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Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
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Faculty Affiliate, Undergraduate Studies
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Faculty Affiliate, Asian Studies Program
Professional Service
- American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Drugs and Society.
Council Member-at-Large.
08/12/2024 - 08/11/2026
- Policing: An International Journal.
Editorial Advisory Board Member.
02/01/2024 - present
- Frontiers in Psychology.
Review Editor.
09/07/2023 - present
- Asian Journal of Criminology.
Editorial Board Member.
09/01/2022 - present
- Asian Criminological Society.
Executive Board Member.
01/01/2022 - present
- The Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States.
Role: Organizing the online conference; developing the meeting program.
Organizing Committee Member for the 1st ACCCJ Online Conference (2020-2021).
06/01/2020 - 01/31/2021
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Role: review, accept, and arrang over 70 conference papers into panels for the annual meeting in 2019.
Area Chair (police behavior and decision-making).
09/01/2018 - 11/30/2018
Internal Service
- Member of Steering Committee for Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR).
10/01/2023 - present.
University service.
- Chair of Career-line Faculty Search Committee.
08/01/2023 - 06/30/2024.
Department service.
- Criminology Faculty Hiring Committee.
07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023.
Department service.
- Criminology PhD Area Subcommittee.
Member,
01/09/2023 - 12/31/2023.
Department service.
- Department’s graduate Professional Development Forum (PDF) panel on Teaching.
Discussant,
11/01/2022 - 11/01/2022.
Department service.
- Student CSBS Research Day.
Judge,
04/26/2022 - 04/26/2022.
College service.
- Member/Secretary of Career-line Faculty Review Committee.
08/16/2021 - 12/31/2023.
Department service.
- Member of Faculty Hiring Committee.
01/11/2021 - 12/31/2021.
Department service.
- Member of Department Graduate Committee.
07/01/2020 - present.
Department service.
- Member of Criminology Major Committee.
07/01/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Member of Department Undergraduate Committee.
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2020.
Department service.
Honors & Awards
- Recipient, Superior Teaching Award.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
04/02/2024
- Research Travel Award. $1000.
Asia Center, The University of Utah,
10/02/2023
- Junior Scholar Award.
American Sociological Association Section on Drugs and Society ,
07/01/2023
- Finalist, Superior Teaching Award.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
03/17/2023
- Asian Center Faculty Travel Award. $1000.
Asia Center, University of Utah,
09/22/2022
- Research Travel Award. $2000.
Asian Center, University of Utah,
10/21/2021
- Jurnior Faculty Research Leave Award.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
02/11/2021
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