Doctoral student Jia Li Liu has been awarded the Calvin J. Li postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland, to begin in fall 2018. The fellowship supports research about the unique social challenges facing Asian American children. The position also includes teaching in the Asian American Studies Program at The University of Maryland and developing community-based lectures and parenting workshops. Jia Li is currently writing up her dissertation, based on research about children’s shyness, that she carried out in Hong Kong last year as a Fulbright Fellow. She has also earned a Graduate Certificate in Culture, Health and Human Development through coursework and research in China.