AERA-AAPI-ER presents a series of awards annually. Call for nominations are typically communicated to AAPI-ER听membership听in December, with nominations due late January. For 2026听Awards, please contact听Yinying Wan听ywang103@gsu.edu听
馃摙 Call for Nominations: SIG Awards
Our SIG is pleased to open nominations for the 2026 AAPI-ER Awards that recognize exemplary scholarship that advances understanding of AAPI communities in education. Attached are the criteria for nominations and required materials for three awards:听 *听听 AAPI-ER Distinguished Researcher Award听 *听听 AAPI-ER Early Career Award听 *听听 AAPI-ER Outstanding Dissertation Award馃敂 Membership Renewal ReminderPlease take a moment to renew your 熊猫视频SIG membership (SIG 94 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research). Our SIG has experienced substantial membership growth over time, reaching 202 total members this year. Your renewal helps sustain and strengthen this growing community.
2025 AERA-AAPI-ER Awards
Dissertation of the Year Award听
Dr. Mohit Mehta, University of Texas,听Austin听
Distinguished Research Award听
Dr. Betina Hsieh,听University of Washington,听Seattle,听听听
Early Career Award听
Dr. Jacqueline Mac, Northern Illinois University听听
2024听AERA-REAPA Awards听
Dr. Amy Wang, Lewis & Clark
Dr. Xue Lan Rong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill听
Dr. Mike Hoa Nguyen, New York University
2023 AERA-REAPA Awards听
Dr. Kristine Din,听University of Massachusetts Boston
"Re-Envisioning Self and Community: The Experiences of Pilipina American Students With Colonial Mentality and Decolonization"听
Dr. Rachel Endo, University of Washington at Tacoma听
Dr. Liza Talusan, University of Massachusetts Boston
2022听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听Award
Dr. Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University
Early Career Award
Dr. Soua Xiong, California听State University Fresno
Dr. Varaxy Yi, California State University Fresno
2021听AERA-REAPA Awards
Dr. Dirk J. Rodricks
Dr. Grace M. Kim
Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodriguez
2020 AERA-REAPA Awards
Dr.听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听Awards
Edward Curammeng, University of California, Los Angeles
鈥淧ortraits of Praxis: Lessons from Filipino American Teachers Rooted in Ethnic Studies鈥�
Marissa Largo,听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听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听AERA-REAPA Awards
Roland Sintos Coloma Northern Kentucky University
Don Nakanishi Excellence in Mentoring Award
Rachel Endo University of Washington-Bothell听
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听
Distinguished Scholar Award
听Stacey J. Lee
University of Wisconsin Madison听
Early Career Award Arshad I. Ali The George Washington University听
2015 AERA-REAPA Awards听
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,听University of California, Los Angeles Do All Asians Look Alike? Asian Canadians as Model Minorities Trish Morita-Mullaney,听Purdue University/IUPUI Narratives of Asian American Female Educators: Resistance, Retention, and Rhetoric Eujin Park,听University of Wisconsin 鈥淲here Everyone Looks Like Them鈥�: A Weekend Korean Language School as Safe Space Rican Vue,听University of California, Los Angeles 鈥淗mong American students at selective public universities: Exploring sources of support.鈥� Miaochun Wei,听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 鈥淢odel Minorities鈥� Lihong Yang,听Michigan State University An Investigation Into Asian Immigrant Children鈥檚 Early Literacy Development Using Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Mingcai Zhang,听Michigan State University An Investigation Into Asian Immigrant Children鈥檚 Early Literacy Development Using Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling AERA-REAPA Distinguished Scholar Award Kevin Kumashiro University of San Francisco
2013 熊猫视频- 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鈥� 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听Students in Education Connie Tran University of California, Santa Barbara Reconstructing Cultural Identity in the Academy: Voices of Asian American Female Graduate听Students in Education Outstanding Dissertation Award Tomoko Tokunaga University of Maryland, College Park Sites of Belonging, Sites of听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,听Teachers College, Columbia University
Chinese American Youth鈥檚 Re-Construction of the American Experience 听
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