Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica

Nathan F. Batto is associate research fellow at the Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica. He holds a MA in political science from National Chengchi University in Taipei (1999), and received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 2007. His doctoral dissertation explored the tension between general and parochial interests in national legislatures, using Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan as a case study. His articles have been published in journals including Legislative Studies Quarterly, Japanese Journal of Political Science, and Issues & Studies. He previously taught at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.