Scholarships

The Asian American Studies Center provides scholarships to qualified undergraduate and graduate students who want to pursue educational and research opportunities in Asian and Asian American Studies fields.

Since 1998 the Center has provided over $465,000 worth of scholarships and student assistant funds to more than 175 students.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

The scholarship application is closed and typically opens in January. Students who minor in Asian American Studies or take/plan to take Asian American Studies courses (such as AAMS 2300, AAMS 4300…), demonstrate academic excellence and have a GPA of 2.7 or higher are eligible.

Here are just a few of the student scholarship recipients from past years:

Academic Excellence Scholarship Recipients $1,000
	Saman Essa (Program: Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology)
	Jaqueline Jimenez (Major: Business)
	Jessica Leung (Major: Communications Sciences and Disorders)
	Areej Munir (Major: Psychology)
	Elizabeth Noh (Major: Teaching and Learning)
	Nahanael Tan (Major: Religious Studies)
	Man Duong (Major: Economics)
	Audrey Luong (Major: Biology)
	Lauren Meagher (Major: Media Production)
	Lillian Vo (Major: Industrial Design)
	Elizabeth Whitehead (Major: English)
	Denny Do (Major:Dietian/Nutrition)
	Silvia Romo-Duarte ( Major: English/Creatvie Writing)
	Thomas Santos ( Major: English/Creative Writing)
	Andrew Wells (Major: Liberal Studies)

Research Scholarship Recipents $2000
	Jason Bergeron (Alum: Ph.D. in Higher Education)
	Daniel Chu (Graduate student: Creative Writing program)
	Anthony Foster (Graduate student at UH, previously graduated from Rice University)
	Silvester Mata (Graduate student: Ph.D. in Higher Education)
	Trang Phan (Graduate student: Ph.D. in Higher Education)
	Toni Templeton (Alum: Ph.D. in Higher Education)
	Rachel Junior (Major: Anthropology, Minor: Asian American Studies) awarded a $1000 scholarship
	Tina Carrell Jones (Major: Sociology, Minor: Asian American Studies) awarded a $800 scholarship
	Elisa Leal (Major: Chinese Studies, Minor: Asian American Studies) awarded a $800 scholarship
	JianQiang Shi (Major: Human Development and Family Studies, Minor: Asian American Studies) awarded a $800 scholarship
	Fanny Kuang (Major: Psychology, Minor: Asian American Studies) awarded a $800 scholarship