Service and Other Professional Activities; Honors & Awards
Penn State University: Member, University Senate Committee of Past Chairs (since 2018); Chair, Penn State University Joint Diversity Awareness Task Force (2015-2016).
National People of Color Scholarship Conference: Fourth National People of Color Conference, “People of Color and the Future of Democracy,” American University, Washington College of Law, March 21-24, 2019; Member, National Advisory Committee and Scholarship Committees (2018-2019).
Organization Memberships: American Law Institute (elected member since 1996); European China Law Studies Association (since 2014); Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (Board of Trustees since 2016); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) (academic member since 2006); Coalition for Peace and Ethics (a non-profit NGO) (Director since 2006); Phi Beta Kappa (since 1976).
State Bar of California (since 1982).
Association of American Law Schools (AALS):
–Minority Groups Section: executive committee member 2004-2008; Chair-Elect 2006-2007, Chair 2007-2008; Minority Groups Section Newsletter editor (2002-2010).
–Section of Economic Globalization (Executive Committee since 2016; Section Chair 2019-2020; Newsletter editor from 2020).
Editorial Boards (Selected): (1) International Handbook of Legal Language and Communication: From Text to Semiotics, ; (2) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (Springer; since 2021)); (3) Chinese and Comparative Law Series (Brill, since 2020); (4) Law and Visual Jurisprudence Book Series (Springer, since 2019); (5) Business and Human Rights Journal (Cambridge University Press, 2014-2020); (6) Iuris Dictio (Colegio de Jurisprudencia Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador since 2016); (7) nternational Private Law Book Series (Eurilink University Press, Rome, Italy, since 2017); (8) Emancipating the Mind in the New Era: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics (since 2019); (9) Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs (JLIA) (since 2018).
Routledge (USA & UK), Globalization Law & Policy Series (Editor since 2010).
Hong Kong Research Grants Council: Member Humanities and Social Sciences Panel (2019-2024); member, Humanities, Social Sciences and Business Studies Selection Panel (HSSB Panel) for the RGC Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) and RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) (2020-2024).
Honors & Awards
2019 Outstanding Service Award, 4th National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference
2014-15 Schreyer Honors College Distinguished Honors Faculty in Law, Pennsylvania State University
2013 Friend of the Commonwealth Award (Penn State)
2012 Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), Academic Leadership Program Fellow
1996 University of Tulsa Outstanding Teacher Award; University of Tulsa College of Law: Outstanding Faculty Member, awarded by College of Law first year class; University of Tulsa College of Law: Outstanding Faculty Member, awarded by College of Law upper classes.