Honors and Awards

  • 2018 Abdul Aziz al-Mutawa Fellowship, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

  • 2019 GRF Grant, University Grants Council, Hong Kong

  • 2015 Direct Grant for Research, CUHK

  • 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award, Arts & Humanities, UH Mānoa

  • 2012 Rectifying God’s Name, nominated for the Levenson Prize, AAS

  • 2012 Tenure and Promotion (Assoc. Prof.), UH Mānoa

  • 2012 Junior Faculty Research Award, UH Mānoa

  • 2010-2014 National Resource Center for East Asia Grant

  • 2010 Robert S. Hines and Germaine L. Hines Fund Travel Award, UH Mānoa

  • 2009 URC Summer Travel Grant, UH Mānoa

  • 2007 Presidential Travel Award, Hunter College, CUNY

  • 2007 Professional Staff Congress Adjunct Development Grant

  • 1998-1999 President’s Fellowship, Columbia University

  • 1997 Mellon Research Fellowship, Columbia University

  • 1997 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (Arabic), Columbia University

  • 1996-1997 President’s Fellowship, Columbia University

  • 1996 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (Chinese), Columbia University

  • 1995-1996 President’s Fellowship, Columbia University

  • 1995 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (Chinese), Columbia Univ.

  • 1994-1995 President’s Fellowship, Columbia University

  • 1993-1994 Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University

  • 1992 Honors in East Asian Studies, Columbia University

  • 1992 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Chapter, New York

Research Grants

Competitive Grants

  • PI, National Resource Center for East Asia Grant, ‘Islam in China Curriculum Development Project’, National Resource Center for East Asia (USA), US$ 195,250, 2010-2014

  • Co-PI, Collaborative Research Fund 2018/19, ‘Infrastructures of Faith: Religious Mobility on the Belt and Road’ (RGC Ref No. C7052-18G), RGC, HK$ 6,200,000, 2019-2021
    PI, General Research Fund 2019/2020, ‘Global/Local Perspectives on Chinese Muslim Origin Narratives and Guangzhou's Islamic Heritage Sites’ (RGC Ref No. 14602319), RGC, HK$ 493,000, 2020-2022

    Non-Competitive Grants

  • PI, Direct Grant for Research 2015, ‘Chinese Islamic Art Research Project’ (4051054), CUHK, HK$ 80,000, 05/11/2015-10/07/2016

Editorship

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Islam in Asia, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2019