BiographyWelcome to my website! I am a development and economic geographer with areas of expertise in globalization and development, political economy, capital-labor relations, South-South migration, and China-Africa relations. My research elucidates the structures, processes, agencies, and relationalities that shape Chinese overseas investment, and assesses Chinese impacts on achieving the three Sustainable Development Goals of promoting productive employment and decent work, facilitating inclusive industrialization, and reducing inequality in Africa. I received both of my doctoral and master degrees from the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota.
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Education |
Professional Appointments
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Select Grants and Fellowships
2020 Early Career Fellowship in China Studies, Henry Luce Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies
2019 Travel Funds to Faculty of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
2018 Research/Travel Funds, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, also in 2014-2017
2018 Conference Travel Grants, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, also in 2014-2017
2018 Conference Travel Grants, Minnesota Population Center, also in 2015-2017
2017 Conference Travel Funds, Beijing Forum
2016 Summer Fellowship, China-Africa Research Initiative, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
2016 Summer Funding, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota
2016 Thesis Research Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Minnesota
2016 International Travel Grant, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development, University of Minnesota
2016 Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network Conference Travel Funds
2014 Graduate Research Partnership Program, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
2011 Summer Fellowship, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota
2019 Travel Funds to Faculty of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
2018 Research/Travel Funds, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, also in 2014-2017
2018 Conference Travel Grants, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, also in 2014-2017
2018 Conference Travel Grants, Minnesota Population Center, also in 2015-2017
2017 Conference Travel Funds, Beijing Forum
2016 Summer Fellowship, China-Africa Research Initiative, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
2016 Summer Funding, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota
2016 Thesis Research Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Minnesota
2016 International Travel Grant, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development, University of Minnesota
2016 Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network Conference Travel Funds
2014 Graduate Research Partnership Program, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
2011 Summer Fellowship, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota
Select Awards and Honors
2019 Finalist, J. Warren Nystrom Award, American Association of Geographers
2018 Runner-up, Graduate Student Paper Award, Asian Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2016 Graduate Student Paper Award, Urban Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2016 Gary Gaile Travel Award, Development Geographies Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2015 Outstanding Service Award, Minnesota Population Center
2015 Best Student Paper Award, China Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2018 Runner-up, Graduate Student Paper Award, Asian Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2016 Graduate Student Paper Award, Urban Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2016 Gary Gaile Travel Award, Development Geographies Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2015 Outstanding Service Award, Minnesota Population Center
2015 Best Student Paper Award, China Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers