2021-22 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Ishi Sakurai Scholarship in Asian History
Jacob Graham
Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student
Chelsie Sablan
Taraknath Das Prize for Undergraduate Excellence in Asian Studies
Justin Yee
See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners (PDF)
Graduate Awards
Jerry H. Bentley Scholarship in World History
Carissa Chew and Jaehyung Kim
Jagdish P. Sharma Memorial Scholarship
Carissa Chew (History), Muhammad Ijaz (Communications), and Saloni Mahajan (Performance Studies)
UH Library Treasures Scholarship
Carissa Chew
The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis
Peter Bushell
The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper
Herman Lim
James M. McCutcheon Memorial Endowed Scholarship for History
Asako Moody
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship in History
Jaewon Kim, Sulim Kim, and Wonkeun Lee (2021-22)
Hosub Hwang (2022-23)
Barbara Bennett Peterson Graduate Student Support Fund
Benjamin Moseley
Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Hosub Hwang and Ami Mulligan
See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners (PDF)
Faculty Awards and Recognition
Jerry H. Bentley Faculty Award in World History
Prof. Monica LaBriola and Prof. John Rosa
UH Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Award
Prof. Frank Zelko
Previous Awards Ishi Sakurai Scholarship in Asian History Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Jerry H. Bentley Scholarship in World History Jagdish P. Sharma Memorial Scholarship The Barbara B. Peterson Award for Graduate Student Excellence in American History The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis The Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Jerry H. Bentley Faculty Award in World History Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student (Co-recipients) See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Jagdish P. Sharma Memorial Scholarship The Barbara B. Peterson Award for Graduate Student Excellence in American History The Taraknath Das Prize for Best Paper in Asian History by a Graduate Student The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis The Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant (Co-recipients) See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student (Honorable Mention) See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners The Barbara B. Peterson Award for Graduate Student Excellence in American History The Taraknath Das Prize for Best Paper in Asian History by a Graduate Student (Co-recipients) The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis The Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship in History The James M. McCutcheon Memorial Endowed Scholarship for History See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student (Co-recipients) See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners The Pacific Circle Editorial Award (granted to the Editorial Assistant for the Bulletin of the Pacific Circle) The Barbara B. Peterson Award for Graduate Student Excellence in American History The Taraknath Das Prize for Best Paper in Asian History by a Graduate Student The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis (Co-recipients) The Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship in History See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners College of Arts & Humanities Junior Faculty Research Award Danny Kaleikini/Kahala Hilton Hotel Scholarship Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student (Runners-up) See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners World History Association Regional Conference Best Paper Prize The Pacific Circle Editorial Award (granted to the Editorial Assistant for the Bulletin of the Pacific Circle) The Barbara B. Peterson Award for Graduate Student Excellence in American History The Taraknath Das Prize for Best Paper in Asian History by a Graduate Student (Co-recipients) The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar (First Runner-Up) The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar (Second Runner-Up) The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis (Co-recipients) The Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant The Robert K. Sakai Award for East Asian History The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship in History Jerry Bentley Endowed Scholarship in World History See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Teaching Award Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners The Pacific Circle Editorial Award (granted to the Editorial Assistant for the Bulletin of the Pacific Circle) The Barbara B. Peterson Award for Graduate Student Excellence in American History The Taraknath Das Prize for Best Paper in Asian History by a Graduate Student The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Research Paper Produced in a Graduate Seminar (First Runner-Up) The Donald Johnson Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis The Daniel Kwok Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship in History Jerry Bentley Endowed Scholarship in World History See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award Kuykendall Prize for Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship: Tahitian Language Alliance Française of Hawaiʻi University Scholarship Award UHM French Department Mira-Baciu Simian Fund Award Center for Japanese Studies Graduate Fellowship 24th Annual World History Association (WHA) Conference, in See also: List of PAT Meeting Winners College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Scholarship Award 2020-21 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Samuel Ehrhart and Justin Yee
Mākena Rivera-Concannon
Graduate Awards
Adrian Alarilla, Terri-Lee Bixby, and Wonkeun Lee
Daniel Adel (Geography), Marina George (Art History), Sandy Kim (Department of Urban & Regional Planning), and Anupama Reddy (Linguistics)
Chase Benbow
Zi (Chelly) Ye
Miranda Kam
Kelli Acopan and Chase BenbowFaculty Awards and Recognition
Prof. Monica LaBriola and Prof. Frank Zelko2019-20 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Sophia Deming & Justin YeeGraduate Awards
Maria Houar (Theatre & Dance), Irmak Yazici (Political Science), Smrity Ramavarapu (Botany)
Ami Mulligan
Peter Bushell
Miranda Kam
Stephen Garrett
Kale Kanaeholo & Toshiaki Liu2018-19 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Katlynn Baker
Lewis OkashimoGraduate Awards
Peyton Bailey
Adrian Alarilla & Sulim Kim
Lauren Hauck
Amanda Sullivan-Lee
Garrett Hillyer
Garrett Hillyer
Chase Benbow2017-18 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Kelli Acopan & Chad WolkeGraduate Awards
Michael Kline
Shirley Buchanan
Stephen Garrett
Tokikake Ii
Sarah Tamashiro & Steven Fluckiger
Zachary Long
Mei XuFaculty Awards and Recognition
Prof. Harrison Kim2016-17 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Caroline Kikkawa
Miranda Kam
Sherra Dugan & Emily KoGraduate Awards
Lee English
“Does China fit within Current World History Parameters?”
Michael Kline
Alex Holowicki
Steven Fluckiger & Toshiaki Liu
Michael Corsi
Tokikake Ii
Stephen Garrett
Noah Dolim & Catherine Ulep
Robert York
Mei Xu
Shirley Buchanan
Tomoko FukushimaFaculty Awards and Recognition
Prof. John Rosa2015-16 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Jeff Uyemura-ReyesGraduate Awards
Michael Kline
Mark Shoberg
Alhadini Conder
Michael Corsi
Tokikake Ii
Ed Hoogland
Hieu Phung
Aaron Moralina
Matt Cavert
Brandon TachcoFaculty Awards and Recognition
Prof. Leonard Andaya2014-15 Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Von Dickens UlsaGraduate Awards
Matt Cavert
Matt Cavert
Matt Cavert
Tomoko Fukushima
Savannah, Georgia from June 30-July 2, 2015, Student Travel Grant
Alex HolowickiFaculty Awards and Recognition
Prof. Kieko Matteson
