2024
Association for Asian American Studies
Lifetime Achievement Award
Honoring a career of influential scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and leadership in Asian American studies.
Teaching & mentorship
Recognition in the classroom
- 2024 — Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Asian American Studies
- 2017 — Finalist, Educator of the Year, Truman State University
- 2014 — Truman Institute Summer Online Courses Redesign Incentive Grant
- 2013–2014 — Truman Academic Development Support Grant
- 2012–2015 — Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor, Chinese Ministry of Education
- 2012 — Distinguished Speaker, Susquehanna University
- 2012 — Distinguished Role Model Speaker, University of Saskatchewan
- 2012 — Nominee, Mentorship Award, Association for Asian American Studies
- 2010 — Woman in Distinction, Truman State University
- 2010 — Rosenberg Institute Visiting Scholar, Suffolk University
- 2010 — 76th Boya Lectureship, Central China Normal University
- 2008 — Winner, TruTech Challenge Competition, Truman State University
- 2005–2006 — Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship for Faculty Excellence
- 2004 — Golden Apple Award, Truman State University Greek Community
- 1998 — Semi-finalist, Educator of the Year, Truman State University
- 1996 — Semi-finalist, Educator of the Year, Truman State University
- 1995 — Semi-finalist, Educator of the Year, Truman State University
- 1993–1994 — Jepson Fellowship Grant in Active Teaching
- 1993 — Jepson Fellowship Grant in World Literature
Research & scholarship
Recognition in the field
- 2024 — Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Asian American Studies
- 2022 — Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2019 — Center for Missouri Studies Fellowship
- 2017 — Distinguished Honorary Professor, Lishui University
- 2017–2018 — Visiting Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- 2016–2017 — Visiting Professor, University of Missouri–Columbia
- 2013–2016 — Editorial Board Director, Overseas Chinese History Studies
- 2013–2015 — Chinese Overseas Bureau Research Fund
- 2012–2015 — Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor, Chinese Ministry of Education
- 2012 — Women’s History Month recognition, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
- 2012 — Nominee, Mentorship Award, Association for Asian American Studies
- 2011 — Missouri Campus Compact Grant
- 2011 — School of Social and Cultural Studies Faculty Research Grant
- 2011 — Nominee, Engaged Scholarship Award, Association for Asian American Studies
- 2010 — Woman in Distinction, Truman State University
- 2009–2010 — Sabbatical Leave Grant, Truman State University
- 2008–2009 — Fellowship of Teaching and Learning, Truman State University
- 2008 — Truman Faculty Summer Research Fellowship
- 2008 — Listed in Contemporary Authors, Thomson Gale
Complete record