Amerasia Journal invites fac­ulty to nom­i­nate excep­tional grad­u­ate stu­dent essays (mas­ters and doc­toral level) in the inter­dis­ci­pli­nary field of Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies for the Lucie Cheng Prize. The win­ning arti­cle will be pub­lished in Amerasia Journal, and $1000 will be awarded.

The Lucie Cheng Prize hon­ors the late Professor Lucie Cheng (1939−2010), a long­time fac­ulty mem­ber of UCLA and the first per­ma­nent direc­tor of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (1972−1987). Professor Cheng was a pio­neer­ing scholar who brought an early and endur­ing transna­tional focus to the study of Asian Americans and issues such as labor and immigration.

Submission: Nomination must be sub­mit­ted via email by the grad­u­ate advi­sor no later than October 1, 2011 and include:

1. Graduate Advisor Name, Title, Institution, and Contact Information
2. Graduate Advisor Recommendation (500 word limit)
3. Graduate Student Brief CV (2 page)
4. Essay (5000−7000 words) in WORD file accord­ing to the Amerasia Journal Style Sheet

Submit Materials and Queries to: ajprize@​aasc.​ucla.​edu