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Dr. Peter Nien-chu Kiang is Professor of Education and Director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he has taught since 1987. Under his leadership, UMass Boston has developed the most Asian American Studies courses, faculty, and community linkages of any university in New England and has been highlighted by the Association of American Colleges & Universities as a national model in integrating culturally-responsive instruction in the classroom with holistic practices of mentoring, service-learning, and advocacy to address the social and academic needs of students as well as the capacity-building needs of local Asian American communities. The program's alumni include teachers, social workers, health care providers, business entrepreneurs, and leaders of local Asian American community organizations as well as the first Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees to complete Ed.M. and Ed.D degrees at Harvard.
Peter’s own research, teaching, and advocacy in both P/K-12 and higher education with Asian American immigrant/refugee students and communities have been supported by the National Academy of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education, and others. His recent research commitments have included documenting race-related trauma and post-traumatic stress experienced by Asian American Vietnam veterans and constructing pathways for education and community development with Cambodian and Vietnamese American populations in Massachusetts. Peter currently serves as co-president of the Chinese Historical Society of New England and chair of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee for the US Commission on Civil Rights. He holds a B.A., Ed.M., and Ed.D. from Harvard University and is a former Community Fellow in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. In 2007, he received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at UMass Boston.
Published Scholarship
GRANTS
“Asian Immigrant Parent Participation in the Boston Public Schools,” Barr Foundation, $28,175 awarded to the Asian American Studies Program, UMass Boston, 2006-2007.
“Culture, Art, Trauma, Survival, Development: Vietnamese Contexts” (grant proposal editor and co-writer), Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship Award, $325,000 awarded to the William Joiner Center, UMass Boston, 2004-2007.
“Ethnic Studies and Service Learning” National Dialogue Project, Center for Liberal Education and Civic Engagement, co-sponsored by the Association of American Colleges & Universities and Campus Compact, $5,500 awarded to the Asian American Studies Program, UMass Boston, 2003-2004.
“Commemorating the 1903 Boston Chinatown Immigration Raid: a Multimedia Education Project,” Asian American Unity Fund, $2,000 awarded to the Asian American Studies Program, UMass Boston, 2003.
“Crafting Narratives of Racism, Trauma and Healing by Asian American Vietnam Veterans,” William Joiner Center Fellowship/Grant Program, $3,000 awarded in June 2002.
"Analyzing Asian American Student Choices to Pursue Careers in the Education Field" (co-investigator with Grace Kao), Spencer Foundation and National Academy of Education, $6,000 awarded in November 2000.
“(Re)Constructing Identity and Place in the Vietnamese Diaspora” (grant proposal editor and co-writer), Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship Site Award, $250,000 awarded to the William Joiner Center, UMass Boston, 1999-2003.
“A Model for Capacity Building and Asian Pacific American Youth/Community Development” (grant proposal editor and co-writer), Ford Foundation Innovation in Youth and Community Development Initiative, $150,000 awarded to the Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth, UMass Boston, 1999-2002.
"Developing Lessons and Leadership: A Curriculum Initiative for Teachers, Youth, and Newcomer Communities", Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, $20,000 awarded in August 1998.
“Long-Term Effects of Diversity in the Curriculum: Analyzing the Impact of Asian American Studies in the Lives of Alumni from an Urban, Commuter University,” National Association for Student Personnel Administration and the Ford Foundation, $6,900 awarded in January 1998.
"Analyzing the Development of Asian American Youth Leadership," National Academy of Education - Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award of $40,000, 1997-98.
"Institutionalization Support for the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment (CIRCLE)," Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, $60,000 in supplemental funding for 1997-1998.
"America's Literary Landscape: Places for Asian Americans," National Endowment for the Humanities, Masterworks Study Project, co-directed with Joan May Cordova for the Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association, $24,000 awarded from 1994 to 1996.
"Establishing a Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment (CIRCLE) at the University of Massachusetts," Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, $1.25 million awarded from 1994 to 1997.
"Case Studies of Asian Pacific American High School Student Organizing," Institute for Asian American Studies Research Fellows Program, UMass Boston, $1,500 awarded in May 1994.
"Fund for Asian American Studies," to support Asian American teaching, research, and service at UMass Boston, over $35,000 from individual donors, 1992-1994.
"Asian American Studies Program Development at the University of Massachusetts/Boston," C.J. Huang Foundation, $40,000 over four years from August 1990 to June 1994.
"Boston's Demographic Changes," Boston Foundation, $15,000 for Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston, 1994.
"Development of the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Boston," Boston Foundation, $32,000 awarded in June 1993.
"Conversations Across the Disciplines: Developing an Asian American Studies Curriculum Resource Guide," University of Massachusetts President's Office, $2,000 awarded in April 1992.
"Enhancing Survival Strategies of Southeast Asian Refugee College Students," University of Massachusetts/Boston Faculty Professional Development Grant, $1980.00 awarded in April 1992.
"New Roots and Voices: Cultural Expression and Community Development Among Southeast Asian Refugee Youth" and "Ngoc I Was - Pearl I Am: The Amerasian Experience in Boston and Vietnam," Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, $16,287 awarded April 1989.
"Lessons from the Early Asian Movement Against the Vietnam War," William Joiner Foundation, $1,500 awarded Dec. 1987.
"Our Roots in History: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the First Chinese Exclusion Act," Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy, $10,282 awarded December 1981;
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Program Director, Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, 1980-86; nationally-recognized center with programs in education, culture, and community advocacy for Asian Americans throughout New England; coordinated conferences on "Learning and Teaching from the Asian American Experience" (1985), "Cable Television and the Chinatown Community" (1984), and "Our Roots in History: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Acts" (1982).
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND MONOGRAPHS
Kiang, P.N. (forthcoming 2007) “Crouching Activists, Hidden Scholars: Reflections on Research and Development with Students and Communities in Asian American Studies” in C. Hale (ed). Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics and Methods of Activist Scholarship. University of California Press.
Loo, C.M., Lim, B.R., Koff, G., Morton, R.K. & P.N. Kiang (2007). “Ethnic-Related Stressors in the War Zone: Case Studies of Asian-American Vietnam Veterans.” Military Medicine. 172(9) 968-971.
Kiang, P.N. & C.M. Loo (2006). “Food in the Racial Experiences of Asian American Pacific Islander Vietnam Veterans.” Amerasia Journal. 32(2) 7-20.
Kiang, P.N. & Tang, S.S-L. (2006). “Electoral Politics and the Contexts of Empowerment, Displacement, and Diaspora for Boston’s Vietnamese and Cambodian American Communities”. Asian American Policy Review. V. 15. 13-29.
Kiang, P.N. (2006). “Policy Challenges for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education.” Race, Ethnicity & Education. 9(1) 103-115.
Kiang, P.N. (2006) “Articulating Individual Learning and Community Development: College-Community Pathways for Asian Immigrant Adult Learners”. in Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans. 3(1) 109-129.
Bui, J.D., Tang, S.S-L.& P.N. Kiang (2004). “The Local/Global Politics of Boston’s Viet-Vote”. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice & Community. 2(2) 10-18.
Kiang, P.N. (2004) "Checking Southeast Asian American Realities in Pan-Asian American Agendas." AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice & Community 2(1). 48-76.
Kiang, P.N. (2004) “Linking Strategies and Interventions in Asian American Studies to K-12 Classrooms and Teacher Preparation,” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 17(2), 199-225.
Valerie Ooka Pang, Peter N. Kiang and Yoon K. Pak (2003). "Asian Pacific American Students: Challenging A Biased Educational System" in James A. Banks (ed). Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, second edition, SF: Jossey Bass, 542-563.
Kiang, P.N. (2003) “Voicing Names and Naming Voices: Pedagogy and Persistence in an Asian American Studies Classroom,” Vivian Zamel and Ruth Speck (eds) Crossing the Curriculum: Multilingual Learners in College Classrooms, Mawwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 207-220.
Kiang, P.N. (2003) “Pedagogies of PTSD: Circles of Healing with Refugees and Veterans in Asian American Studies,” in Lin Zhan (ed), Asian Americans: Vulnerable Populations, Model Interventions, Clarifying Agendas, Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. 197-222.
Loo, C.M. & Kiang, P.N. (2003) “Race-Related Stressors and Psychological Trauma: Contributions of Asian American Vietnam Veterans,” in Lin Zhan (ed), Asian Americans: Vulnerable Populations, Model Interventions, Clarifying Agendas, Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. 19-42.
Suyemoto, K.L. & P.N. Kiang. (2003). Diversity Research as Service Learning. Academic Exchange Quarterly. 7(2). Summer. 71-75.
Kiang, P.N. (2002) “Transnational Linkages in Asian American Studies as Sources and Strategies for Teaching and Curricular Change,” in Lila Jacobs, José Cintrón, and Cecil Canton. The Politics of Survival in Academy: Narratives of Inequity, Resilience, and Success. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 141-153 and 161-162.
Kiang, P.N. (2002) “Stories and Structures of Persistence: Ethnographic Learning through Research and Practice in Asian American Studies,” in Yali Zou and Henry T. Trueba (eds), Ethnography and Schools: Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 223-255.
Chang, M.J. & P.N. Kiang (2002) “New Challenges of Representing Asian American Students in U.S. Higher Education,” in Philip Altbach, Kofi Lomotey, and William A. Smith (eds) The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, Volume 2, Albany: SUNY Press, 137-158.
Kiang, P.N. (2002) “K-12 Education and Asian Pacific American Youth Development,” Asian American Policy Review, (V. 10) 31-47.
Kiang, P.N. (2001) “Teaching, Tenure, and Institutional Transformation: Reflections on Race, Culture, and Resilience at an Urban University,” in E. Kingston-Mann and T. Sieber, Achieving Against the Odds, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 125-140.
Kiang, P.N. (2001) “Pathways for Asian Pacific American Youth Political Participation,” in Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects, edited by Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University Press and the Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 230-257.
Kiang, P.N. (2000) "You Woke Me This Morning," and "Letter to Gloria," in James Lawrence Ardeña and Brandy Liên Worrall (eds) Too Mixed Up, Los Angeles: Mixt Up Productions and Isangmahal Arts Kollective, 8 and 20.
Kiang, P.N. (2000) “Wanting to Go On: Healing and Transformation at an Urban Public University,” in Enrique T. Trueba and Lilia I. Bartolomé, Immigrant Voices: In Search of Educational Equity, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 137-166.
Kiang, P.N. (2000) “Long-Term Effects of Diversity in the Curriculum: Analyzing the Impact of Asian American Studies in the Lives of Alumni from an Urban Commuter University,” in Diversity on Campus: Reports from the Field, NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 23-25.
Kiang, P.N. (1999) “After the Initiative: Envisioning Diversity Research Sustainability,” Diversity Research at an Urban Commuter University, UMass Boston Center for the Improvement of Teaching, 85-104.
Kiang, P.N. (1999) “Analyzing the Impact of Asian American Studies in the Curriculum: Making Meaning Over Time in the Lives of Alumni,” Diversity Research at an Urban Commuter University, UMass Boston Center for the Improvement of Teaching, 141-148 and 168-175.
Kiang, P.N. (1999) “Crossing Borders, Building Community,” Thought and Action, 15(1), Spring, 49-60.
Kiang, P.N. (1998) “Curricular Connections and Reflections for the Pacific Century,” in Leslie Swartz, Linda Warner & David L. Grossman (eds) Intersections: A Professional Development Project in Multicultural and Global Education, Asian and Asian American Studies, Boston: The Children’s Museum, 57-85.
Kiang, P.N. (1998), “Writing from the Past, Writing for the Future: Healing Effects of Asian American Studies in the Curriculum,” Transformations: A Resource for Curriculum Transformation and Scholarship, 9(2) Fall, 132-149.
Kiang, P.N. (1998), "We Could Shape It: Organizing for Asian Pacific American Student Empowerment," in Li-Rong Lilly Cheng and Valerie Ooka Pang (eds), Struggling to be Heard: the Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children, Albany NY: SUNY Press, 243-264.
Joan Arches, Marian Darlington-Hope, Jeffrey Gerson, Joyce Gibson, Sally Habana-Hafner, and Peter Kiang (1997), "New Voices in University-Community Transformation," Change, 29(1) 36-41.
Kiang, P.N. (1997), "Pedagogies of Life and Death: Transforming Immigrant/Refugee Students and Asian American Studies," Positions, Duke University Press 5(2), 529-555.
Kiang, P.N. (1997) “The Rooster Crows,” Amerasia Journal, 23(1) 152-153.
Kiang, P.N. (1996) "Persistence Stories and Survival Strategies of Cambodian Americans in College," Journal of Narrative and Life History, 6(1) 39-64.
Kiang, P.N. (1996) "Southeast Asian and Latino Parent Empowerment: Lessons from Lowell, Massachusetts," in Catherine E. Walsh (ed.), Education Reform and Social Change: Multicultural Voices, Struggles, and Visions, Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 59-69.
Kiang, P.N. (1995), "Bicultural Strengths and Struggles of Southeast Asian American Students," in Antonia Darder (ed), Culture and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Bicultural Experience in the United States, NY: Bergin & Garvey, 201-225.
Kiang, P.N. (1995) "From Different Shores Again," in Wendy L. Ng, Gary Y. Okihiro, Soo-Young Chin, James S. Moy (eds.), Revisioning Asian America: Locating Diversity, Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 207-211.
Kiang, P.N., Nguyen N.L., & R.L. Sheehan, (1995) "Don't Ignore It!: Documenting Racial Harassment in a Fourth-Grade Vietnamese Bilingual Classroom," Equity and Excellence in Education, 28(1) 31-35.
Kiang, P.N. (1995) "Asian Americans and the Vietnam War," in John Wilson (ed.), The Asian American Encyclopedia, Pasadena: Salem Press, 1614-1616.
Kiang, P.N. & J. Kaplan (1994), "Where Do We Stand: Views of Racial Conflict by Vietnamese American High School Students in a Black-and-White Context," The Urban Review, 26(2) 95-119.
Kiang, P.N. (1994) "When Know-Nothings Speak English Only: Analyzing Irish and Cambodian Struggles for Community Development and Educational Equity," in Karin Aguilar-San Juan (ed.), The State of Asian America: Activism and Resistance in the 1990s, Boston: South End Press, 125-145.
Kiang, P.N. (1993) "Education and Community Development Among Nineteenth Century Irish and Contemporary Cambodians in Lowell, Massachusetts," New England Journal of Public Policy, 9(1) 51-63.
Kiang, P.N. (1993) "Stratification of Public Higher Education" in Linda A. Revilla, Gail M. Nomura, Shawn Wong & Shirley Hune (eds.) Bearing Dreams, Shaping Visions, Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 233-245.
Kiang, P.N. & Lee, V.W. (1993) "Exclusion or Contribution: Education K-12 Policy," in The State of Asian Pacific America, Los Angeles: LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute and UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 25-48.
Kiang, P.N. (1993) "Preface," in Henry B. Trueba, Lilly Cheng, and Kenji Ima, Myth or Reality: Adaptive Strategies of Asian Americans in California, Washington, D.C.: Falmer Press, xi-xii.
Kiang, P.N. (1992) "Issues of Curriculum and Community for First-Generation Asian Americans in College," in Howard B. London and L. Stephen Zwerling (eds.), First-Generation Students Confronting the Cultural Issues, New Directions for Community Colleges, No. 80, Jossey-Bass, 97-112.
Kiang, P.N. and Wu, V. (1992) "University of Massachusetts/Boston," in Gary Y. Okihiro and Lee C. Lee (eds.) East of California: New Perspectives in Asian American Studies, Ithaca: Cornell University Asian American Studies Program, 123-127.
Sagara, C. and Kiang, P.N. (1992) Recognizing Poverty in Boston's Asian American Community, monograph, Boston: Boston Foundation Persistent Poverty Project, 79pp.
Kiang, P.N. (1991) "Social Studies and the Pacific Century," Social Education, 55(7) November-December, 458-462.
Kiang, P.N. (1991) "About Face: Recognizing Asian & Pacific American Vietnam Veterans in Asian American Studies," Amerasia Journal, 17(3), 22-40.
Kiang, P.N. (1991) Talk Story Poem for Open Dialogue III," in Russell Leong (ed.), Moving the Image, Los Angeles: Visual Communications and Asian American Studies Center, 259-263.
Kiang, P.N. (1990) "Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment: The Challenge of Changing Demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts," Monograph No. 1, Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education; accepted as ERIC/Clearinghouse on Urban Education Document UD# 027534; adapted for publication as "Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment: The Challenge of Changing Demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts," Asian American Policy Review, 1(1) Cambridge: Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 29-37; and reprinted as "Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment: The Challenge of Changing Demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts," Vietnam Generation, 3(2), 5-15.
Kiang, P.N. (1989) "Bringing it All Back Home: New Views of Asian American Studies and the Community" in G.M. Nomura, R. Endo, S.H. Sumida, R.C. Leong (eds.) Frontiers of Asian American Studies, Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 305-314.
Kiang, P.N. & M.C. Ng (1989) "Through Strength and Struggle: Boston's Asian American Student/Community/Labor Solidarity," Amerasia Journal, 15(1) 285-293
Kiang, P.N. (1988) "The New Wave: Developing Asian American Studies on the East Coast," in Gary Y. Okihiro, Shirley Hune, Arthur Hansen, and John M. Liu (eds.) Reflections Through Windows of Shattered Glass, Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 43-50.
Kiang, P.N. (1988) "Discrimination or Dignity: The Struggles Continue," in Doris Chu (ed.) The Chinese of Massachusetts, Boston: Chinese Culture Institute, 70-75.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Wong, D.N., Kiang, P.N. & C. M. Loo (2000) “What Do You Want This Society To Understand About Your Race-Related Experiences?” in Chalsa M. Loo (ed), The Asian American Vietnam Veteran Race-Related Study, Honolulu: National Center for PTSD and U.S. Veterans Administration.
Kiang, P.N. (1999) “Angel Island and Legacies of Chinese in New England,” text for a photo exhibition produced by the Chinese Historical Society of New England and exhibited at the Boston Public Library.
Kiang, P.N. & K. Wong (1996) "The Status of Asian Americans in Public Higher Education in Massachusetts: Asian American Studies in the Curriculum," Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, 23 pp.
Kiang, P.N. (1995) "Voicing Names, Naming Voices," in Recognizing Names: Student Perspectives and Suggestions for Pronouncing Asian Names -- A Guide for the UMass Boston Community, 4-7.
Kiang, P.N., Chen, C.L., Fung, S., and T. Wong (1994) "Research and Reflections on the English Transitional Program: Asian American Civic Association, Bunker Hill Community College, and Quincy School Community Council," Massachusetts Department of Education, January, 14 pp.
Kiang, P.N. (1994) "A New Mix in Boston's Melting Pot," Boston Globe, 25 July, 75.
Kiang, P.N. & J. Kaplan (1994) "Race/Space Relations in School," NABE News, National Association for Bilingual Education, 17(6), 5-6, 30.
Kiang, P.N. & J. Kaplan (1993) "When Tolerance is Limited," Sampan, 3 December 1993, 5; reprinted in Asian Week, 16 December, 2.
Kiang, P.N. (1992) Asian American Studies Curriculum Resource Guide, Massachusetts K-12, Boston: University of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association, 80pp.
Kiang, P.N. (1991) "Asian American Studies in the 1990's," in Evelyn Yoshimura, Michael Murase, Bruce Iwasaki (eds.) GIDRA, Twentieth Anniversary Special Issue.
Kiang, P.N. (1988) "Chinese American History," Foundation News, November-December, 74-75.
Kiang, P. (1986) "Community Strategies: Fighting Back in Boston," CALC Report, 13(5), 22-24.
Kiang, P.N. (1985) "Why the Asians," The Boston Phoenix, June 18, 1985.
Kiang, P.N. (1985) "Transformation: The Challenge for the Asian American Artist in the 1980's," East Wind, 4(1), 31-33.
Kiang, P.N. & V.W. Lee (1982) Our Roots in History, Boston: Asian American Resource Workshop, 36pp.
MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Culture and Community: Asian Americans in Cambridge (1988); wrote, produced, and directed 30-minute color video for the Cambridge Public Library.
Boston Chinatown History (1983); wrote, edited, and directed 20-minute color video documentary on Chinatown's historical development.
Cahoon Hollow (1979); produced, directed and animated 16mm color film showing the legacy of the Vietnam War; Global Village Filmmakers Festival 1982, Asian American International Film Festival 1980.
Tao Te Ching (1979); produced, directed, and animated 16mm color film illustrating Chapter 10 by Lao Tse; Community Film Workshop of Chicago Minorities in Film Festival 1983, Global Village Third World Filmmakers Festival 1982, San Francisco Poetry-in-Film Festival 1981, Hong Kong International Film Festival 1980, and Asian American International Film Festival 1980.
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES (partial listing)
“Asian American Issues in the Metro Boston Schools,” invited keynote address, Sixth Annual Funder Education Forum sponsored by the MA Chapter of Asian Americans Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and the Boston Foundation, Boston, April 2006.
“Asian American Studies Pathways for Southeast Asian Americans in K-12 and Higher Education” invited address, Walter and Michi Weglyn Endowed Chair for Multicultural Studies Lecture Series of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, February 2004.
“Trauma and Healing in Asian American Studies: Connecting Southeast Asian Refugees and Asian American Vietnam Veterans,” keynote address, Asian Awareness Month, Wesleyan University, April 2002.
“Education and the Future for Asian American Communities”, 9th annual Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Boston, May 2000.
“Learning Communities and Linkages in Ethnic Studies and Education,” annual meeting, National Association for Multicultural Education - Massachusetts Chapter, Cambridge, November 1999.
“Persistence Stories and Survival Strategies,” featured presenter at the 50th annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers of English, Atlanta, March 1999.
“Voices and Visions Across Generations,” North American Taiwanese Women’s Association 10th Anniversary, Milford, April 1998.
“Communities, Cultures, and Identities,” Asian Diasporas Month, Wheaton College, November 1997.
“Community Practice and Reflection in Shaping Public Policy,” 1997 Northeast Regional Summit, Community Training and Assistance Center and the Mott Foundation, Wellesley, October 1997.
“Affirming Biracial/Bicultural Identities in the Classroom,” Fall Forum on Diversity, the Multicultural Collaborative and the Baldwin School, Philadelphia, October 1997.
“Asian Pacific American Youth Issues and Interventions: A National Perspective,” Fall Funders Forum, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy and the Council on Foundations, Chicago, October 1997.
"Curricular Transformation for the Pacific Century," International Forum Series, School District of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Board of Education, PA, August 1997.
"Integrating the Asian American Experience into the K-12 Curriculum," Summer Multicultural Institute, Prince William County Public Schools, VA, June 1997.
"Reflections and Realities for New Teachers of Color," Minority Fellowship Program Summer Conference, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, August 1996.
"Identity, Voice, and Power: Asian Americans and Middle School Teaching and Learning," TeachAsia Summer Institute, Asia Society, Wesleyan University, CT, July 1996.
"Reflections on Research and Development with Southeast Asian Students and Communities," Spring Colloquium, UMass Lowell Graduate Program in Community Social Psychology, April 1996.
"Transforming Society, Transforming Ourselves: Building Coalitions Across Communities," National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Public Policy, Harvard University, March 1996.
"Celebrating Strength," Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation, Dana Hall School, January 1996.
"Asian American Voices: Claiming Space in the Pacific Century," The Sarah Crane Cohen Visiting Scholar in the Humanities Lecture, Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, November 1995.
"Resisting Violence, Overcoming Silence," Asians in America Lecture Series, UMass Amherst, November 1995.
"Coalition-Building Across Color, Culture, and Community," Channels for Educational Choices, 3rd Conference for Students of Color in Independent Schools, April 1995.
"Cracking the Glass Ceiling," Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, U.S. Department of the Army Research and Development Division, Natick MA, June 1992.
"Social Studies and the Pacific Century," 22nd Northeastern Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, March 1991.
"An Asian American Perspective on Teaching, Curriculum and Learning Environments," Responding to the Needs of African, Asian, Hispanic and Native American Students: Focus on Improving the Campus Climate Conference, State University of New York, Albany NY, February 1990.
"Helping Professionals in the 21st Century" Convocation, Wheelock College, Boston, May 1989.
"On Leadership and Empowerment," Open Dialogue III National Conference, The Association of American Cultures, Washington D.C., June 1988.
Invited Expert Testimony (partial listing)
“Asian American Vietnam Veterans’ Contributions to the National Dialogue on Race,” The President’s Initiative on Race, U.S. Department of Defense, Boston, June 1998.
"Roundtable on Youth: Building a Vision of a Young Generation Embracing Diversity," Mott Foundation and Leadership Conference Education Fund, Washington DC, April 1997.
"The Absence of Asian American Perspectives in the Proposed Massachusetts Social Studies Curriculum Standards," Massachusetts Asian American Commission, Boston, February 1997.
"Assessing the Needs of Asian Pacific American Veterans," Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC, September 1995.
"The Rise of Anti-Asian Racial Violence in Boston," U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Boston, December, 1984.
PAPERS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (partial listing)
“Policy Challenges for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education” invited paper presented at the National Summit on Asian and Pacific Islander Issues in Education convened by the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and the National Education Association (NEA), Washington, D.C., January 2005.
“A Thematic Analysis of Persistence and Long-term Educational Engagement with Southeast Asian American College Students.” invited paper presented at the Southeast Asian American Student Action and Visibility in Education (SAVE) Project Research Symposium, Harvard Civil Rights Project and Southeast Asian Resource Action Center, Washington, D.C., January 2005.
“Local/Global Political Dynamics in the Development of Boston's Vietnamese and Cambodian American Communities“ invited paper presented at The Asian Disapora” conference sponsored by the Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies and the Asian American Studies Program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2005.
“Food and Race-Related PTSD among Asian American & Pacific Islander Vietnam Veterans”, annual meeting, American Psychological Association, Honolulu, July 2004.
“Asian Americans Revolutionizing Higher Education: Research and Best Practices in Asian American Studies, Student Development, and Community Service,” annual meeting, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Boston, March 2002.
“Models of Transformative Practice through Asian American Studies Program Development,” Association of American Colleges & Universities – Diversity & Learning biennial meeting, Pittsburgh, October 2000.
“Why Wasn’t This Done 30 Years Ago?: Reflections on Race, Trauma, and Healing by Asian American Vietnam Veterans,” 5th African American Conference on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Howard University, Washington, D.C., September 2000.
“Keeping it Real aka What Have You Done For Me Lately aka Listening for the Long Term,” Free-Zone – A Symposium on Asian/Pacific American Youth Culture, New York University, April 2000.
“Critical Issues in K-12 Education and Asian American Youth Development,” Children’s Defense Fund national conference, New York, March 2000.
“Stories and Structures of Persistence: Learning from Research and Practice in Asian American Studies,” The Role of Educational Ethnography in Pedagogy: Critical Ethnography in a Global and Interdisciplinary Perspective, Spencer Foundation Ethnographic Research Conference, Houston, February 2000.
“High Stakes Assessments and Accountability to Whom?” National Asian Family-School Partnership Project Symposium, National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Boston, January 2000.
“Relations Between Asian American Studies and Asian American Communities,” Asian American Studies Program 30th anniversary symposium, University of California at Berkeley, October 1999.
“Ecologies of Persistence, Praxis, and Purpose,” Models of Success: Retention of AHANA Students from Elementary Through College Years Symposium, Boston College, October 1999.
“Race-Related PTSD: New Research with Asian American Vietnam Veterans,” Black Congressional Caucus – Black Veterans Braintrust annual conference, Howard University, Washington, D.C., September 1999.
“American Studies and the Status of Chinese Americans,” Center for American Studies symposium, Fudan University, Shanghai, June 1999.
“Contexts for Developing Asian American Youth Leadership,” National Academy of Education annual meeting and Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program Symposium, Stanford University, October 1998.
“Voicing Names and Naming Voices: Asian Immigrant Student Adaptive Strategies,” annual meeting, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April 1998.
“Pathways for Asian Pacific American Youth Political Participation,” Symposium on Asian Americans and Politics, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., March 1998.
"The University in Engagement with Society," The Academy in Transition, 84th Annual Meeting, Association of American Colleges & Universities, Washington, D.C., January 1998.
“Asian American Students in Middle School Classrooms,” National Council for the Social Studies annual meeting, Pittsburgh PA, November 1997.
“Contexts and Commitments: Making Asian American Studies Meaningful for Students and Communities,” 7th annual East of California conference, Association for Asian American Studies, New York, November 1997.
“Scholarship Regrounded: Learning from Asian American Community Research,” Critical Dialogue Series, New York University Asian/Pacific American Studies Program, November 1997.
"Documenting Racial Harassment and Developing Leadership with APA Youth," National Association of Asian Pacific Americans in Education, Annual Meeting, March 1997.
"Lessons Learned: Diversity and Institutional Change," Educational Integrity and Institutional Choices, 83rd Annual Meeting, Association of American Colleges & Universities, Atlanta, January 1997.
"Asian Pacific Americans and Stratification in U.S. Schools," Structure of Asian America: Diversity, Stratification, and Community Research Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, December 1996.
"Linking Community Empowerment with the Worldwide Web," Diversity Education and the Public Good Conference, Ford Foundation, Seattle, October 1996.
"An Agenda for Research and Advocacy," Asian Family-School Partnership Project Symposium, National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Boston, September 1996.
"Coming Alive: Enhancing Cambodian Student Survival Strategies in the Classroom and Curriculum," Research on Cambodian and Hmong Education: The Role of the School, Center for Language Minority Education and Research, California State University, Long Beach, April 1994.
"Teaching Strategies for Contemporary Issues Courses," National Association for Asian American Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 1994.
"Rethinking Asian Pacific American Studies at Urban, Commuter Institutions," Association for Asian American Studies, East of California Network, University of Connecticut, Storrs, November 1993.
"Community-Building Where Know-Nothings Speak English-Only: Lowell's Irish and Cambodian Connections Across the Centuries," American Studies Association, Boston, November 1993.
"Education K-12 Policy for Asian Pacific Americans to the Year 2020," National Association for the Educational Advancement of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian Americans, Boston, March 1993.
"Connecting Asian American Studies with Southeast Asian American Students and Communities," 2nd annual meeting, Association for Asian American Studies, East of California Network, Brown University, Providence, September 1992.
"From Different Shores, Again," and "Money Talks: Strengthening Philanthropy and Asian American Studies," 9th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian American Studies, San Jose CA, May 1992.
"Race, Face, and War: Lessons from Asian American Vietnam Veterans," New England American Studies Association, Boston MA, February 1992.
"About Face: Recognizing Asian/Pacific American Vietnam Veterans in Asian American Studies," and "Southeast Asian Youth: Changing Patterns, Changing Needs," 8th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian American Studies, Honolulu HI, May 1991.
"Emerging Themes in a Study of Asian American Vietnam Veterans," 25th Annual Meeting, Oral History Association, Cambridge MA, November 1990.
"Southeast Asian Immigrants' Experience and Expectations;" "Needs of Asian Americans in Education", 7th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian American Studies, Santa Barbara, May 1990.
"Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment in Lowell, Massachusetts" and "Stratification of Public Higher Education," 6th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian American Studies, New York, June 1989.
"The College Experience of Southeast Asian Students," 10th Annual Meeting, National Association of Vietnamese American Educators, Chicago, March 1989.
"Oral History and Community Development among Southeast Asian Students," 23rd Annual Meeting, Oral History Association, Baltimore MD, October 1988.
"Research, Documentation and Capacity-Building in Boston's Asian American Community," 41st International Convention, American Studies Association, New York, November 1987.
"Documenting New and Old Immigrants," New England Archivists, Bridgeport CT, October 1987.
"The New Wave: Developing Asian American Studies on the East Coast," 4th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, April 1987.
"Community Development and Asian American Studies in Boston," 8th Annual Meeting, National Association for Asian Pacific American Educators, Los Angeles, April 1986.
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS (partial listing)
“Immigrants and Refugees from China, Japan, and Viet Nam and Their Children,” invited workshop, China, Viet Nam, and Japan in the Elementary Classroom Summer Teacher Institute, Primary Source and South Shore Educational Complex, Hingham, MA, July 2006.
"Policy Challenges for Asian Americans: The State of Education," invited panel presentation, 1st annual conference, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and the Asian American Policy Coalition of Illinois, Chicago, April 2006.
“Catastrophes of War, Racism, and Forced Migration: Trauma & Pedagogies of PTSD in Asian American Studies,” invited panel presentation, Askwith Education Forum on Education and Catastrophe: Communities of Color Responding and Moving Forward, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, March 2006.
“Finding a Voice in a New Homeland: Thirty Years after the First Wave of Vietnamese Immigration to the US,” invited moderator, Ford Hall Forum, Boston, December 2005.
"Institutional Transformation through Multilevel Collaboration," invited moderator and panel presentation, New England Center for Inclusive Teaching regional conference, Boston, October 2005.
“Exploring Southeast Asia in Honolulu,” “Southeast Asia in Our Schools: Strategies for Using Community Resources,” and “Teaching with Oral Histories: Using Survivor Stories” Best Practices in Southeast Asian Studies - International K-12 Teacher Institute, East West Center and University of Hawai`i, Honolulu, August 2005.
“Achieving Against the Odds: The Scholarship of Pedagogy,” invited panel presentation, New England Center for Inclusive Teaching, Boston, October 2004.
“Higher Education Access and Retention with Asian Immigrant Students: Toward a Research and Advocacy Agenda,” invited presentation, The Education Resources Institute (TERI), Boston, October 2004.
“Reflections on 25 Years of the Asian Movement in Boston,” invited presentation, Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, September 2004.
“Histories of Boston’s Chinese; Current Research, Reflections, and Resources”, invited panel presentation, Boston Athenaeum, March 2004.
"Activism Against Racial Injustice in Times of War", invited plenary panel presentation, 10th annual conference, National Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, March 2004.
“The Vision for Equitable Education”, invited plenary panel presentation, New Vision for Public Education Conference, Massachusetts Coalition for Equitable Education, Northeastern University, October 2003.
“Education and Outreach: Using Records of Underdocumented Communities,” Massachusetts Archives Forum 2002, Bridgewater, June 2002.
“Effective Community-Based Approaches for Culturally Competent Mental Health Care with Asian Americans,” Commonwealth Fellows Program, MA Department of Mental Health, Boston, April 2002.
“Pearl Harbor as Event, Film, and Slogan,” 33rd Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, March 2002.
“Lessons and Legacies of War for Asian Americans in World History from Pearl Harbor to September 11, 2002,” 33rd Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, March 2002.
“Chinese American Distancing and Support,” After Pearl Harbor and 9/11: Civil Liberties Under Threat Day of Remembrance Symposium, MIT, March 2002.
“Crouching Tigers, Hidden Curricula: Asian American Studies as Tiger/Dragon (and Phoenix),” 4th Annual Chinese American Intercollegiate Conference, Brown University, March 2002.
“Curricular Strategies and Connections with Asian American Children and Families,” Children’s Defense Fund national conference, New York, April 2000.
“Names and Faces – Identity, Race, and Culture in Schools,” school assembly, Park School, Brookline, April 2000.
“Issues in Developing and Sharing Cross-Disciplinary Education Research,” National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Retreat, Cambridge, March 2000.
“Transforming the Curriculum” and “Anti-Racist Commitments in Teacher Development,” New York State Association of Independent Schools statewide conference, New York, March 2000.
"Lessons from Tule Lake: Asian American Experiences and Themes in Designing Curricula," TeachAsia Summer Institute, Asia Society, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, July 1998.
“Resources and Themes for Teaching about Asian Americans in Boston,” Teaching Boston History Workshops, The Bostonian Society, February 1998.
“School/Curricular Reform and the Needs of Asian American Youth,” Faculty Development Seminar, Scarsdale High School, NY, December 1997.
“Curricular Collaborations with Asian Immigrant Students, Families, and Communities,” National Asian Family/School Partnership Project, National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Boston, October 1997.
“Community Investments in Asian Pacific American Youth,” Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, Chicago, October 1997.
“Conceptual Linkages for Asian and Asian American Studies Program Development,” Faculty Development Seminar, University of Massachusetts Amherst, September 1997.
"Facilitating Classroom Lessons and Curriculum Development from the Japanese American Internment Experience," Curriculum Summit, Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, San Francisco, August 1997.
"Diversity Resources on the Worldwide Web," Diversity Education and the Public Good Conference, Ford Foundation, Seattle, October 1996.
"Connections to Pedagogy," "Resources on the Worldwide Web," "Hibakusha Perspectives: Hiroshima and Vietnam," and "Vietnamese American Student Perspectives on Teaching the Vietnam War," NEH Four-Week Summer Teacher Institute - Teaching the Vietnam War, William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, UMass Boston, July-August 1996.
"The Chinese in the U.S.: From Coolie Labor to the Nobel Prize," Modern China: Society in Transition, New England China Network Summer Institute, July 1996.
"Teaching Continuity and Change" and "Asian Diaspora: People Across Boundaries," Asia in Our Schools - Resources for Asian Studies: New Paradigms, New Technologies Conference, Asia Society, NY, April 1996.
"Analyzing the Media: Asian American Images and Realities," Emerson College Asian American Student Association, April 1996.
"Recognizing Service and Sacrifice: Learning from Asian American Veterans," Allies and Enemies: The Dilemma of Asian Americans During World War II, the Museum of Chinese in the Americas and the Chinese Historical Society of New England, April 1996.
"Community Capacity: Organizing Strategies for a New Generation," MIT Community Fellows Program, April 1996.
"Challenges Facing Newcomer Communities: The Role of Philanthropy," Donors Forum, Boston Foundation, March 1996.
"Recentering Themes, Reclaiming Voices," Multicultural Perspectives on the American West - Teacher Institute, Primary Source and Bentley College, January 1996.
"Models of Grassroots Community Development," Center for International Education, UMass Amherst, April 1995.
"Voices of Southeast Asian Students in the Classroom and Curriculum," National Migrant Education Programs annual conference, Boston, March 1995.
"Asian American Philanthropy: Traditions and Expectations," Community Foundation Initiative, Ford Foundation, St. Paul MN, October 1994.
"Paradigms for Leadership and Immigrant Community Capacity-Building," Office for Refugee Resettlement, Washington DC, September 1994.
"Cultural Authenticity in Schools," Lesley College, July 1994.
"Multicultural Social Studies Strategies and Methods," Stoughton High School, June 1994.
"Boston's Changing Demographics: What Does it All Mean?" Boston Association of Black Journalists, June 1994.
"Race Relations in Boston," National Conference of Christians and Jews, April 1994.
"Developing New Generations of Leadership," Indian American Political Forum, Newton, April 1994.
"Anything Goes?: Popular Entertainment and Social Values," Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, March 1994.
"Joy-Luck or Stress-Silence: Perspectives of Asian American Students," METCO Directors Association, Boston, March 1994.
"Racism and Civil Rights in the Curriculum," Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Teachers Institute, Boston, August 1993.
"Asian American Voices and Themes in the K-12 Curriculum," Ithaca School District and Cornell University Asian American Studies Program, Ithaca, NY, June 1993.
"Strengthening Asian and African American Student Relationships," METCO Directors Association, Boston, March 1993.
"Movement and the Japanese Internment," Massachusetts Corporation for Education Technology, satellite broadcast with Yukie Shiroma and Dance Umbrella, Cambridge, February 1993.
"Language and Culture in Schools," Massachusetts Academy of Teachers, Cambridge MA, July 1992.
"Asian Americans and the Model Minority Myth: 1990's Realities," Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge MA, June 1992.
"Teaching and Learning from the Asian American Experience," Facing History and Ourselves, Boston, May 1992.
"University-Community Connections: Vietnamese Americans and Higher Education," Vietnamese Service Providers of Massachusetts, Tyngsboro MA, April 1992.
"Ping On Means Peace: Reflections on the History of Boston's Chinatown," Old South Meeting House, Boston, April 1992.
"Japan and Japanese Americans: Teaching and Curriculum Strategies," Charles River School, Dover MA, April 1992.
"Civil Rights Hate Crimes: Community Perspectives," Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, February 1992.
"Dr. King's Legacy for Asian Americans," George School, Newtown PA, January 1992.
"Empowering Asian American Students and Communities," Urban Classroom Documentation Project, National Writing Project, Princeton NJ, August 1991.
"Diversifying the Curriculum: Lessons on Process," Boston College, June 1991.
"Racism and Resistance in Asian American History," University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, February 1991.
"Stories and Studies of Asian American Vietnam Veterans," San Jose State University, February 1991.
"Advocacy Work in Immigrant Communities," Boston University School of Social Work, April 1989.
"Capacity-Building Needs in Boston Chinatown: The Role for Grantmakers," Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts, Boston, December 1988.
"Civil Rights Issues and the Asian American Community," Asian/Pacific American Municipal Officers Association, National League of Cities Convention, Boston, December 1988.
"Southeast Asian Refugees: Barriers to Higher Education," Boston University School of Social Work, March 1988.
"Anti-Asian Violence and Strategies for Community Organizing," 50th Anniversary Convention, National Lawyers Guild, Washington D.C., May 1987.
"The Artist and Ethnicity," Committee on the Visual Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1986.
CONSULTATIONS (partial listing)
Research Consultant, National Center for PTSD, “Asian American Vietnam Veteran Race-Related Study,” Honolulu, 1997-2000.
Exhibit Outreach and Education Planning Consultant, Museum of Fine Arts, Department of Education, 1996-1998.
Scholar-Humanist, Mass. Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy-funded project, "Hudson Street Memories," Chinese Historical Society of New England, Boston, 1995.
Resident Faculty, "Diversity '95 Summer Institute on Multicultural Curriculum Design," National Association for Independent Schools, Northfield MA, June 1995.
Training Team Coordinator, Multicultural Curriculum and Staff Development Project, Proctor Academy, Andover NH, 1991-1993.
Trainer, Diversity '91 Summer Institute, National Association for Independent Schools, George School, Berwyn PA, June 1991.
Planning Consultant, Boston Herald Partnership in Education Program, Boston, 1991.
Trainer, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Commission on Race and Ethnicity, 1990.
Proposal Reviewer/Panelist, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, 1986, 1987, 1990.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE (partial listing)
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Massachusetts State Advisory Committee member, 1997-presen; Chair, 2003-present..
Chinese Historical Society of New England, Board Member, Boston, 1992-present; elected co-President, 2002-present..
American Association of Colleges & Universities, Greater Expectations Program National Advisory Panel, 2000-2002.
Asia Society, Asian Educational Resource Center, National Advisory Board member, 1996-2002.
Association for Asian American Studies, member, 1984-Present; Elected East Coast Representative, 1989-91; National Conference Program Committee, 1993; Service Award Committee Chair, 1992; Nominations Committee Chair, 1991; East of California Network Coordinating Committee, 1992-94.
Asian American Policy Review, Academic Advisory Board member, 1994-2001.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE (UMass Boston partial listing)
Asian Student Center, Faculty Advisor, 1987-present.
Provost’s Committee on Honorary Degrees, 2005-present.
University Capital Campaign cabinet member, 1997-2001.
Center for the Improvement of Teaching, Diversity Working Group, 1988-1997.
Search committees for Provost, Deans, and numerous faculty/staff in Education and Ethnic Studies.
Tenure/promotion committees in Education, Dispute Resolution, Latino Studies, Anthropology, Public Policy, Modern Languages, Africana Studies, and Asian American Studies.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, UMass Boston, June 2007.
Alumni of Color Achievement Award, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, March 2005.
Outstanding Contribution Award, Institute for Asian American Studies, 5th Anniversary Celebration, Boston, May 1999.
Higher Education Leadership Award, Asian American Resource Workshop, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Boston, April 1999.
Ernest A. Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service and Academic Outreach, New England Resource Center for Higher Education and American Association of Higher Education, 7th Annual Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, San Diego, January 1999.
National Academy of Education - Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award, 1997-1998.
Outstanding Community Service Award, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Unity Dinner, Boston, May 1994.
Massachusetts Teachers Association Human and Civil Rights Award, 1991.
First Annual Boston NAACP-Children of War Human Rights Award, April 1990.
First Annual MABE Monograph Competition First Prize Award for the paper "Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment: The Challenge of Changing Demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts," Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education, March 1990.
First Annual Drylongso Award, Community Change, Boston, October 1989.
World of Difference Award, Anti-Defamation League, Boston, November 1988.
First Annual Asian Constituency Award, Boston Rainbow Coalition, Boston, January 1986.