Wang, Yeh-lih (王業立) is Chair of the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University He graduated from National Taiwan University with a BA in political science in 1981. In 1984, Wang moved to the United States to pursue post-graduate study, earning his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989. He taught at Tunghai University in his native Taiching for many years before moving to National Taiwan University to serve as Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science in 2009. Wang’s main interests are electoral systems, voting behavior, local politics, and comparative politics. He has published extensively on local electoral politics in Taiwan.