In 2013 she received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to to aid research on "Educating for Justice: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and a Charter School's Pursuit of Racial Equality," supervised by Dr. Kathleen D. Hall. In 2015 Dr. Liu received an Engaged Anthropology Grant to aid engaged activities on '"Protocol and Professional Development, Reciprocity and Representation". Read the full post here.