Selected Grants and Awards

2007-2022 Freeman Foundation. This annual grant is to work with K-12 teachers to incorporate East Asian studies into the curriculum.  The grants are normally for regional seminars, but I offer national seminars

2021 Boise State Golden Apple Award–Honors College (The Golden Apple is given to one professor from each college. It is an award given by the students. This is the fourth straight year I’ve been honored to win this award, which is unprecedented)

2020 Boise State Golden Apple Award–College of Arts and Sciences

2020 Top Ten Honored Faculty Member (Award given by one of the top ten graduates of the university for their faculty mentor)

2019 Boise State Golden Apple Award–College of Arts and Sciences

2018 Boise State Golden Apple Award–Honors College

2017 Boise State Foundation Award (awarded to the University’s top teacher, https://youtu.be/xFMpOalL8xU)

2013 University of the Philippines Faculty Exchange Fellowship

2006-2007 American Council on Education Fellow–Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

2003-2004 Top Ten Honored Faculty Member

1999 Association for Asian Studies Grant

1999 Idaho Humanities Council Grant

1999 Top Ten Honors Faculty Member

1998 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

1998 U.S. Institute of Peace Summer Research Grant

1997 Center for Southeast Asian Studies Travel Grant

1996 Philippine Government Research and Travel Grant

1996 University of Hawai’i Research and Travel Grant

1994 UCLA Freshman Teaching Award (given to the top first year teacher)