AHONORS, AWARDS AND PRIZES • Finalist for the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2010. · Changjiang Endowed Chair Professorship, the highest honor bestowed by the Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China to acknowledge distinguished contributions made in various areas of scientific research, 2009. · Joel S. Lewis Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring at Old Dominion University, 2009. · Zhiyuan Endowed Chair Professor of Public Opinion Studies, College of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2009. · Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science at Old Dominion University, 2005-present. · Nominee for the Doctoral Mentor Award (university-wide award) at Old Dominion University, 2008. · Nominee for Best Teacher Award in College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University, 2005. · Guest Professor of Comparative Politics, the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, 2004-present. · Faculty of the Month Award in recognition for support and service contribution to students at Old Dominion University for 2003. · Fulbright Scholar (a Research Fellow) in China for the summer of 2002. · Research Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for the 2001-2002 academic year. · Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education at Old Dominion University, 2001. · As an Accomplished Social Scientist, invited to the reception for Premier Zhu Rongji of the People’s Republic of China during his visit to the U.S., 1999. · Featured Faculty, Institute on Race and Ethnicity of the University of Wisconsin System, 1995. · Member, Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society, 1990. · Prize for Distinguished Graduate Student Research Project, Washington State University, 1990. · Scholarship, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, 1985-1987.