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
- 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
In the Media
- 102 schools for financial planning. 09/30/2018. https://www.financial-planning.com/list/colleges-f...
- RINGING IN THE GOOD NEWS - TheU - University of Utah. 07/30/2018. https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/ringing-in-th...
- News - College of Social and Behavioral Science - University of Utah. 07/30/2018. https://csbs.utah.edu/news/good-news.php
- The U at the Nasdaq - YouTube. 07/26/2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSOABR5I0mg
- TD Ameritrade Institutional Announces the 2018 Financial Planning Program. 07/24/2018. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/td...
- BusinessWire - TD Ameritrade Holding (AMTD) TD Ameritrade . 07/24/2018. https://www.researchpool.com/provider/businesswire...
- 95 top schools for financial planning in the journal Financial Planning. 10/31/2017. https://onwallstreet.financial-planning.com/colleg...
- The Diversity Issue - Salt Lake City Weekly. 06/13/2017. https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-diversity-issu...
- When Immigrants Push Up Housing Prices. 09/29/2016. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2016/09/higher-pric...