Iris Chang

                              2007   

Selection Process


The preliminary screening focused on basic English proficiency to ensure adequate and unambiguous expressions of concepts and thoughts.  The resulting subset of the essays then was subjected to three stages of evaluation.  

In stage I, each essay was reviewed by two of the eleven jury members.   As a result, 51 essays were selected.   Then, in stage II, five judges read every one of the 51 works and passed 21 essays for selection of the winners.  Finally, in stage III, each of a panel of four judges independently reviewed all 21 essays and voted for the three top prize  winners.  Four Iris Chang Youth Awards and 14 Honorable Mentions among these 21 writers were also chosen.  A note on the Iris Chang Youth Awards this year:  an additional award was given due to a tie.  The remaining 30 of the 51 essays evaluated in stage II were recognized as  the Essays of Distinction.    Among the 30 Essays of Distinction, 12 (40%) were written by high school students. These young writers received a Certificate of Merit.

Jury Panel  (Names arranged in alphabetical order):

 
Prof.   Kuei-Sheng Chang (WA, USA)
Professor Emeritus of Geography at University of Washington

Steven Clemons (Washington D. C., USA)
Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
and publisher, www.TheWashingtonNote.com
 
Prof.  Richard Chu (NY, USA)
Professor Emeritus of History at Rochester Institute of Technology, founding president of the Society for Studying 20th Century China in North America and co-founder and the second president of the Society for Studies of Japanese Aggression Against China
 
Ignatius Y. Ding (CA, USA)
Executive Vice President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia

Werner Gruhl (MD, USA)
Author of  Imperial Japan's World War Two 1931-1945 and retired Chief of NASA's Cost and Economic Analysis Branch.

Dr. George Koo (CA, USA)
International Consultant at Deloitte and former Vice Chairman of Committee 100

Michael Lee (CA, USA)
Board member of the Association for Preserving the Historical Accuracy of Foreign Invasions in China (APHAFIC)

Prof.  Peter Li (CA, USA)
Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and President (2007-2008) of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia

Thekla Lit (B.C., Canada)
President of B.C. Canada ALPHA, Co-chair of Canada ALPHA (Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia )

Jiu-Fong Lo (WA, USA)
Instructor (retired) of English language, Seattle Community College and writer

Jack Meng (CA, USA)
Vice President of the Association for Preserving the Historical Accuracy of Foreign Invasions in China (APHAFIC)

Prof. John Price (B.C., Canada)
Professor of History at University of Victoria

Rodger Scott, Ph.D. (CA, USA)
Corresponding Secretary of Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition (RNRC) and faculty member of San Francisco City College

Dr.  Peter  Stanek (CA, USA)
Chairman of Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition (RNRC)

Jane Wu Tcheng (VA, USA)
Officer of Virginia-ALPHA (Virginia Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia) and interpreter for the American Red Cross Language Bank, Norfolk, Virginia.

Dr. Ping Tcheng (VA, USA)
Secretary General of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia

Kaimay Yuen Terry (MN, USA)
President of Minnesota Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia