Hou Chong-wenHou Chong-wen is a Taiwanese sociologist and politician. He was the Deputy Mayor of Chiayi City from 2014 to 2018.EducationHou graduated from Fu [Jen Catholic University] with a bachelor's degree in social science in 1976. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a master's degree in sociology from Texas Christian University in 1980 and his Ph.D. in sociology from Bowling [Green State University] in 1984.