AERA-REAPA presents a series of awards annually. Call for nominations are typically communicated to REAPA membership in December, with nominations due late January. For 2024 Awards, please contact Grace J. Liang, gliang15@ksu.edu.
2024 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award
Dr. Amy Wang, Lewis & Clark
Distinguished Research Award
Dr. Xue Lan Rong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Early Career Award
Dr. Mike Hoa Nguyen, New York University
2023 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dr. Kristine Din, University of Massachusetts Boston
"Re-Envisioning Self and Community: The Experiences of Pilipina American Students With Colonial Mentality and Decolonization"
Dr. Rachel Endo, University of Washington at Tacoma
Dr. Liza Talusan, University of Massachusetts Boston
2022 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dr. Victoria Kim, University of California, Los Angeles
"Exploring Beyond the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Designation: The Perceived Impacts of a Federal Grant on Understanding and Serving Students at a Two-Year AANAPISI"
Dr. Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University
Dr. Soua Xiong, California State University Fresno
Dr. Varaxy Yi, California State University Fresno
2021 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dr. Dirk J. Rodricks
Dr. Grace M. Kim
Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodriguez
2020 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dr. Mike Hoa Nguyen, University of California, Los Angeles
"Building Capacity at Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI): Cultivating Leaders and Civic Engagement through Federal Policy"
Dr. OiYan Poon
Dr. Jia "Grace" Liang, Kansas State University
2019 AERA-REAPA Awards
Edward Curammeng, University of California, Los Angeles
“Portraits of Praxis: Lessons from Filipino American Teachers Rooted in Ethnic Studies”
Marissa Largo, University of Toronto, ON
"Unsettling Imaginaries: The Decolonial Diaspora Aesthetic of Four Contemporary Filipinx Visual Artists"
Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, San Francisco State University
2018 AERA-REAPA Awards
Valerie Ooka Pang San Diego State University
Don T. Nakanishi Excellence in Mentorship Award
Hung Tran NguyenCal State Long Beach
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Sung Tae JangUniversity of Minnesota
"Schooling experiences and the educational outcomes of Southeast Asian female secondary students in the US: A critical quantitative intersectional analysis"
2017 AERA-REAPA Awards
Roland Sintos Coloma Northern Kentucky University
Don Nakanishi Excellence in Mentoring Award
Rachel Endo University of Washington-Bothell
Liza Talusan University of Massachusetts Boston
The Formation of Scholars: Critical narratives of Asian American and Pacific Islander doctoral students in higher education programs
2016 AERA-REAPA Awards
Distinguished Scholar Award
Stacey J. Lee
University of Wisconsin Madison
Early Career Award Arshad I. Ali The George Washington University
2015 AERA-REAPA Awards
Outstanding Dissertation Award Candace Chow Cornell University (Un)making Identity: Asian American Teachers' Identity Performances Distinguished Scholar Award A. Lin Goodwin Teachers College, Columbia University Travel Grant Recipients Rican Vue University of California, Los Angeles Understanding Diversity Through the Voices of Hmong American Students at a Predominantly White Institution Trish Morita-Mullaney Purdue University/IUPUI Asian/American Female Leaders Navigating Institutional Racism in Schools: The Lapdog Syndrome Dongmei Li University of Texas at Austin Generational Status and Academic Performance Among Asian American High School Students: Testing the Segmented Assimilation Theory Natasha Saelua University of Denver Race/d Research: Critical Discourse Analysis of Higher Education Research on Pacific Islanders Jenna Sablan University of Southern California A Critical Analysis of Quantitative Research and Pacific Islanders
2014 AERA-REAPA Awards
Graduate Student Travel Grant Recipients Rob Ho, University of California, Los Angeles Do All Asians Look Alike? Asian Canadians as Model Minorities Trish Morita-Mullaney, Purdue University/IUPUI Narratives of Asian American Female Educators: Resistance, Retention, and Rhetoric Eujin Park, University of Wisconsin “Where Everyone Looks Like Them”: A Weekend Korean Language School as Safe Space Rican Vue, University of California, Los Angeles “Hmong American students at selective public universities: Exploring sources of support.” Miaochun Wei, The George Washington University I Am Not Your Model Minority: Struggles for Learning and Learning From Struggles in Exploring the Geographic and Spatial Boundaries of Asian “Model Minorities” Lihong Yang, Michigan State University An Investigation Into Asian Immigrant Children’s Early Literacy Development Using Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Mingcai Zhang, Michigan State University An Investigation Into Asian Immigrant Children’s Early Literacy Development Using Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling AERA-REAPA Distinguished Scholar Award Kevin Kumashiro University of San Francisco
2013 AERA - REAPA Awards
Graduate Student Travel Grant Recipients Mary Canty University of Washington, Seattle Identifying Factors that Influence Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders to Enter K-8 Teaching Candace Chow Cornell University Centering the Margins: Asian American Teachers’ Identities and Experiences Jon Iftikar University of Wisconsin, Madison An Asian Critical Theory (AsianCrit) Perspective Malaphone Phommasa University of California, Santa Barbara Reconstructing Cultural Identity in the Academy: Voices of Asian American Female Graduate Students in Education Connie Tran University of California, Santa Barbara Reconstructing Cultural Identity in the Academy: Voices of Asian American Female Graduate Students in Education Outstanding Dissertation Award Tomoko Tokunaga University of Maryland, College Park Sites of Belonging, Sites of Empowerment: How Asian American Girls Construct `Home` in a Borderland World Distinguished Scholar Award Peter Kiang University of Massachusetts, Boston
2011 AERA-REAPA Awards
Judy W. Yu, Teachers College, Columbia University
Chinese American Youth’s Re-Construction of the American Experience