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• 2005-2010 Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
• 2001-2004 Specialist (post-M.S.), Information Science, Florida State University
• 1999-2001 M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University

• 2023 – present Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, TAMU – Tarleton State University, TX.
• 8/2017 – 2023 Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
• 8/2010 – 8/2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida – St. Petersburg, FL. (on leave 2015 fall)
• 8/2005 – 5/2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant (teach independently)/Research Assistant, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

• 2022 Global Excellence Award — USF World.
• 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award — University of South Florida.
• 2021-22 Golden Apple Award (teaching) — USF Ambassadors/USF Alumni Association.
• 2020-21 U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award — Institute of International Education, U.S. Department of State
• 2010 Graduate Research Fellowship — National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
• 2009 Dissertation Research Grant — Office of Graduate Studies, Florida State University.
• 2008 Harris Memorial Teaching Fellowship — College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University. 2
• 2005-2009 College Research and Teaching Graduate Assistantship — College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University.
• 6/2006 Travel awards to attend Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. — College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University.

• 2006–2008 Senior Research Analyst, Justice Research Center (www.thejrc.com), Tallahassee, FL.
• 2005-2006 Data and Research Manager, Florida Network of Youth and Family Services (www.floridanetwork.org), Tallahassee, FL.
• 2002-2005 Operational Management Consultant/Planner II, Detention Services/Bureau of Data and Research, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Tallahassee, FL.
• 1998-1999 Research Assistant (full time), National Science Council/National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Policing, Comparative Justice, Police-Citizens Relation
• Cybercrime, and Information Technology in Criminal Justice
• Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency

• Advanced Applied Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice Research (graduate/assistant)
• Applied Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (undergraduate)
• Comparative Justice (graduate & undergraduate)
• Comprehensive Exam & Master’s Thesis (graduate)
• Criminology (undergraduate)
• Cybercrime (undergraduate seminar)
• Juvenile Justice System (graduate & undergraduate)
• Patterns of Criminal Behavior (undergraduate)
• Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice (graduate & undergraduate)
• The Economy and Crime (undergraduate seminar)

Professional & Community

• 6/2024-11/2024 Chair, Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ) – Ivan Sun young scholar outstanding research award committee
• 7/2023-8/2023 Reviewer, Fulbright Association
• 6/2023 Pre-departure orientation for Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Students, Fulbright Taiwan
• 6/2023-8/2023 Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ) – new division of ASC task force
• 6/2023-11/2023 Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ) – Ivan Sun young scholar outstanding research award committee
• 11/2022-present Secretary, Fulbright Association – Taiwan Interest Group
• 9/2022-present Mentor, Mentorship Program, Fulbright Taiwan (Foundation for Scholarly Exchange)
• 5/2022 Pre-departure orientation for Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Students, Fulbright Taiwan
• 6/2021 Pre-departure orientation for Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Students, Fulbright Taiwan
• 3/2020 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) – Awards Committee
• 3/2020-11/2021 Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ), ASC – Outstanding Paper Award Committee
• 1/2020-3/2020 National Criminal Justice Honor Society – Student Paper Award Committee
• 8/2016-11/2016 Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ), ASC Election Committee
• 5/2014-3/2015 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences – Program Topic Committee
  8/2014-5/2015 Scholarship Committee, Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) Suncoast
• 3/2012 Panel Judge of Pinellas County History Day
• 8/2001-7/2002 Chairperson, Chinese Student Association, FSU (changed to Taiwanese Student Association)

Certificates

• 8/13/2019 Mental Health First Aid USA, National Council for Behavioral Health at USF
• 6/2/2019-6/22/2019 Criminal Justice Institutions and Social Justice – 2019 International Fellows Program by University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
• 4/13/2018 STEM High Impact Educational Practices (HIPs) at USF

Departments and College

• 8/2023-5/2024 Members, Ph.D. comps committee, graduate curriculum committee, 1 search committee of 1 associate/assistant professor position; Co-chair, doctoral fellowship committee, Department of Criminal Justice, TAMU Tarleton State University
• 2/2023-5/2023 Members, 2 search committees of 2 assistant professor positions, Department of Criminal Justice, TAMU-Tarleton State University
• 8/2022-12/2022 Chair, Masters comps committee, Department of Criminology, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF
• 2/2022-8/2022 Chair, Social Justice Committee, Department of Criminology, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF
• 9/2021-11/2021 Chair, Selection Committee for Special Assistant to Dean on Diversity and Inclusion, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF
• 8/2021-7/2023 Department MA Comprehensive Examination Committee, Department of Criminology, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF
• 9/2020-5/2021 Tenure & Promotion Committee, Department of Criminology, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF
• 9/2020-8/2023 Diversity and Inclusion Committee, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF
• 9/2018-5/2019 Chair, Tenure & Promotion Committee, Department of SLC, College of Arts and Sciences, USF St. Petersburg
• 9/2017-5/2019 Chair, Academic Program Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, USF St. Petersburg
• 9/2017-5/2018 Tenure & Promotion Committee, Department of SLC, College of Arts and Sciences, USF St. Petersburg
• 1/2013-3/2013 Distance Learning Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, USF St. Petersburg
• 8/2011 Scholarship Committee, USF St. Petersburg
• 1/2011-8/2011 Initiative of Collaboration Agreement between Criminology Program USF St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg Police Department
• 10/2010-5/2011 By-Law Committee, Department of Anthropology, Criminology, and ISS, USF St. Petersburg

University

• 10/2022-8/2023 Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Presidential Advisory Committee, USF
• 8/2022-7/2023 Faculty Senate, USF
• 2/2022-8/2023 Global Risk Assessment Committee, USF
• 1/2018-3/2021 Director of Criminal Justice Honor Society at USF St. Petersburg (8/27/2019) students worked with USFSP Open Partnership Education
  Network (OPEN) hosting a talk by Pulitzer Prize winner Mr. Gilbert King (March 2019) attended annual meeting at ACJS with students
• 2/2013 2nd Annual International Research & Cultural Exchange, USF St.
  Petersburg
• 8/2012-8/2015 Undergraduate Council (campus wide curriculum review committee), USF St. Petersburg
• 11/2011 Open House for prospective students, USF St. Petersburg
• 10/2010 Open House for prospective students, USF St. Petersburg