Some of this faculty member's accomplishments include:

• Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Oregon Encyclopedia, www.oregonencyclopedia.org
• Presenter, speeches & workshops on Japanese Americans during World War II
• John McClelland Award for article in The COLUMBIA, Washington State Historical Society
• Author, The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese American Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley, University of Illinois Press
• Author, upcoming book on Hood River Japanese American World War II veterans, University of Washington Press
  
• University service award
• Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum of Oregon
• Fall 2010 sabbatical, Tokyo International University