Featured grants
- Sun, Lingna. Unity3D Grant for Educators, Unity Technologies, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Submitted: October 2025, Funded: 2026). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Freund, S., Phan, H., Sun, L., & Vo, H. (2025). The role of stock liquidity in blockholder governance: Evidence from corporate social responsibility. Financial Review, 60(1), 283–312. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12410
- Sun, L., & Duanmu, J. (2024). Bond Liquidity and Corporate Cash Holdings. Review of Business, 44(1), 1–34. Retrieved from https://www.stjohns.edu/sites/default/files/2024-02/Review-of-Business-44%281%29-Jan-2024.pdf?utm_source
- Duanmu, J., Huang, Q., Li, Y., & Vo, H. (2022). Litigation Risk and Stock Return Anomaly. Financial Analysts Journal, 78(4), 145–162. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/0015198X.2022.2089008
- Sun, L., Phan, H., & Simpson, T. (2021). Blockholder Exit Threats and Corporate Cash Holdings. Financial Review, 56(4), 192–213. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12278
- Nguyen, H., Phan, H., & Sun, L. (2018). Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws. Journal of Corporate Finance, 52, 192–213. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.08.002
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Unity3D Grant for Educators, The Unity Education Grant License ('EGL”). October 20, 2025 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: McCoy College Faculty Development Funds, Texas State University. November 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Argent Innovation in Teaching Awards, Louisiana Tech University. August 30, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award, Semifinalist, Financial Management Association International Annual Meetings, Financial Management Association International. October 10, 2017
- Award / Honor Recipient: AFA Doctoral Student Travel Grant, American Finance Association. January 2, 2017

Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
Financial Review
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Financial Research Open
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International Review of Economics and Finance
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Managerial Finance
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Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
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Pacific Accounting Review
