• Ph D, East Asian Studies, The University of Arizona, 2024
• MS, Geographic Information System Technology (PGIST), The University of Arizona, 2022
• MA, Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University (Taiwan), 2019
• BBA, International Business, Yuan Ze University (Taiwan), 2014

• A&S Travel Grant, The University of South Dakota, (2025 - Present)
• Atlas for Hangzhou Buddhist Culture, (2025 - Present)
• Regional Studies and Digital Humanities, (2025 - Present)
• Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhism Grant for Ph.D. Dissertation Research, Sheng Yen Education Foundation (Taiwan), (2024 - 2025)
• Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Dissertation Fellowship, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies (Taiwan), (2024 - 2025)
• A&S Travel Grant, (2024 - 2024)
• A&S Travel Grant2025)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Wu, Jiang, Liu, Jeffrey, Wan, Ines, and Welter, Albert. Encyclopedia of Hangzhou Buddhist Culture. Brill, 2026.
• Liu, Jeffrey. Frogbear Database of Religious Sites in East Asia. The University of British Columbia, 2023.
• Liu, Jeffrey, and Wan, Ziling. The Making of a Sacred Landscape: Visualizing Hangzhou Buddhist Culture via Geoparsing a Local Gazetteer the Xianchun Lin’an zhi 咸淳臨安志. In Digital and Spatial Studies of Religions, editors George Hong, 75-92. Digital and Spatial Studies of Religions, 2023.
• Liu, Jeffrey, and Wan, Ziling. The Making of a Sacred Landscape: Visualizing Hangzhou Buddhist Culture via Geoparsing a Local Gazetteer the Xianchun Lin’an zhi 咸淳臨安志. Vol. 8, Iss. 13 Religions, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13080711)
• Liu, Jeffrey. Regional Religious Systems in Hangzhou China. The University of Arizona, 2022.
• Liu, Jeffrey. Research on Ming Buddhism: A Study of Hanshan Deqing’s Fahua Tongyi. Symposium at University of Tokyo for Students in Buddhism (2018年度 東アジア大学院生交流シンポジウム), 2018.
• Liu, Jeffrey. 近現代の韓国仏教における戒律の役割—慈雲盛祐の行跡を中心に—. Iss. 3 Foguang Xuebao, 2017.

• Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Fellowship, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies (Taiwan), 2024
• Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhism Grant, Sheng Yen Education Foundation (Taiwan), 2024
• Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Fellowship, Khyentse Foundation, 2023

• Liu, Jeffrey, Writing Memories of Hangzhou Buddhism: Wu Zhijing and His Wulin fanzhi. Presented at the American Association For Chinese Studies Annual Meeting, Texas. (October 2026)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Presented at the A Buddhist Heaven on Earth: Hangzhou Buddhism and its Historical Significance, Arizona. (April 2026)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Regional Buddhist Cultures and Society in Early Modern East Asia: In the Case of Jiangnan (近世東亞佛教之區域文化與社會：以江南地區為中心的考察). Presented at the 2025 International Conference on Ming-Qing Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. (December 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, 帝王與士紳之中：以代理指標衡量平民與佛教 (Praying Under Emperor and Elites: Measuring Commoners’ Involvement in Buddhism with Proxy Indicators). Presented at the American Association For Chinese Studies Annual Meeting, New York. (October 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, 北美高等教育求職之旅 (Crossing Borders: Seeking a Career in North American Higher Education). Presented at the American Education and Career Forum for International Students (August 02, 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Rethinking Buddhism and Society in the Ming Dynasty: The Case of the Wulin Fanzhi in Hangzhou (再探明代佛教與社會：以杭州《武林梵志》為例). Presented at the National Cheng Kung University (國立成功大學), Tainan, Taiwan. (June 13, 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Women in Chinese History, Buddhist Studies, and Digital Humanities. Presented at the Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Conference, The University of South Dakota. (March 25, 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Praying Under Emperor and Elites: Measuring Commoners’ Involvement in Buddhism in Ming-dynasty Hangzhou with Proxy Indicators. Presented at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference 2025, Columbus, Ohio. (March 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Geoparsing Historical Gazetteers in Premodern East Asia: The QA/QC Process. Presented at the American Society for Environmental History 2025 Annual Conference (February 2025)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Mapping the Past and Present: A Digital Humanities Tutorial Using ArcGIS Pro. Presented at the The University of Arizona, Seminar in East Asian Studies, The University of Arizona. (November 22, 2024)
• Liu, Jeffrey, Mapping Autocracy in the Hangzhou Region: Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang’s Buddhist Temple Amalgamation in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Presented at the American Association For Chinese Studies Annual Meeting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (October 06, 2024)