Xingjian Liu selected as the recipient of 2014 Emerging Scholar award

We are very pleased to announce that our own Xingjian Liu has been selected by the Honors Committee of Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group (RDPSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) as the recipient of 2014 Emerging Scholar award. Xingjian has received this honor due to his impressive prolific and high quality research record. The specialty groups website lists the following description: the “RDPSG Emerging Scholar Award: for early-to-mid career scholars who show potential for distinguished scholarship in development, planning and/or policy issues though applied or theoretical research in these areas, and/or impacted the field through mentorship/teaching.” https://sites.google.com/site/regionaldevelopmentplanning/awards