AERA-AAPI-ER presents a series of awards annually. Call for nominations are typically communicated to AAPI-ER membership in December, with nominations due late January. For 2025 Awards, please contact Yinying Wan ywang103@gsu.edu
2025 AERA-AAPI-ER Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award
Dr. Mohit Mehta, University of Texas, Austin
Distinguished Research Award
Dr. Betina Hsieh, University of Washington, Seattle,
Early Career Award
Dr. Jacqueline Mac, Northern Illinois University
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
Dissertation of the Year Award
Dr. Kristine Din, University of Massachusetts Boston
"Re-Envisioning Self and Community: The Experiences of Pilipina American Students With Colonial Mentality and Decolonization"
Distinguished Research Award
Dr. Rachel Endo, University of Washington at Tacoma
Early Career Award
Dr. Liza Talusan, University of Massachusetts Boston
2022 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award
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"
Distinguished Research Award
Dr. Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University
Early Career Award
Dr. Soua Xiong, California State University Fresno
Dr. Varaxy Yi, California State University Fresno
2021 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award
Dr. Dirk J. Rodricks
Early Career Award
Dr. Grace M. Kim
Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodriguez
2020 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award
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"
Distinguished Research Award
Dr. OiYan Poon
Early Career Award
Dr. Jia "Grace" Liang, Kansas State University
2019 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award
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"
Distinguished Research Award
Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, San Francisco State University
2018 AERA-REAPA Awards
Distinguished Research Award
Valerie Ooka Pang
San Diego State University
Don T. Nakanishi Excellence in Mentorship Award
Hung Tran Nguyen
Cal State Long Beach
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Sung Tae Jang
University 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
Distinguished Research Award
Roland Sintos Coloma
Northern Kentucky University
Don Nakanishi Excellence in Mentoring Award
Rachel Endo
University of Washington-Bothell
Outstanding Dissertation Award
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