Parris H. Chang

Parris H. Chang (Chinese: 張旭成; 30 December 1936 – 26 August 2023) was a Taiwanese political scientist and politician.

A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2005.

[1] He was also a professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University.

Chang graduated from National Taiwan University with his bachelor's degree in political science in 1959.

He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned his master's degree in political science from Washington State University in 1963 and his Ph.D. in the subject from Columbia University in 1969.