AWARDS AND HONORS
Awards & Scholarships:
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 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 “Blame the Kids? How Children Impact the Labor Market/Investment Decisions of Parents”, WEAI annual conference June (2025)
Session on “COVID-19 and Health Outcomes”, SEA annual conference November (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