Puma Shen

Shen Pao-yang
沈伯洋
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2024
ConstituencyNational At-Large
Personal details
Born (1982-06-07) June 7, 1982
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationNational Taiwan University (LLB, LLM)
University of Pennsylvania (LLM)
University of California, Irvine (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
ThesisLocal Ideologies and Punishment for White-Collar Crime: A Comparison Between the U.S. and China (2017)
Doctoral advisorHenry Pontell
Elliott Currie
Other academic advisorsPeter Navarro
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Chinese name
Chinese沈伯洋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShěn Bóyáng

Shen Pao-yang (Chinese: 沈伯洋; pinyin: Shěn Bóyáng; born June 7, 1982), also known by his English name Puma Shen, is a Taiwanese criminologist, lawyer, and politician. As a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he was elected to the Legislative Yuan and became a member on 1 February 2024. His areas of focus include human rights, criminal policy, youth issues, and information warfare.