Awards
Teaching Innovation Award & Grant, Allette and Cayden Franklin Excellence in Teaching Endowment, 2026 – 2027.
Dean’s Faculty Research Award, College of Business & Economics, Western Washington University, 2026.
Summer Research Grants, Western Washington University, 2026.
Summer Research Grants, Texas A&M International University, 2021 – 2024.
Scale Instructional Excellence for Student Success, Texas A&M University System, 2020 – 2021.
Dean’s Award at Graduation, C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, 2019.
Travel Award, James R. Webb ARES Foundation, 2019.
Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Houston, 2015 – 2018.
First Annual Bauer Ph.D. Research Grant Award, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, 2017.
Travel Award, American Finance Association (AFA), 2017.
Travel Award, Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA), 2017.
The Taiwanese Government Scholarship for Overseas Study, 2012 – 2015.
Travel Award, Department of Finance, University of Houston, 2014.
Licenses
Licensed Life & Disability Insurance Producer, State of Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
Certificate in Effective College Instruction, issued by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and the American Council on Education (ACE).
Quality Matters (QM) Certificated Teaching Online Delivery.
Financial Risk Manager (FRM).
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform.
Completed Level II of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program.