Dr. Angela Yung-Chi Hou is Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the College of Education, National Chengchi University, Taiwan. She served as Executive Director of the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), National accreditor of Taiwan from 2016 to 2021 and has been deeply engaged in quality assurance practice and international research for over 20 years. Her leadership roles include serving as Vice President and Board Member of both the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) and the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN). In 2024, she was invited by INQAAHE to serve as an international reviewer for accrediting quality assurance agencies worldwide.

She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Springer book series (SCOPUS index) “Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance” and serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals in the field of higher education.

She is recognized as the top 2 researcher in field of quality assurance of higher education worldwide according to SCOPUS. In 2023, she was granted “Outstanding Research Award” by National Science and Technology of Council Taiwan and “Excellent Research Award “at National Chengchi University. In 2024, She was awarded “the Best Researcher and Teacher” and from 2023-2025, she was awarded as “Best Research Award” by National Chengchi University. In 2026, she was awarded as Distinguished Professor by National Chengchi University.