Full Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Outstanding Service of the Year Award, 2023.
U.S. Department of State and USA Study Abroad CSU Bakersfield IDEAS Workshop Invited Speaker Stipend, 2020.
Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute Research $20,000 Grant for A Development Model to Guide Members of the African Diaspora to Build Education Capacity in their Home Countries, 2017.
CSU- Dominguez Hills, RSCA Interdisciplinary $15,750 Grant for Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Investigate Executive Functioning Across Disciplines, 2015.
Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, 2014.
Board Certificate of Excellence from the Southern California Regional Occupation Center, 2012.
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Globalization Award, 2010.
Sony Electronics Award for Innovative Teaching with Technology, 2010.
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Grant, California State University-Dominguez Hills, 2008 & 2009.
CSU- Dominguez Hills, RSCAAP Sally Casanova Research Grant, Summer 2008.
CSU- Dominguez Hills, Center for Teaching Award for Use of Technology in Teaching, 2007.
University of Minnesota’s Human Resource Research Institute Research Grant, 2007.
University of Minnesota’s Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grant, 2006.
 

Ph. D. Human Resources & Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota

A.B. Social Studies from Harvard College