Three UCLA Researchers Receive Pacific Rim Grants 2010-2011

By Kelsey Sharpe for UCLA Today (article unavailable).

The University of California Pacific Rim Research Program has announced its grants for 2010-2011, and included among the recipients are a UCLA faculty member and two UCLA graduate students. The program stresses new research that is focused on the Pacific Rim as a unique geographic area and crosses national and disciplinary boundaries. This year, $504,414 in grants was distributed.
 
Cameron Campbell, professor of sociology, has been awarded a $30,280 initiative grant for his publication, "Social and Demographic Impacts of Climate Shocks in 18th and 19th century China, Japan and Korea."
 
Sociology graduate student Elena Shih has been awarded a $20,000 grant for "Globalizing Morality and Justice: Local Orientations Towards Women's Work in Faith-Based and Rights-Based Organizations in the Transnational Anti-Trafficking Movement."
 
Steven Rodriguez, a graduate student in history, has been awarded $6,381 for "Whose Paradise? The Dilemma of Conflicting Models of World Heritage Parks in Contemporary Southeast Asia."

A fourth award of $15,000 was also granted to Jiye Heo, a graduate student in history, for "Siamese Overseas Trade and State Control of Resources."