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January 2026 I’m delighted to share that a high school senior I mentored through a research project has been admitted to Yale University. It has been an engaging mentoring experience. I’m glad to see the student’s work recognized! 🎉
October 2025 I was selected as a member of the 2025–26 cohort of the NextGen Professors Program at Cornell University.
June 2025 My paper on employment precarity and earnings inequality in China received the 2025 Deans, Chairs, and Directors Council (DCDC) Best Student Paper Award from the Labor and Employment Relation Association (LERA).
May 2025 My paper on employment precarity and earnings inequality in China received the 2025 Robin M. Williams, Jr. Best Paper Award from the Department of Sociology at Cornell University.
September 2024 My research received the Lee Teng Hui Fellowship in World Affairs with East Asia Focus from the East Asia Program (EAP) at Cornell University. It will fund one semester of my Ph.D. study at Cornell University.