President's Service Award
Both awardees have demonstrated a strong service record to promote the values and missions of ACCCJ and/or devoted to Chinese criminology and criminal justice in the areas of research, teaching, and mentoring.
Dr. Bin Liang
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
Dr. Bin Liang has served as the President of ACCCJ during 2020-2022 and served on the Board of Directors over six terms.
Bin Liang (Ph.D./J.D.) is a Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. His research interests include globalization and its impact on the Chinese legal system, crime and deviance in China, and comparative studies in criminology and criminal justice.
Dr. Siyu Liu
Penn State University Harrisburg
Dr. Siyu Liu has served as the Treasurer of ACCCJ from 2016 to 2020.
Dr. Siyu Liu specializes in quantitative research on the topics of juvenile delinquency, police legitimacy, and the death penalty in China. Her research has a comparative focus through empirical studies of China and the United States. Dr. Liu is an active member of a group of Chinese criminologists based in the U.S. and has been presenting her research projects in more than eight prestigious universities in China.
Shanhe Jiang Student Paper Award
Student Travel Awards 2023 Recipient
Aikins Amoako Asiama
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Aikins Amoako Asiama is a PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His current research focuses on understanding the recent increase in youth criminality in cyberspace, with a particular emphasis on the motivations of cyber-fraudsters and their criminal trajectories throughout their lives.
His primary goal is to integrate conventional criminological theories and examine their applicability in this unique virtual environment. As part of this research, Aikins is interested in constructing a comprehensive and large-scale self-reported cybercriminal database through surveys and in-depth interviews, which is a significant undertaking given the challenges of obtaining such data in the African context. In addition to his work on cybercrime, Aikins is also interested in exploring issues related to gender and sexuality, intimate partner violence, and addiction.
Student Travel Awards 2023 Recipient
Carol Xuanying Chen
University of Maryland College Park
Carol is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland College Park.
Her research interests focus on race and ethnicity, neighborhood and crime, social capital, and spatial analysis. She currently works as a graduate assistant for Dr. María Vélez closely on the National Neighborhood Crime Study (NNCS). Her dissertation, chaired by Dr. María Vélez, examines the mechanisms between immigration and crime at the neighborhood level.
Student Travel Awards 2023 Recipient
Mingmei Yang
University of Macau
Mingmei Yang is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the
University of Macau. Her research interests mainly focus on policing, juvenile delinquency, as well as crime and social control in China.
Ivan Sun Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award
Dr. Jia Xue
University of Toronto
“Dr. Xue’s expertise lies in the areas of interpersonal violence and the intersection of artificial intelligence with social justice. In addition, as the founder and director of the Artificial Intelligence for Social Justice Lab at the University of Toronto, she has demonstrated exceptional talent, leadership, and innovation in advancing a broad range of research, criminology included.” — Award Committee 2023
Dr. Jia Xue is an Assistant Professor of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work co-appointed with the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. She is the founding director of the Artificial Intelligence for Justice lab. Her research focuses on applying computational and AI approaches to examine various facets of intimate partner violence and sexual assault, addressing biases in AI, and studying rape myth culture and school bullying in Chinese societies.
Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award
Xiaoshuang Iris Luo
University of California, Irvine
“Iris has demonstrated a strong ACCCJ service record and among other professional service experiences in the field of criminal justice and criminology. We hope we can keep encouraging students to participate in professional, institutional, and community activities, in which continue to grow their experience in service, teaching, and scholarly work.” — Award Committee 2023
Xiaoshuang Iris Luo has served on the ACCCJ Board of Director since 2021 and participated in various service work at ACCCJ.
Xiaoshuang Luo is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests include neighborhoods and crime, crime mapping and spatial analysis, and quantitative methods.