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Prof. Ken S. Huang (黃根深教授)

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Prof. Ken S. Huang (黃根深教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Ken S. Huang
  • Chinese: 黃根深教授
  • Era: 1937-2018
  • Geography: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Core roles: professor, artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Master of Arts (MA), Drawing, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, 1972

Education

  • National Taiwan Normal Univ. — 1960 — B.A., Art
  • Univ. of Iowa — 1973 — M.A., MFA., Art

Employment

  • Memphis State University, TN — Professor — (1973-2004) — University of Memphis, Art Department — Associate Professor — (1973-2004) — State Technical Institute at Memphis, College of Computer Technology, Computer Graphics Art Department — Adjunct Faculty — (1995-2002) — Community — Formosan Association For Human Rights (台灣人權協會) — President — NATPA/S. CA (北美洲台灣人教授協會南加州分會) — President — Taiwanese American Conference / West Coast (美西夏令會) — Coordinator

Family

  • Wife: Chris Wang
  • Son: Everest Huang

Sources

Connected in the Vault

  • His service roles recorded on this page map to existing vault pages: president of the |Formosan Association for Human Rights and of |NATPA Southern California; the 王康陸人權獎 he received in 2017 honors |Kang-lu Wang 王康陸.
  • His TAC/West Coast activity is also photographed in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-128||TAH photo album #128]].
  • His Memphis, Tennessee professorial career (Memphis State University / University of Memphis, 1973–2004; State Technical Institute at Memphis, 1995–2002) places him in the same city as |Tennessee Taiwanese Association; no membership is documented.
  • The formal TAC-WC organizational structure was proposed by Ken S. Huang in 2012 — see |TAC-WC Board.
  • Per the 2017 TAHS Publication profile of 黃根深 (|Huang Gen-shen — same person), he designed the TAHS logo, was a founding member of UFI/UFAI, and received the 王康陸人權獎 at the 2017 Formosan Association for Human Rights annual meeting.

Role in the Community

  • TAC/West Coast reactivation (2011): TAH record #336 identifies him as the famous artist and the coordinator who reactivated the West Coast Summer Conference in 2011, and records him as a 台獨盟 (UFI) member — consistent with the UFI/UFAI founding membership noted in his TAHS publication profile ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff336|TAH #336 — Famous Artist & Coordinator of TAC/West Coast 2011]]).
  • His own account of the conference: he wrote the retrospective essay 「2011年美西夏令會的回顧」(11/2016) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys265|TAH #265]].
  • FAHR leadership detail: the 2014 全美台灣人權協會 roster (from 張丁蘭’s story) lists him among the directors (理事: …黃根深…) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys75|TAH #75]] / [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys265|TAH #265]]. HOLD: the roster lists him as 理事/director for 2014 while the Who’s Who table records him as FAHR President (un-dated) — retained as-is, likely different terms.
  • FAHR history co-author: co-author, with 王廷宜(泰和) and 莊秋雄, of 「台灣人權協會 1970-1990年代的故事」(2015) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/publications1040|TAH #1040]].
  • Profile by 陳婉真: 「用畫筆搞台獨的黃根深」(04/2017) — his art as a vehicle for the Taiwan independence movement — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories545|TAH #545]].
  • Memorial exhibition: the 黃根深教授紀念展 was held in San Diego, CA in 06/2018, shortly after his death (2018) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ken-huang-san-diego-ca-06-2018|TAH #32]].
  • Additional community record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/64-ken-s-huang|TAH #64 — 黃根深 Ken S. Huang]].
  • Los Angeles 生活座談會 (1966–1971): among the UCLA-centered group (陳嶄新、李木通、黃根深、王秋森、陳松貞) that held weekly reading sessions from 1966, and listed among the members of the formal 生活座談會 founded in Los Angeles in 1971 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys212|TAH #212 — 生活座談會簡史, 劉天良 03/2016]].
  • UCLA years: 黃根深 studied at UCLA 1967–1970, per the 2016 UCLA reunion panel with 李木通 and 劉天良 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys240|TAH #240 — 半世紀前 UCLA的那些日子, 08/2016]].
  • TAC-WC revival detail: per 黃東昇’s 2020 history, Ken Huang spent ~11 years trying to revive TAC-WC after the 1999 conference, persuading leaders in San Diego and Los Angeles; in 2011 he secured the backing of NATPA President 李學圖 (Dr. Shyu-tu Lee) to hold the 31st NATPA Annual Conference jointly with TAC-WC at UC San Diego, which he coordinated with Darice Lee (洪珠美), and again organized the 2012 TAC-WC at UC Santa Barbara — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys352|TAH #352 — History of TAC-WC, 黃東昇 03/2020]]. HOLD: #352 states he “passed away in 2017” while this page’s era field and the 06/2018 San Diego memorial exhibition indicate 2018 — retained as-is.
  • Art as movement work: authored 「寫在畫展之前」(10/2016) ahead of his exhibition — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys256|TAH #256]]; organized the 世界台灣人美術展覽會, 07/1985 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/art-exhibitions-1|TAH art exhibitions #1]].
  • Memorial video: 「典型在宿昔—追思黃根深教授」 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos106|TAH videos #106]].
  • US Census identity advocacy (2016): co-initiated the 「Taiwanese are Taiwanese」 petition asking the US Census Bureau to add “Taiwanese” to the 2020 Census race listing — Taiwanese are Taiwanese — Census US-2020 petition, 2016.
  • TAHS logo design (corroboration): 鄭炳全’s 2025 memoir 「旅美五十周年」 recalls the 2013–2014 founding of 台美人歷史協會 (TAHS) and records that 黃根深教授 designed the association’s logo — corroborating the profile under |Huang Gen-shen — 鄭炳全, 旅美五十周年, 2025.
  • 2017 王康陸人權獎 (ceremony detail): the award was presented 12/09/2017 in San Diego at the 全美台灣人權協會 annual meeting alongside the 鄭南榕紀念獎, with co-recipients 鄭文龍 and 王泰和 — 2017 FAHR 年會暨王康陸人權獎頒獎典禮.

Notes

  • The page intro records his University of Iowa M.A. in Drawing as 1972 while the Education table records 1973 (M.A./MFA); both dates appear in the TAH record and are retained as-is pending verification.
  • Deepen pass 2026-09-14 (vault-only): the TAH Who’s Who tables, family fields, and both Iowa date variants are mirrored above; all absorbable vault links (FAHR / NATPA-SC presidencies, 王康陸人權獎 honors |Kang-lu Wang 王康陸, TAC-WC founding proposal, TAHS-logo & UFI/UFAI profile under |Huang Gen-shen, photo album #128, collection #39) are already in place — no further vault-sourced facts.
  • Re-verified 2026-09-14 (deepen-x slice 09140741-2): all wikilink targets (FAHR, NATPA-SC, TAC-WC Board, huang-gen-shen, kang-lu-wang, works 128) confirmed on disk; the 1972/1973 Iowa date discrepancy retained as-is pending verification.
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-09 (deepen-x slice 10081009-1): fresh corpus grep (黃根深/Ken S. Huang/Ken Huang) surfaced 7 previously-unabsorbed records — #336 (2011 TAC/WC reactivation coordinator, 台獨盟 member), #265 (his own 2011 conference retrospective), 265 (2014 FAHR director roster), #1040 (co-author of FAHR 1970s–90s history), #545 (陳婉真 profile 「用畫筆搞台獨」), #32 (2018 San Diego memorial exhibition), #64 — absorbed into Role in the Community; FAHR director-vs-president HOLD noted.
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-11 (deepen-x slice 10100600-7): corpus grep surfaced 6 further records — #212 (LA 生活座談會 1966–1971 membership), #240 (UCLA 1967–1970), #352 (黃東昇 TAC-WC history: 11-year revival effort, 2011 joint NATPA conference w/ 李學圖, 2012 UCSB), #256 (his own 寫在畫展之前, 10/2016), art-exhibitions #1 (世界台灣人美術展覽會 07/1985), videos #106 (memorial video) — absorbed into Role in the Community; #352’s 2017 death date vs 2018 memorial-exhibition evidence held as noted above.
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-12 (deepen-x slice 10110200-10): corpus grep surfaced 2 previously-unabsorbed taiwanjustice.net records — the 2016 「Taiwanese are Taiwanese」 US Census 2020 petition he co-initiated, and the 2017-12-09 San Diego 王康陸人權獎 ceremony (co-recipients 鄭文龍、王泰和) — absorbed into Role in the Community. All other corpus hits (TAH works art-exhibitions-1, the UCLA-panel repost article, 鄭炳全’s 2024/2025 memoirs) were already reflected on the page. No new conflicts to HOLD.
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-12 (deepen-x slice 10120400-16): fresh corpus grep (黃根深/Ken S. Huang/Ken Huang) — 1 new record absorbed: 鄭炳全’s 2025 memoir 「旅美五十周年」 corroborating that 黃根深 designed the TAHS logo. All remaining hits (18 TAH works, 3 taiwanjustice articles, sources/index pages) already reflected on the page. No new conflicts to HOLD.

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