The University of California Ann C. Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prizes for 2004 - 2005 will be awarded to four professors three of whom are APA professors: Bob Nakamura for his longtime collaboration with Visual Communications, Paul Ong for his work with Leadership Education for Asian Pacific, and Kenneth Chuang for his service with the Venice Community Health Clinic.
Nakamura is a professor in the departments of Asian American studies and film and television. He also holds the endowed chair in Japanese American studies. Ong is a professor in urban planning, chair of the faculty advisory committee of the Asian American Studies Center and senior editor of the center's AAPI Nexus journal. Chuang is an assistant professor of psychiatry and has provided psychiatric evaluations for torture victims seeking political asylum.
The prize of $15,000 is divided equally between the recipients and the community organization. (Source: AsianWeek, Feb, 11, 2005).