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Service and Other Professional Activities<\/strong>; Honors & Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Penn State University: Member, University Senate Committee of Past Chairs (since 2018); Chair, Penn State University Joint Diversity Awareness Task Force (2015-2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National People of Color Scholarship Conference: Fourth National People of Color Conference, \u201cPeople of Color and the Future of Democracy,\u201d American University, Washington College of Law, March 21-24, 2019; Member, National Advisory Committee and Scholarship Committees (2018-2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Bar of California (since 1982).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Association of American Law Schools (AALS):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            –Minority Groups Section: executive committee member 2004-2008; Chair-Elect 2006-2007, Chair 2007-2008; Minority Groups Section Newsletter editor (2002-2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            –Section of Economic Globalization (Executive Committee since 2016; Section Chair 2019-2020; Newsletter editor from 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial Boards (Selected): (1)  International Handbook of Legal Language and Communication: From Text to Semiotics<\/a>, ; (2) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law<\/a> (Springer; since 2021)); (3)  Chinese and Comparative Law Series<\/a> (Brill, since 2020); (4)  Law and Visual Jurisprudence Book Series<\/a> (Springer, since 2019); (5) Business and Human Rights Journal (Cambridge University Press, 2014-2020); (6) Iuris Dictio<\/a> (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<\/em> (JLIA) (since 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Routledge (USA & UK), Globalization Law & Policy Series<\/a> (Editor since 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honors & Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2019 Outstanding Service Award, 4th<\/sup> National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-15  Schreyer Honors College Distinguished Honors Faculty in Law, Pennsylvania     State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 Friend of the Commonwealth Award (Penn State)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 Committee on Institutional  Cooperation (CIC), Academic Leadership Program Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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, \u201cPeople of Color and the Future of Democracy,\u201d American University, Washington College of … <\/p>\n

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