YUNING (BONNIE) WU

Department of Criminal Justice

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI 48202

yuningwu@wayne.edu

EDUCATION

2009 Ph.D. in Criminology

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2005 M.A. in Criminology

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2003 LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws)

Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

EMPLOYMENT

2009-present Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State

University, Detroit, MI

2003-2009 Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology and Criminal

Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2003-2005 Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of

Delaware, Newark, DE

RESEARCH

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles (*denotes graduate students)

1. Hu, Rong, Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (forthcoming). Chinese trust in the police:

The impact of political efficacy and participation. Social Science Quarterly.

2. Wu, Yuning, & Wen Jiebing*. (forthcoming). Fear of Crime among Chinese

Immigrants in Metro-Detroit. Crime, Law, and Social Change.

3. Wu, Yuning, Lake, Rodney*, & Cao, Liqun. (forthcoming). Race, social bonds and

juvenile confidence in the police. Justice Quarterly.

4. Wu, Yuning. (forthcoming). The impact of media consumption on trust in legal

authorities in Chinese societies. Asian Journal of Criminology.

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5. Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (forthcoming). Arab Americans’ confidence in police.

Crime & Delinquency.

6. Lambert, Eric, Wu, Yuning, Jiang, Shanhe, Jaishankar, Karuppannan, Pasupuleti,

Sudershan, & Bhimarasetty, Jagadish. (2014). Support for community policing in

India and the U.S.: An exploratory study among college students. Policing: An

International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 37, 3-29.

7. Wu, Yuning. (2014). Race/Ethnicity and perceptions of the police: A comparison

of White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic Americans. Policing & Society, 24, 135-157.

8. Sun, Ivan, Wu, Yuning, & Hu Rong. (2013). Public assessments of the police in

rural and urban China: A theoretical extension and empirical investigation.

British Journal of Criminology, 53, 643-664.

9. Wu, Yuning, & Alteimer, Irshad. (2013). Race/ethnicity, foreign-born status, and

victimization in Seattle, WA. Race and Justice: An International Journal, 3,

339-357.

10. Wu, Yuning, & Marvin, Zalman. (2013). Wrongful convictions in China: Analyzing

the scholarship. Crime and Criminal Justice International, 21, 1-45.

11. Lambert, Eric, Elechi, Oko, & Wu, Yuning. (2013). An exploratory comparison of

the policing views of Nigerian and U.S. college students. International Journal of

Police Science and Management, 15, 1-23.

12. Sobol, James, Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2013). Neighborhood context and police

vigor: A multilevel analysis. Crime & Delinquency, 59, 344-368.

13. Jiang, Shanhe, Wu, Yuning, & Wang, Jin. (2013). Citizens’ Obligation to Obey the

Law: An Empirical Study of Guangzhou, China. International Journal of Offender

Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 57, 495-518.

14. Li, Jessica, Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2013). Who should play a major role in

responding to intimate partner violence? A comparison of Chinese and American

college students’ preferences. International Social Work, 56, 743-760.

15. Wu, Yuning, Button, Deeanna, Smolter, Nicole, & Poteyeva, Margarita. (2013).

Public responses to intimate partner violence: Comparing preferences of Chinese

and American college students. Violence and Victims, 28, 302-323.

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16. Wu, Yuning, Smith, Brad, & Sun, Ivan. (2013). Race/ethnicity and perceptions of

police bias: The case of Chinese immigrants. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal

Justice, 11, 71-92.

17. Wu, Yuning. (2013). Robbery victimization among Asian Americans: A

comparison with White and Black Americans. Journal of Crime and Justice, 36,

35-52.

18. Khondaker, Mahfuzul, Lambert, Eric, & Wu, Yuning. (2013). Perceptions of the

police in two nations: An exploratory study of policing views among Bangladeshi

and U.S. college students. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1,

33-58.

19. Wu, Yuning, Triplett, Ruth, & Sun, Ivan. (2012). Chinese immigrants’ contact with

police. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 35,

741-760.

20. Sun, Ivan, Wu, Yuning, Huang, Lanying, Lin, Yusheng, Li, Jessica C-M, & Su,

Mingyue. (2012). Preferences for police response to domestic violence: A

comparison of college students in three Chinese societies. Journal of Family

Violence, 27, 133-144.

21. Lambert, Eric, Wu, Yuning (co-first author), Elechi, Oko, Jiang, Shanhe. (2012).

Correlates of support for community-police partnerships in policing among

Nigerian and US college students: An exploratory study. International Criminal

Justice Review, 22, 276-296.

22. Wu, Yuning, Poteyeva Margarita, & Sun, Ivan. (2012). Public trust in police: A

comparison of China and Taiwan. International Journal of Comparative and

Applied Criminal Justice, 36, 189-210.

23. Lambert, Eric, Wu, Yuning (co-first author), Smith, Brad, Pasupuleti, Sudershan,

& Jaishankar Karuppannan. (2012). An exploratory comparison of the policing

views of Indian and U.S. college students. International Criminal Justice Review, 22,

68-82.

24. Sun, Ivan, Hu, Rong, & Wu, Yuning. (2012). Social capital, political participation,

and trust in police in urban China. Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Criminology, 45, 87-105.

25. Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Fichtelberg Aaron. (2011). Formalizing China’s People’s

Armed Police: The 2009 PAP Law. Crime, Law, and Social Change, 56, 243-263.

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26. Sun, Ivan, Su, Mingyue, & Wu, Yuning. (2011). Attitudes toward police response

to domestic violence: A comparison of Chinese and American college students.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16, 3289-3315.

27. Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Smith, Brad. (2011). Race, immigration, and policing:

Chinese immigrants’ satisfaction with police. Justice Quarterly, 28, 745-774.

28. Sun, Ivan, Wu, Yuning, Button Deeanna, Li Jessica, & Su, Mingyue. (2011).

Appropriate police response to domestic violence: Comparing perceptions of

Chinese and Americans. International Journal of Law, Crime, and Justice, 39,

81-99.

29. Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Zongxian. (2011). Support for the death penalty:

Empirical Comparison between Chinese and American college students.

Punishment & Society, 13, 354-376.

30. Wu, Yuning, Jiang, Shanhe, & Lambert, Eric. (2011). Citizen support for

community policing in China. Policing: An International Journal of Police

Strategies and Management, 34, 285-303.

31. Sun, Ivan, Wu, Yuning, & Poteyeva, Margarita. (2011). Arab Americans’ opinion

on counterterrorism measures: The impact of race, ethnicity, and religion. Studies

in Conflict & Terrorism, 34, 540-555.

32. Sun, Ivan, Li, Jessica, & Wu, Yuning. (2011). Chinese and American college

students’ preference for police response to domestic violence. Policing and

Society, 21, 214-232.

33. Wu, Yuning. (2010). Evaluation of police performance: An empirical comparison

between Chinese and Americans. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38, 773-780.

34. Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2010). Perceptions of police: An empirical study of

Chinese college students. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies

and Management, 33, 93-113.

35. Wu, Yuning. (2010). Immigrants’ perceptions of the police. Sociology Compass, 4,

924-935.

36. Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning (2010). Contact with police: A comparison between

Chinese and American college students. Asian Pacific Journal of Police and

Criminal Justice, 8, 29-48.

37. Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2010) Chinese policing in a time of transition,

1978-2008. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 26, 20-35.

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Translated into Chinese (by Cai, Y.) and published in 2011 in Journal of Jiangsu

Police College, 26(6), 134-143.

38. Sun, Ivan, Cretacci, Michael, Wu, Yuning, & Jin, Chen. (2009). Chinese police

cadets’ attitudes toward police role and work. Policing: An International Journal

of Police Strategies and Management, 32, 758-780.

39. Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2009). The role of the People’s Armed Police in

Chinese policing. Asian Journal of Criminology, 4, 107-128.

40. Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Cretacci, Michael. (2009). A study of Chinese cadets’

motivations to become police officers. International Journal of Police Science and

Management, 11, 377-392.

41. Di, Xiaohua, & Wu, Yuning. (2009). The developing trend of the people’s

mediation in China. Sociological Focus, 42, 228-245.

42. Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2009). Citizen trust in police: The case of China. Police

Quarterly, 12, 170-191.

43. Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Triplett, Ruth. (2009). Race, class, or neighborhood

context: Which matters more in measuring satisfaction with police? Justice

Quarterly, 26, 125-156.

44. Sun, Ivan, Payne, Brian, & Wu, Yuning. (2008). The impact of situational, officer,

and neighborhood characteristics on police behavior: A multilevel analysis.

Journal of Criminal Justice, 36, 22-32.

45. Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2006). Citizen perceptions of criminal courts: The

impact of gender, race, and recent experience. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34,

457-467.

Book Chapters

Wu, Yuning. (2013). People’s mediation in China. In L. Cao, I. Sun, & B. Hebenton (Eds.),

Handbook of Chinese criminology (pp. 116-129). Routledge.

Encyclopedia Entries

Wu, Yuning. (2012). Police brutality. In D. Jones-Brown, B. Frazier, & M. Brooks (Eds.),

African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishers.

Wu, Yuning. (2009). Chinese Exclusion Act. In H. Taylor-Greene & S. Gabbidon (Eds.),

Encyclopedia of race and crime. Sage Publications, Inc.

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Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2009). Public opinion, police. In H. Taylor-Greene & S.

Gabbidon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of race and crime. Sage Publications, Inc.

Book Reviews

Wu, Yuning. (2008). China’s death penalty: History, law, and contemporary practices. By

Hong Lu & Terance D. Miethe. In International Criminal Justice Review, 18, 492-493.

Wu, Yuning. (2008). The new policing. By Eugene McLaughlin. In Policing: An

International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 31, 347-349.

Grants

External

Wu, Yuning (Principal Investigator), & Klahm Charles (Co-Investigator), “Victimization

and fear of crime among Arab Americans in Metro-Detroit,” W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship

for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime FY 2013, National Institute of Justice,

$99,780, 2013.

Internal

Wu, Yuning. (Principal Investigator), “Race, immigration, and fear of crime,” University

Research Grant, Wayne State University, $10,000, 2010.

Wu, Yuning (Principal Investigator), “A comparative study of public perceptions of the

police: China and the United States,” International Research Grant, University of

Delaware, $4,500, 2008.

TEACHING

Courses Taught

At Wayne State University

Graduate:

CRJ7200 Nature of Crime

CRJ7230 Policing & Society

CRJ7990 Directed Study

Undergraduate:

CRJ4000 Criminological Theories

CRJ4860 Research Methods in Criminal Justice

CRJ1010 Introduction to Criminal Justice

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At University of Delaware

Undergraduate:

CRJU110 Introduction to Criminal Justice

CRJU/SOCI304 Criminology

SOCI301 Research Methods Statistics Lab

Master’s Thesis/Essay Committees

Eric Keiser (M.S., Criminal Justice, chair, completed)

Abdulla Alhassani (M.S., Criminal Justice, chair, in process)

Doctoral Dissertation Committees

Rodney Lake (Ph.D., Sociology, member, completed)

Zavin Nazaretian (Ph.D., Sociology, member, in process)

Teaching-related Activities

Faculty advisor, Undergraduate Research and Creative Project Award, Spring/Summer

2013 (Student: Darcy Goolsby, $3,050)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conference Presentations

Wu, Yuning. (2014). Studying perceptions of crime and justice in China: Past experience,

emerging opportunities, and future directions. Round table moderator at the annual

meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia.

Khondaker, Mahfuzul,Wu, Yuning, & Lambert, Eric. (2013). Bangladesh immigrants’

crime reporting behavior and intentions. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting

of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

Zalman, Marvin, & Wu, Yuning. (2013). The correlates of exonerations: Exploring the

national registry of exonerations data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

Shanhe Jiang, Toyoji Saito, Eric Lambert, Mahfuzul Khondaker, O. Oko Elechi, David

Baker, Yuning Wu, and Nancy Hogan. (2013). Gender and cultural differences on death

penalty support and views among Japanese and U.S. college students. Paper presented

at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

Zalman, Marvin, & Wu, Yuning. (2013). Wrongful convictions in three countries: A

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comparative political and legal analysis. Innocence Network Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Shanhe, Jiang, & Wu, Yuning. (2012). Legal consciousness among Chinese citizens. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.

Khondaker, Mahfuzul, Wu, Yuning, & Lambert, Eric. (2012). New place, same issues: The

views of Bangladeshi immigrants of the police. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.

Zalman, Marvin, & Wu, Yuning. (2012). Wrongful convictions in China – A preliminary

exploration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, Chicago, IL.

Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2012). Citizen assessment of police in Taiwan. Paper presented

at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.

Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2012). Public trust in police in rural China. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.

Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Smith, Brad. (2012). Race, immigration, and policing: Chinese

immigrants’ satisfaction with police. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Justice Quarterly Invitational Showcase. New York,

NY.

Wu, Yuning. (2011). Media effects on trust in legal authorities: Comparing China and

Taiwan. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Asian Criminological Society,

Taipei, Taiwan.

Wu, Yuning. (2011). Race/ethnicity and perceptions of the police: A

White-Black-Hispanic-Asian comparison. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

Sun, Ivan, Luo, Haishan, & Wu, Yuning. (2011). Chinese female criminality: Family

dysfunction, strain, and criminal offenses. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

Li, Jessica, Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2011). Who is more important in handling domestic

violence? A comparison of Chinese and American college students’ preferences. Paper

presented at the Social Work and Social Policy International Conference. East China

University Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

Sun, Ivan, Wu, Yuning, & Poteyeva, Margarita. (2010). Comparing citizen trust in police

in China and Taiwan. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Asian Society of

Criminology. Chennai, India.

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Wu, Yuning & Sun, Ivan. (2010). Appropriate police response to domestic violence:

Comparing perceptions of Chinese and Americans. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco.

Wu, Yuning & Sun, Ivan. (2010). Citizen trust in police: A comparison of three Chinese

societies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology,

San Francisco.

Wu, Yuning. (2010). Chinese immigrants’ contact with police: Frequency, nature, and

satisfaction. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Criminal

Justice Association, Chicago.

Wu, Yuning, Shanhe, Jiang, & Lambert, Eric. (2010). Citizen perceptions of community

policing in China. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Criminal

Justice Association, Chicago.

Wu, Yuning, Smith, Brad, Lambert, Eric, & Jiang, Shanhe. (2010). Views of the police in

India: An exploratory study of college students. Paper presented at the annual

conference of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, Chicago.

Wu, Yuning, Sun, Ivan, & Triplett, Ruth. (2010). Race, class, or neighborhood context:

Which matters more in measuring satisfaction with police? Poster presented at the

annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Justice Quarterly

Invitational Showcase. San Diego.

Wu, Yuning. (2010). Risk factors for violent victimization of Asian Americans. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego.

Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2010). Formalizing China’s armed police: Police power and

procedural restrictions under the 2009 PAP law. Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego.

Li, Jessica, Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2010). Attitudes toward police response to

domestic violence: A comparison of Chinese and American college students. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego.

Wu, Yuning. (2010). A cross-cultural examination of family and intimate partner

violence. Roundtable participant at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal

Justice Sciences, San Diego.

Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2009). Perceptions of the police: A Comparison between

Chinese and American college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia.

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Wu, Zongxian, Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2009). Perceptions of punishment:

Cross-national comparison between China and the U.S. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia.

Cretacci, Michael, Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2009). Motivations to become a police

officer: An empirical study on Chinese police cadets. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston.

Wu, Yuning. (2009). Police contact and public perception: An empirical study of Chinese

immigrants. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice

Sciences, Boston.

Wu, Yuning. (2008). Race and policing: Chinese immigrants’ perceptions of the police.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis.

Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2008). Citizen trust in the police: The case of China. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis.

Cretacci, Michael, Sun, Ivan, & Wu, Yuning. (2008). Chinese police cadets’ attitudes

toward the police role and work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Society of Criminology, St. Louis.

Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2008). Studying Chinese immigrants’ perceptions of the police.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Cincinnati.

Wu, Yuning. (2008). Pains and pleasures of comparative research. Round table

participant at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Cincinnati.

Wu, Yuning, Triplett, Ruth, & Sun, Ivan. (2007). Social or cultural organization: Which

mediates more the effects between structural characteristics and crime? Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta.

Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2007). Chinese perception of police in the United States. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle.

Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2006). Satisfaction with police: The impact of demographic

characteristics, personal experience, and neighborhood context. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles.

Gealt, Roberta, Martin, Steven, Wu, Yuning, & O’Connell, Daniel. (2006). Gender

differences in the association of prescribed drug use, non-prescribed use, and other

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delinquency among adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Society of Criminology, Los Angeles.

Wu, Yuning, & Sun, Ivan. (2006). The role of the People’s Armed Police in Chinese

policing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice

Sciences, Baltimore.

Wu, Yuning. (2005). A preliminary study on Delaware’s mental health diversion program.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto.

Wu, Yuning. (2005). Mental health court: An innovation in handling offenders with

mental illnesses. Paper presented at the 14th World Congress of Criminology,

Philadelphia.

Wu, Yuning. (2004). A critique on the use of battered woman syndrome in court. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville.

Invited Presentations

May 24, 2013 Presentation entitled “Research methods in Criminology and Criminal

Justice” to the Beijing Normal University, School of Law

Sep 20, 2011 Presentation entitled “Fear of crime among Chinese immigrants in

Metro-Detroit” to the Wayne State University as part of the Brown Bag

Colloquium Series held by the Humanities Center

Oct 7, 2010 Presentation entitled “Citizen perceptions of police in China” to the

Wayne State University as part of the “China Series Talk” held by the

Confucius Institute

July 13, 2010 Presentation entitled “Community policing: Trends, challenges, and

prospects” to the City of Detroit Charter Revision Commission

SERVICE

Professional Service

Journal Reviewer

Asian Journal of Criminology

Crime, Law, and Social Change

Crime and Criminal Justice International

Crime and Justice Studies

Criminology

International Criminal Justice Review

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International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

International Social Work

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Journal of Crime and Justice

Journal of Criminal Justice

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Justice Quarterly

Law & Society Review

Police Quarterly

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Policing and Society

Race and Justice

Sociological Focus

Book Proposal Reviewer

Policing in Hong Kong. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, LLC

Crime and Justice Research. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, LLC

Journal Editorial Board Member

International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences

Crime and Criminal Justice International

Committee/Conference Service

2013-2014 Member, Program Committee, the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of

Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, US

2012-2013 Member, Program Committee, the Second International Conference of the

South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Kanyakumari, India

2010-2011 Co-Chair, Program Committee, the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Asian

Criminological Society, Taipei, Taiwan

2010-2011 Member, Program Committee, the First International Conference of the

South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Jaipur, India

2009-2010 Member, Program Committee, the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of

Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, CA

2009-2010 Member, Student Affairs Committee, American Society of Criminology

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University Service

2012-date Member, Advisory Board of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

program, Wayne State University

2011-date Member, Educational Adjustment Committee, College of Liberal Arts and

Sciences, Wayne State University

2013-date Chair, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne

State University

2011-date Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne

State University

2011, 2013 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne

State University

2010-2013 Member, Policy and Personnel Committee (Budget Committee),

Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University

2009-2013 Director, Criminal Justice Honors, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne

State University

2009-2011 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice,

Wayne State University

2010-2011 Member, Ad Hoc Research Development Committee, Department of

Criminal Justice, Wayne State University

2010, 2012 Member, Salary Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State

University

2005-2009 Peer Mentor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of

Delaware

2007-2009 Member, Department Policy Committee

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

2008 Coordinator, Department Committees Recruitment

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

2006-2007 Member, Graduate Policy Committee

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

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2006-2007 Member, Jan Burrows Award Committee

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

AWARDS & PROGRAMS

2014 Sage Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

and Sage Publications

2011 Resident scholarship, Humanities’ Center, Wayne State University

2010 Working Groups Program Award, Wayne State University

2010 Research Mentor Program Award, Wayne State University

2009 Best Dissertation Award, the George Herbert Ryden Prize in the Social

Sciences, University of Delaware, Dissertation entitled: Race and policing:

Chinese immigrants’ perceptions of the police

2009 Second place winner, American Society of Criminology, Division of

International Criminology Student Paper Competition, Paper entitled:

Evaluations of police performance: Empirical comparison between Chinese

and Americans

2009 Funded participant, ICPSR Summer Program on Quantitative Analysis of

Crime and Criminal Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

2009 Professional Development Award for Graduate Students, University of

Delaware

2008 Summer Research Fellowship Award, Department of Sociology and

Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

2007-2008 University Graduate Fellows Award, University of Delaware