AWARDS AND HONORS
Awards & Scholarships:
Ph.D. Student Outstanding Teaching Award; Ranked in the UofM Top 400 Research H-Index Productivity (2026)
Stellar Student Spotlight, UofM FCBE (2025)
Memphis Outstanding Scholar: Graduate Student Sessions, 95th SEA Conference in Tampa, FL (2025)
Diversity Scholarship Recipient, ASHEcon (2025)
Outstanding Economics Graduate Student Award, UofM FCBE (2025, 2026)
Exceptional Leadership Award, UofM Division of International Affairs (2025)
Passing Comprehensive Exams, UofM Graduate Student Association - GSA (2025)
Barbara Tuckman Memorial Fellowship Scholarship Award, UofM FCBE (2024)
Certificate of Attendance, National Institute for Health Care Management - NIHCM Artificial Intelligence Series (2024)
Campus Community Excellence Award, UofM GSA (2023)
Passing Qualifying Exams Award, UofM GSA (2023)
Program/Track Outstanding Student Award, UofM GSA (2022)
20 under 35 Award, UofM GSA (2022)
Research Conference Travel Grants:
UofM Economics Department Fully-funded, 24th ALEA Conference in Chicago, IL (2026)
UofM Institute for Intelligent Systems & Economics Department funding, 95th SEA Conference in Tampa, FL (2025)
UofM Economics Department Part-funding, 100th WEAI Conference in San Francisco, CA (2025)
GSA Travel Award Recipient, AEA Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA (2024-2025)
UofM Economics Department Part-funding, 99th WEAI Conference in Seattle, WA (2024)
NBER full funding (Invited), Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Conference in Cambridge, MA (2024)
NBER full funding (Invited), Mentoring Program for Aging & Health Economics Research in Cambridge, MA (2024)
UofM Economics Department full funding, 86th ASBS Conference in Jackson, MS (2024)
GSA & UofM Economics Department full funding, 93rd SEA Conference in New Orleans, LA (2023)
PROFESSIONAL OUTREACH SERVICES
Conference & Seminar Discussant:
Session on "Criminal Law Empirical", American Law & Economics Association annual conference (ALEA, 2026)
Session on “Blame the Kids? How Children Impact the Labor Market/Investment Decisions of Parents”, Western Economic Association International annual conference June (WEAI, 2025)
Session on “COVID-19 and Health Outcomes”, Southern Economic Association annual conference November (SEA, 2023)
Referee/Reviewing (A-rated in ABDC Ranking):
19 Abstracts, ASHEcon Conference (2024-25)
Full Paper, International Review of Economics & Finance (2020)
Full Paper, Finance Research Letters, A-rated in ABDC Ranking (2021)
Others:
Economics Ambassador, Institute for Intelligent Systems Student Organization (IISSO), UofM 2025 - 2026
President, African Student Association (ASA), UofM 2024 - 2025
Undergraduate Recruiter, Economics Department, Discover your Major Day UofM 2021 - 2024
Vice President, African Student Association (ASA), UofM 2023 - 2024
Membership Chair, African Student Association (ASA), UofM 2022 - 2023
Volunteer, St. Anne Catholic Church Pantry - Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Memphis 2021 - 2025
Volunteer, Clothe A Person NGO, Nigeria 2019 - 2021
Treasurer & Financial Secretary, Nigerian Economics Students Association (NESA), Nigeria 2014 - 2016