Dr. Lu’s research focuses on family migration and child development, international social work, and nonprofit capacity building. Her current projects include examining the relationship between nonprofit performance and transparency, and using intervention research to improve psychosocial and behavioral outcomes for migrant children in China and in the United States. Combining micro and macro social work perspectives, her research goal is to improve social service delivery for vulnerable children in cross-cultural settings. Dr. Lu is currently a Licensed Social Worker in the state of New Jersey and a Registered Social Worker in Hong Kong.