Introduction to the speaker:

Yehua Dennis Wei is a professor in the Department of Geography and a senior scholar in the Institute of Public and International Affairs at the University of Utah, and a visiting chair professor at East China Normal University (ECNU). His research has been funded by the NSF, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, National Geographic Society, Ford Foundation and Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has received awards for research excellence from the NSFC (Outstanding Young Scientist Award), Association of American Geographers’ (AAG) Asian and Regional Development and Planning Specialty Groups, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.