Award Choice Magazine

University of California, Berkeley (Distinguished Teaching Award, 1978)

Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award (1986)

American Historical Association (Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, 1987)

Association for Asian American Studies (Lifetime Achievement Award - 1997, Outstanding Book Award - 1988, History and Social Science Book Award - 2001, History Book Award, 2004)

Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Civil Rights (Outstanding Book Award, 1992)

University of California, Santa Barbara (Asian American Faculty and Staff Association’s Distinguished Lecturer Award - 1998, Margaret T. Getman to Students Award - 1994)