Appointed as Head of the Division of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. In this leadership role, I have implemented the following programs and activities: (a) (a) Prepared an Applied Psychology Handbook for communication, informational sharing, and publicity, (b) Organized a Brown Bag Presentation Series for faculty and their labs to share research methods (twice monthly), (c) Coordinated the Division’s Invited Lecture Series. Also created a Youtube Channel for the Division from these invited lectures, (d) Conducted strategic planning and succession planning at the Divisional Retreat. Our meeting resulted in our selecting our strategic focus on “Becoming a leader in AI Psychology in China”. (e) Co-Chaired the Search Committee for the senior faculty hire in Applied Psychology. This included online and in-person visits of three candidates, (d) With my high citation scores, helped the Applied Psychology Division to be ranked number 3 in research impact in Psychology in China (Shanghai Rankings)

Established and served as the Founding Director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research (CMPR) with the following activities: Annual Distinguished Lecture on Multicultural Psychology, MSU Symposium on Multicultural Psychology (with associated book series), APA Advanced Training Institute on Research Methods for Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3gvZ-NuXSLQLio42ICoh1A, Joseph White Outstanding Student Multicultural Research Award, Vising Professors Program, and Data Archives for student research.

Guest Editor for 22 special issues in journals of psychology. I convened junior and senior faculty members as well as graduate students to provide state-of-the art reviews and/or empirical studies on a specialty topic within the following journals: Career Development Ouarterly (1991), Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health (1994), Counselor Education and Supervision (1994), Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health (1998), Journal of Vocational Behavior (1998), The Counseling Psychologist (2000), Mental Health Services Research (2001), Career Development Quarterly (2002), Asian Journal of Social Psychology (2003), Psychological Assessment (2003) Journal of Vocational Behavior (2005), Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice and Training (2006), Applied Psychology: An International Review (2007), Death Studies (2007), Consulting Psychology (2008), Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2009), Journal of Career Development (2010), Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2010), Ethics and Behavior (2010), Asian American Journal of Psychology (2012), Career Development Quarterly (2016), Asian American Journal of Psychology (2018)

Founded the Asian American Journal of Psychology and served as its first Editor. The journal received an impact factor of 1.73 after only 3 years of publications. The Journal was distributed to members of the Asian Pacific American Congressional Caucus.

Founded Division 16 (Counseling Psychology) in the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and served as its first President. The Division has its own programming at the International Congress of Applied Psychology and gives out the Distinguished Award for International Advancement of Counseling Psychology.

Initiated the Publication program for the International Test Commission while serving on the executive council. This program included the ITC International Handbook of Testing and Assessment (Oxford) as well as the book series (Cambridge) now edited by Neal Schmitt.

Established two endowments for the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research: (a) Annual Distinguished Lecture on Multicultural Psychology ($50,000) and (b) Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Student Multicultural Research Award (with a contribution from Dr. White, $25,000).