• PhD Economics, Indiana University Bloomington
• MA Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• BAs Economics and Governance, and MA Finance, Peking University

• Upper Division Courses: Development Economics, Macroeconomics, International Economics
• Lower Division Courses: Principle of Economics, Introduction to Pacific Basin, Learning Cluster (field trip): A tale of two cities through economic lenses I: Los Angeles and II: Beijing, Economic Development and Social Enterprises I: San Francisco and II: Hong Kong, Machine Learning in Economics and Public Health

• International Economics (Exchange rate)
• Economic Development (Chinese economy)
• Public Health (Econ. relation)

• “A spatial analysis of local corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Chinese cities." European Journal of Political Economy, September 2023, volume 79, (Joint with Yao-Yu Chih, Firat Demir, Chenghao Hu, and Hewei Shen)
• “Dancing with dragon: The RMB and developing economies' currencies." Research in International Business and Finance, January 2023, volume 64. (Joint with Qing He and Jishuang Yu)
• “Local Corruption, Total Factor Productivity and Firm Heterogeneity: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms.” (Joint with Firat Demir, Chenghao Hu, and Hewei Shen), World Development, March 2022, volume 151.
• “Exchange rate exposure and its determinants in China." China Economic Review, February 2021; volume 65. (Joint with Qing He and Ce Zhang)
• “Exchange Rate Exposure and International Competition: Evidence from Chinese Industries.” Journal of Contemporary China, February 2021. (Joint with Qing He and Ce Zhang)
• “Bureaucratic Integration and Synchronization of Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from China.” China Economic Review, October 2020; volume 63. (Joint with Qing He, Chang Xue and Shaojie Zhou).
• “The impact of COVID-19 on stock markets.” Economic and Political Studies, May 2020: page 275-288. (Joint with Qing He, Sizhu Wang and Jishuang Yu.)
• “Trade Openness and the Obesity Epidemic: A Cross-national Study of 175 Countries during 19752016.” Annals of Epidemiology, September 2019; volume 37: 31-36. (Joint with Ruopeng An et al.)
• “A systematic review of food pantry-based interventions in the USA.” Public Health Nutrition, June 2019; 22(9):1704-1716. (Joint with Ruopeng An et al.)
• “Systemic Financial Risk and Macroeconomic Activity in China.” Journal of Economics and Business, March- April 2019, Volume 102: 57-63. (Joint with Qing He, Zongxin Qian, and Jingyun Gan)
• “Diet and self-rated health among oldest-old Chinese”. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, May - June 2018;76:125-132 (Joint with Ruopeng An, Xiaoling Xiong, and Chenghua Guan).
• “Functional Limitation and cognitive impairment among 80+ year old Chinese”. Australasian Journal on Aging, December 2016,35(4):266-272. (Joint with Jiakun Zheng, Ruopeng An).
• “Fast-food and full-service restaurant consumption in relation to daily energy and nutrient intakes among US adult cancer survivors, 2003-2012”. Nutrition and Health, Jul-Oct 2015; 22(3-4):181-95 (Joint with Ruopeng An).
• “Local Labor Market Fluctuations and Physical Activity among Adults in the United States, 1990-2009”. ISRN Public Health, Volume 2012 (Joint with Ruopeng An).

Papers under review:

• "RMB internationalization and exchange rate exposure: Evidence from Chinese fi rms", revise and resubmit to Journal of International Money and Finance. (Joint with Qing He and Bailin Liang)
• "Residential Housing Investment and Local Corruption: Evidence from the Chinese Housing", under review. (Joint with Yao-Yu Chih, Firat Demir, Chenghao Hu and Hewei Shen)
• "Impact of Macroprudential Policies in China: A Comprehensive Analysis of Banking Competition Dynamics and Regulatory Frameworks", under review. (Joint with Qing He and Hailong Yang)
• "The Response of Global Stock Markets to Economic Sanctions: Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict", 2023. (Joint with Qing He, Haoming Feng, and Hailong Yang)

• 2021-present, Associate Professor of Economics, Soka University of America
• 2015-2021, Assistant Professor of Economics, Soka University of America
• 2013-2014, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Occidental College
• 2012-2013, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Loyola Marymount

• Faculty Fellowship by Pacific Basin Research Center ($7,000), Soka University of America, 2023-2024
• Faculty Merit Award 2021-2022 ($2,500), Soka University of America, 2022
• Faculty Teaching Grant by the dean's office ($1,000), Soka University of America, 2019
• Nieves Grant for class abroad ($ 25,000), Soka University of America, 2019
• Faculty Fellowship by Pacific Basin Research Center($8,000), Soka University of America, 2018-2019
• Faculty Symposium Grant by the office of academic affairs ($10,000), Soka University of America, 2018
• Nieves Grant for class abroad ($25,000), Soka University of America, 2017
• Faculty Summer Research Grant by Pacific Basin Research Center ($3,000), Soka University of America, 2016
• Graduate Students Economics Fellowship, Indiana University, 2009.
• Fee Scholarship of Arts and Science, Indiana University, 2007 to 2012.
• Government Scholarship, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005 to 2007.