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ACADEMIC:

HONORS

  • The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Asian Pacific American Network (APAN) Outstanding Contribution to APIDA Research Award, 2008 (shared w/ J. Park, M. Lin, O. Poon, & D. Nakanishi)
  • Profiled as a Top 10 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (formerly Black Issues in Higher Education), 2006
  • Sudikoff Fellow (2004)
  • National Education Policy Center (NEPC) Fellow
  • National Academy of Education/Spencer Fellow (2001)
  • Salzburg Seminar's Universities Project Fellow (2001)
  • Who’s Who in America (56th & 57th editions)
  • The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Outstanding Outcomes Assessment Research Award (2000)
  • Asian American Studies Institute Fellow, University of Massachusetts (2000)
  • Center for the Improvement of Teaching Fellow, University of Massachusetts, (1999)
  • Dean's Scholar (GTE Fellow), U.C. Los Angeles (1992)
  • High Honors and Distinction in Major upon graduation, U.C. Santa Barbara (1987)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • American Educational Research Journal (Summer 2011-present)
  • Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (Summer 2011-present)
  • The Journal of Higher Education (Winter 2009-present)
  • Higher Education Abstracts (Summer 2009-present)
  • Diversity & Democracy (Fall 2009-present)
  • The Review of Higher Education (Winter 1999-Winter 2002; Fall 2004-Fall 2007)
  • Equity and Excellence in Education (Summer 1999-Summer 2006)
  • Liberal Education (Spring 2001-Spring 2005)
  • AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Policy Practice and Community (Spring 2002-present)
  • Amerasia Journal: Book Review Editor (Fall 2000-Spring 2003)

ELECTED POSITIONS

  • Board of Directors: Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE); 2010-2012
  • Faculty Chair: GSE&IS 2010-2011
  • At Large Member: Division J of the American Educational Research Association (AERA); 2004-2006
  • Board of Trustees: Divine Word College, Epworth, Iowa; 1997-2000

TEACHING:

  • GRADUATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
    University of Massachusetts Boston
    Assistant Professor: Winter 1998-Summer 1999
  • COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
    Loyola Marymount University
    Associate Dean: Summer 1996-Summer 1997
  • ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN STUDIES
    Loyola Marymount University
    Director: Spring 1996-Summer 1997
  • AMERICAN CULTURES
    Loyola Marymount University
    Instructor: Fall 1995-Spring 1997

RESEARCH:

  • CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN RACE AND ETHNICITY
    Stanford University
    Executive Director of AERA Project: Summer 1997-Summer 1999
  • HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HERI)
    UCLA Graduate School of Education
    Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 1993-Spring 1996
  • ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER
    UCLA
    Graduate Research Assistant, Summer 1995-Winter 1996
  • CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES (CSCC)
    UCLA Graduate School of Education
    Graduate Research Assistant, 1992-1994

PROFESSIONAL:

  • ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT (ARUESD)
    Assistant School Evaluator, 1990-1992
    Department of Research and Development



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