By the time she graduated from Soochow University ’ s Department of Chinese Literature, Chang was already a recognized literary figure, so her joining the faculty there immediately thereafter was a logical next step. In 1975 she was hired as the first professor of Chinese at the newly established Yang-Ming College of Medicine (now National Yang-Ming University). In her new role, she became deeply invested in the humanitarian development of her charges.
東吳中文系畢業後，已有文名的張曉風順理成章留在母校任教，1975 年陽明醫學院成立，張曉風又成了該校發聘的第一位中文教授。