ZHOU (Joe) YU portrait
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Family And Consumer Studies
  • Associate Director of Asia Center, Asian Studies Program
  • Associate Professor, Family And Consumer Studies
  • Faculty Affiliate, Asian Studies Program
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Professional Service

  • China Economic Review. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 01/01/2005 - 12/31/2005
  • Demography . Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 06/2008 - 08/2008
  • Environment and Behavior . Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 06/2010 - 08/2010
  • Habitat International . Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010
  • Housing Studies. Occasional Reviewer. 03/2005 - present
  • Journal of International Migration and Integration. Occasional Reviewer. 06/2010 - 07/2010
  • Journal of Planning Education and Research . Occasional Reviewer. 2006 - present
  • Landscape and Urban Planning . Occasional Reviewer. 07/2009 - 08/2010
  • International Migration. Occasional Reviewer. 09/2006 - 09/2007
  • International Migration Review. Occasional Reviewer. 09/2005 - 09/2007
  • Real Estate Economics. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2009
  • Research on Ageing. Occasional Reviewer. 2008 - present
  • Urban Studies . Occasional Reviewer. 2006 - present
  • Research on Aging. Role: Occasional reviewer. Occasional reviewer. 03/01/2022 - 03/05/2022
  • International Journal of Consumer Studies. Role: Occational reviewer. Occational reviewer. 07/01/2021 - 02/12/2022
  • Journal of International Migration and Integration. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 11/02/2020 - 11/05/2022
  • Journal of Consumer Affairs. Role: Occational reviewer. Occational reviewer. 09/10/2020 - 09/10/2021
  • International Journal of Housing Policy. Role: Occasional reviewer. Occasional reviewer. 07/02/2020 - 12/31/2021
  • Habitat International. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 07/02/2020 - 07/02/2021
  • Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 07/11/2019 - 07/14/2019
  • Housing Studies. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 07/02/2019 - present
  • Cities. Role: Occasional Reviewer. Occasional Reviewer. 11/30/2018 - 02/21/2019
  • Sustainability. Occasional reviewer. 11/30/2018 - 12/30/2018
  • Urban Studies. Occasional reviewer. 11/25/2018 - 01/16/2019
  • Demography. Role: Occasional Reviewer . Occasional Reviewer . 12/01/2017 - 01/01/2018
  • International Migration Review. Occasional Reviewer . 06/01/2017 - 07/01/2017
  • Journal of Regional Science. Role: Occasional Reviewer . Occasional Reviewer . 05/21/2017 - 06/21/2017
  • Journal of Urban Affairs. Role: Occasional Reviewer . Occasional Reviewer . 03/23/2017 - 03/27/2017
  • Research Grant Council of Hong Kong. Role: External Reviewer. Research Grant Review. 03/01/2017 - present
  • Urban Studies. Role: Occasional Reviewer . Occasional Reviewer . 01/31/2017 - 02/20/2017
  • Journal of Urban Affairs. Role: Occasional Review. Occasional Review. 12/01/2016 - 04/09/2017
  • Social Science Quarterly. Occasional Reviewer. 12/01/2014 - present
  • Habitat International. Occasional Reviewer. 07/2014 - 08/2015
  • Social Forces. Occasional Reviewer . 07/2011 - 08/2011
  • Research Grant Council of Hong Kong . Role: External Reviewer and Panel Member. External Reviewer and Panelist The RGC <http://www.ugc.edu.hk/rgc/> was established in 1991 and is the principal public funding body in Hong Kong to support academic research. 04/11/2005 - present

Internal Service

  • Carry out learning outcomes assessment. Associate Director of Asia Center, 08/04/2022 - present. College service.
  • Prepare part of the FCS Graduate Council Review. Leadership team, 03/15/2022 - 03/16/2023. Department service.
  • Representing the CSBS . Academic Senator, 03/07/2022 - present. University service.
  • 1. Create a new major and minor--Financial Planning and Counseling 2. Streamline the Child Life emphasis and rename it to Child Health Care emphasis 3. Eliminate the Consumer and Community Minor 4. Carry out learning outcomes assessment 5. Change the name of our major name from "Family, Community, and Human Development" to "Human Development and Family Studies" . Director of Undergraduate Studies, 01/01/2022 - 12/30/2022. Department service.
  • Update courses, improve curriculum, and facilitate students to graduate in a timely manner. FCS Curriculum Committee Member, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Fulfill my department’s mission of undergraduate education, achieve the strategic goals of my Department Chair, coordinate instructors and advisors, and review various applications. Among others, I am updating our undergraduate curriculum, hiring new instructors, and conducting Graduate Council review now. Director of Undergraduate Studies, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • FCS Enrollment Committee. 01/2016 - 01/2017. Department service.
  • FCS Curriculum Committee. 01/2016 - 01/2017. Department service.
  • Member of the Organizing Committee for 2015 Urban China Conference . Organizing Committee Member. 07/2014 - 07/2015. College service.
  • Asia Center Faculty Advisory Board. Advisory Board Member, 04/2014 - present. University service.
  • Director, The Financial Planning and Counseling Program. Faculty Director, 01/2014 - 12/2021. Department service.
  • FCS Undergraduate Scholarship Committee. Member, 01/2013 - 01/2016. Department service.
  • Graduate Programs Committee. Member, 01/2013 - 01/2015. Department service.
  • Senior Faculty Review Committee. Committee Secretary and Member, 01/2013 - 01/2014. Department service.
  • CSBS Superior Research Committee Member . Reviewer, 01/2011 - 12/2011. College service.
  • Organizing Mary Lowe Guest Lecture and inviting Dowell Myers to the campus to present in the FCS dept and in the urban planning program. Lecture Organizer , 09/2010 - 09/2010. Department service.
  • Library Liaison . 05/01/2008 - 05/01/2016. Department service.
  • Technology Assisted Curriculum Center (TACC). College Representative and Grant Reviewer , 01/2008 - 01/2012. University service.

Honors & Awards

  • TD Ameritrade Institutional NextGen Grant Support student scholarships, financial planning research, program development, and outreach activities. TD Ameritrade Institutional NextGen Grant, 07/25/2018
  • Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics Education Award. David Eccles School of Business - University of Utah, 01/22/2015
  • 16th Annual Competition of the Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional Science, Honorable Mention. Western Regional Science Association, 02/2002

Affiliations

  • Institute for Policy and International Affairs (IPIA), Associate Investigator, 09/01/2006 - present
  • Asia Center , Affiliated Faculty, 09/01/2011 - present

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