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Affilated Faculty, Asian Studies Program
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Professor, Sch Of Environ,Society&Sustain
Professional Service
- Cities.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board .
01/01/2023 - present
- Applied Geography.
Editor-in-Chief.
07/01/2022 - present
- Applied Geography.
Associate Editor.
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2022
- GeoJournal.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/01/2017 - present
- IGU Urban Commission Annual Meeting.
Role: Discussant.
Session on Technological Innovations and Creative Activities in Cities .
08/15/2016 - 08/20/2016
- Sustainability .
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
02/01/2016 - present
- Geoinformatics 2015.
Role: Member.
Member of the Program Committee.
06/19/2015 - 06/21/2015
- International Conference on Urbanization and Urban Transformation in China.
Role: Member.
Member of the Conference Organizing Committee.
06/05/2015 - 06/07/2015
- AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago.
Role: Organizer.
Spatial Inequality III.
04/21/2015 - 04/25/2015
- AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago.
Role: Organizer.
Spatial Inequality I, II, IV, V.
04/21/2015 - 04/25/2015
- Acta Geographica Sinica.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/01/2015 - present
- Habitat International.
Reviewer.
01/01/2015 - present
- International Conference on Yellow River Civilization and Development Path of China.
Role: Panelist.
Civilization and Development Path Panel.
11/21/2014 - 11/23/2014
- University of Utah.
Role: Organizer.
International
Conference on Spatial Inequality and Suitability in China and Asia. September 18-20. In Progress.
09/2014 - 09/30/2015
- Cross-Strait Conference on Economic Geography, Nanjing.
Role: Member.
Member of the Academic Advisory Committee.
06/26/2014 - 06/28/2014
- Geoinformatics 2014, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Role: Member.
Member of the Program Committee.
06/24/2014 - 06/27/2014
- Conference on Innovation and Urban Development, Beijing.
Role: Member.
Member of the Academic Advisory Committee.
06/13/2014 - 06/15/2014
- Economic Geography.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - present
- Landscape and Urban Planning.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2022
- Cities.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2022
- Growth and Change.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2022
- Regional Studies.
Role: Reviewer.
Problems of Post-Communist Studies.
06/2014 - 12/31/2022
- Environment and Planning B.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2021
- Annals of AAG.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2020
- Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Role: Reviewer.
Faculty Promotion Review.
06/2014 - 12/31/2015
- Land Use Policy.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2015
- Problems of Post-Communist Studies.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 03/31/2015
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2014
- Henan University. Dissertation Defense Committee Member.
Role: Reviewer.
Dissertation review.
06/2014 - 12/31/2014
- Issues & Studies.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
06/2014 - 12/31/2014
- AAG Annual Meeting, Tampa.
Role: Organizer.
Regional Development, Inequality and Policy in China II.
04/08/2014 - 04/12/2014
- AAG Annual Meeting,Tampa.
Role: Organizer.
Regional Development, Inequality and Policy in China I.
04/08/2014 - 04/12/2014
- University of California, Los Angeles.
Role: Reviewer.
Promotion Review (Professor Rank).
02/2014 - 04/01/2014
- Environment and Planning A.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
01/01/2014 - present
- Geographical Review.
Role: Editorial Board Member.
Editorship.
01/01/2014 - present
- Land Use Policy.
Reviewer.
01/01/2014 - present
- Asian Geographer.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/01/2014 - present
- Spatial Analysis Commission, Regional Science Association of China.
Associate Director.
01/01/2014 - 12/31/2021
- Urban Studies.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
01/01/2014 - 12/31/2021
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment.
Role: Reviewer.
Review for Journals and Publishers.
01/01/2014 - 12/31/2020
- Journal of Comparative Asian Development.
Role: Editorial Advisory Board Member.
Editorship.
01/2012 - present
- AAG.
Role: Member.
Enhancing Diversity Committee.
01/01/2012 - 12/31/2015
- Chinese Geographical Sciences .
Role: Editorial Board Member.
Editorship.
01/2011 - present
- Applied Geography.
Role: Editorial Board Member.
Editorship.
01/2010 - 06/30/2017
- Shijie Dili Yanjiu (World Regional Studies).
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/01/2009 - present
- China Urban Studies.
Role: Editorial Board Member.
Editorship.
01/01/2009 - 12/31/2019
- Open Area Studies Journal.
Role: Editorial Board Member.
Editorship.
01/01/2009 - 12/31/2011
- Association of American Geographers (AAG).
Role: Member.
Research Grants Committee .
01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011
- Eurasian Geography and Economics.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board .
01/01/2007 - present
Internal Service
- Faculty Search Committee.
Member,
09/01/2022 - 11/30/2022.
Department service.
- Graduate Committee .
Member,
08/15/2022 - present.
Department service.
- Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee .
Member,
08/15/2022 - present.
Department service.
- Leadership Committee.
Member,
08/15/2022 - 05/15/2023.
Department service.
- Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee Member.
Chair,
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021.
Department service.
- Research Committee.
Chair,
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2020.
Department service.
- Urban and Sustainability Research Lab.
Director,
01/01/2016 - present.
Department service.
- Undergraduate Committee Member.
Member,
07/2015 - 06/30/2021.
Department service.
- Research Committee.
Member,
07/2015 - 06/30/2018.
College service.
- Tenured Faculty Review Committee Chair.
Chair,
07/2015 - 06/30/2017.
Department service.
- Colloquia Committee Member.
Member,
07/2015 - 06/30/2017.
Department service.
- Human Geography/Urban-Economic System Chair.
01/01/2013 - 01/01/2014.
Department service.
- Member, Superior Research Award Committee.
06/2012 - 06/2014.
College service.
- Member, Superior Teaching Award Committee.
06/2012 - 06/2014.
College service.
- Member, Research Committee .
06/2008 - 06/2014.
College service.
- Coordinator, Exchange Program, University of Utah-East China Normal University.
06/2008 - 06/30/2012.
University service.
- Consortium for Comparative Research on China and Asia.
Co-Director,
01/2008 - 01/2014.
College service.
- The Asian Center and Asian Studies Program.
Affiliated Faculty,
09/2007 - 01/2014.
University service.
- Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee.
Committee Member,
01/2007 - 01/2014.
Department service.
- International Exchange Committee.
Committee Member,
01/2007 - 01/2012.
University service.
Community Partnership
- UTA.
01/01/2018 - 12/31/2019
Honors & Awards
- Guangbiao Chair Professor.
College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,
01/01/2017
- Overseas Expert .
The Chinese Academy of Sciences,
01/01/2017
- Best Faculty Paper Award (with Hao Huang), Government Policies as Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in China.
Annual Conference of the Sociology of Development on Future of Development,
10/25/2013
- Second Prize Award for Best Research Papers in Humanities and Social Sciences, for He, C.F., Y.H.D. Wei and X.Z. Xie. Globalization, Institutional Change, and Industrial Location: Economic Transition and Industrial Concentration in China. Regional Studies 42(7): 923-945, 2008. Coauthor.
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China,
06/2013
- Lincoln Institute China Program International Fellow.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,
01/2013
- Outstanding Service Award.
China Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers,
04/2011
- Lincoln Institute China Program International Fellow.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,
01/2011
- Li, Yingru, First Prize Award, “Health Care, Mortality, and Economic Transition in China,” Student Research Day Poster Competition. Coauthor/Advisor.
University of Utah CSBS,
04/15/2011
- Distinguished Service Award, Asian Geography Specialty Group, Association of
American Geographers (AAG).
03/2009
- Distinguished Service Award. Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Association of
American Geographers
(AAG).
03/2009
- Distinguished Scholar Award, Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Association of
American Geographers (AAG).
03/2006
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award (Overseas Young Scholar Collaborative Research Award).
Natural Science Foundation of China ,
06/2004
- Excellence in Research Award.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
09/2003
- Fellow.
American Association of Geographers,
01/01/2024
Affiliations
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Association of American Geographers
(AAG),
Member,
01/1994 - present
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Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Science
(CPGIS),
Member,
01/1992 - present