.) (2017), New vision of museum management: Education, cross discipline, and technology (II). (pp. 145-186). Taipei: Airiti. (ISBN9789864371266)

Wang, A., Chen, S., Hsieh, J., & Tseng, C. (Eds.) (2017). Arts and culture in social innovation and practice. Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat -sen University.（ISBN9789860514681）

Chen, S. (Eds.) (2017). New vision of museum management: Education, cross discipline, and technology (II). Taipei: Airiti.

Conference Papers：

Chen, S., Cheng, C., and Keng, F. (2019). A study of risk management on medium and large sized museums in Taiwan. Paper presented at ICOM Kyoto 2019. Kyoto, Japan.

Chen, S. (2019). An analysis on risk identification of large-sized museums in Taiwan (II). Paper presented at 15^TH AIMAC International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management, Venice, Italy.

Chen, S. (2017). An analysis on risk identification of large-sized museums in Taiwan (I). Paper presented at 14^th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management. Peking, China.

Chen, S. (2017). Application of new technology on museum risk management. Paper presented at the 6^th International Conference on Social Science and Business, Okinawa, Japan.

Cheng, C. and Chen, S. (2016). An exploratory study on risk perception of employees at the theater venues. Paper presented at Annual Symposium on Management and Social Science, Seoul, South Korea.

Chen, S. (2015). An analysis on risk identification and evaluation of medium and large sized theaters in Taiwan. Paper presented at Hong Kong International Conference on Social Sciences, Hong Kong.