Chiyoko Doris '34 and Toshio Hoshide
Distinguished Teaching Prize in
Asian American Studies at UCLA
2009
The Asian American Studies Center is very pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Keith Camacho of the Department of Asian American Studies and Professor Lois Takahashi of the Department of Urban Planning (with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Asian American Studies) are this year's recipients of the C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies at UCLA.
The Hoshide Prize was established by C. Doris Hoshide '34 of Rockville, MD to annually recognize outstanding am outstanding professor in Asian American Studies. This is the first time that two faculty members were selected for the award. Both received a number of glowing assessments of their teaching, advising, and mentoring from undergraduate and graduate students.
Professor Camacho received his BA from the University of Guam and his PhD in history from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He teaches highly popular core courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Asian American Studies Department, and has played a major leadership role in developing courses, research projects, and community partnerships focusing on Pacific Islander Studies. His students applauded his dynamic and innovative teaching style, his deep interest in their welfare, and the multidisciplinary expertise of the history, cultures, and present conditions of the Pacific Islands that he shared with them.
Professor Takahashi received her BA from UC Berkeley, MS in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and her PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Southern California. She teaches graduate courses in Advanced Planning Theory and History, Locational Conflict, Homelessness, Housing and Social Service Issues, and Urban Policy and Planning. She is the new Director of the University of California Asian American and Pacific Islander Multi-campus Research Program that is housed at the Asian American Studies Center. Professor Takahashi's students provided glowing reviews of her engaging teaching approach, the extraordinary commitment she makes in advising her students and guiding the development of their dissertations, and the example she sets in being a scholar engaged in real world issues and solutions.
** The prize comes with a $1000 award.
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