Grants/Awards

GRANTS

• Mid-career grant, National Research Foundation of Korea - $200,000 (March, 2023)

Project: Spatial Disparities in Mental Health

• Mid-career grant, National Research Foundation of Korea - $150,000 (March, 2020)

Project: Spatial Health Disparities

• The First Research in Life Grant, National Research Foundation of Korea - $90,000 (September, 2017)

    Project: The Role of Migrants on Neighborhood Change: Using Spatial Analysis

• Faculty Research Grant, College of Social Science, SKKU - $10,000 (October, 2016)

    Project: Social Mix and Residential Satisfaction of Public Housing Residents

• Provost’s New Faculty Award, EMU - $4,980 (January, 2015) 

    Project: The Efficacy of Local Comprehensive Plans on Housing Affordability

• Faculty Research Grant, UWG - $690 (December, 2012)

    Project: Geographic Proximity or Political Boundary?: Spatial Dependency in Neighborhood Change

• Student Research Assistant Program Grant, UWG - $2,000 (July, 2012)  

    Project: Planning for Sustainability in Georgia’s Exurbs

• Online Course Development Grant, College of Social Sciences (COSS), UWG - $5,000 (May, 2012)

• Summer Seed Grant, UWG - $10,667 (June, 2011)   

    Project: Comprehensive Planning and Sustainability in Georgia’s Exurbs

• Faculty Research Grant, UWG - $2,000 (June, 2011)

    Project: Social Capital in South Korea’s Heterogeneous Communities

• Dissertation Research Grant, CURA, OSU - $29,856 (July, 2008)  

    Project: Diverging Paths: The Determinants of Neighborhood Change Across Time and Space

HONORS/AWARDS

• SKKU Young-Fellowship, Sungkyunkwan University - $40,000 (February, 2019)

• Dean’s Faculty Travel Award, College of Arts and Sciences, EMU - $425 (November, 2014)

• Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Social Sciences (COSS), UWG – $1,000 (April, 2013)

• Participant in the Grant Writing Workshop, COSS, UWG - $2,500 (Spring, 2013)

• Outstanding Student Project Award, Georgia Planning Association (September, 2012) 

     Project: The Chalk Level Neighborhood Plan, The City of Newnan, GA 

• Patricia Burgess Award for the Best Dissertation, Knowlton School of Architecture (KSA), OSU (June, 2010)

• Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service, Council of Graduate Students, OSU - $750 (March, 2010)

• Participant in the 2009 Journal of Planning Education and Research Writing Workshop for New Scholars, Virginia Commonwealth University (August, 2009)

• Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program Fellow, OSU (July, 2008)

• Internship Project Award, Best Second Year Student, KSA, OSU - $250 (June, 2006)

    Project: Western Montgomery County Transportation & Land Use Study

• Faculty Prize, Outstanding Second Year Student, KSA, OSU (June, 2006)

• Real Estate Development Paper Competition, Honorable Mention, Urban Land Institute and Cleveland State University - $350 (May, 2003)

    Project: An Apartment Development in Ohio City: A Case Study