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Chien-fei Chen, Ph.D.

Dr. Chien-fei Chen serves as the Director of Education and Diversity Programs and Research Professor for CURENT. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the department of sociology. Dr. Chen received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University.

Selected Publications

  1. Xu., X., & Chen, C.F. (2019). Energy Efficiency and Energy Justice for US Low-Income Households: An Analysis of Multi-Facet Challenges and Potential. Energy Policy, 128, 763-774.

  2. Arpan, L., Xu, X., Raney, A.A., Chen, C.-F., & Wang, Z. (2018). Politics, values, and morals: Assessing consumer responses to the framing of residential renewable energy in the United States. Energy Research and Social Science, 46, 321-331.

  3. Shuai, J., Chen, C.F., Cheng, J., Leng, Z., & Wang, Z. (2018). Are China's solar PV products competitive in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative? Energy Policy, 120, 559-568.

  4. Xu, X., Chen, C.F., Zhu, X., & Hu, Q. (2018). Promoting acceptance of direct load control programs in the United States: Financial incentive versus control option. Energy, 147, 1278-1287.

  5. Asadinejad, A., Rahimpour, A., Tomsovic, K., Qi, H., & Chen, C-.F. (2018). Evaluation of residential customer elasticity for incentive based demand response programs. Electric Power Systems Research, 158, 26-36.

  6. D’Oca, S., Chen, C.-F., Hong, T., & Belafi, Z. (2017). Synthesizing building physics with social psychology: An interdisciplinary framework for context and occupant behavior in office buildings. Energy Research and Social Science, 34, 240-251.

  7. Cui, Y., Yan, D., & Chen, C.-F. (2017). Exploring the factors and motivations influencing heating behavioral patterns and future energy use intentions in the hot summer and cold winter climate zone of China. Energy and Buildings, 153, 99-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.07.068

  8. Xu, X., Maki, A., Chen, C.-F. Dong, B., & Day, J. (2017). Investigating willingness to save    energy and communication about energy use in the American workplace with the attitude-behavior-context model. Energy Research and Social Science, 32, 13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.02.011

  9. Chen, C.-F., Xu, X., & Day, J. (2017). Thermal comfort or money saving? Exploring intentions to conserve energy among low-income households in the United States. Energy Research and Social Science, 26, 61-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.01.009

  10. Chen, C.-F., Xu, X., & Arpan, L. (2017). Between the technology acceptance model and     sustainable energy technology acceptance model: Investigating smart meter acceptance in the United States. Energy Research and Social Science, 25, 93-104.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.12.011

  11. Hong, T., Yan, D., D’Oca, S., & Chen, C.-F. (2016). Ten questions concerning occupant behavior in buildings: The big picture. Building and Environment, 114, 518-530.     http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.12.006

  12. Chen, C.-F. Xu, X. & Frey, R. S. (2016). Who wants solar water heaters and alternative fuel vehicles? Assessing social-psychological predictors of adoption intention and policy support in China.  Energy Research and Social Science, 15, 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.02.006

Interesting Facts

There are many things I can do and cannot do. I can cook an authentic gourmet meal, but burn microwave popcorn every time I pop them and  cannot even fry an egg right. I can play piano and cello but will take another 20 years to be just like Yu-ja Wang (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZyokBXgEJY) and another 30 years to be just like Yo-Yo Ma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qrKjywjo7Q. I do rock climbing occasionally but am afraid of height so have given up the dream of becoming a professional climber. Finally, I am a negotiator and always negotiate down the weights I am suppose to lift during my weight training, so my trainer simply just respondsto me, "Nice  try, but 5 more pounds!"

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