Dr. Ma has served as the Editor-in-Chief of American Review of China Studies (2021-24) and the President of 2022 Southeast Conference of Association for Asian Studies. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Women’s History Review. She was the Acting Chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at University of Louisville from July 2022 to December 2023. She has won awards for Service to Profession both from the College of Arts and Sciences at University of Louisville (2022) and the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States (2024).