Dr. Bill Howe is the Past-Chair of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission and Past-President of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). He is a regular presenter at state and national conferences and has appeared on both radio and television on diversity issues. In addition, he has been quoted in the New York Times, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, and other news publications and journals.

On May 2, 2015 Dr. Howe received an  Official Citation from the Connecticut General Assembly in recognition of a Commitment and Leadership to the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Community in Higher Education and Public Service. In 2015 he has was recognized by Teachers College/Columbia University as a Distinguished Alumni. In 2019 he received the Ebenezer D. Bassett Distinguished Humanitarian Award for Civil Rights and Equity from Central Connecticut State University.

He is on the Editorial Boards of Multicultural Perspectives, the official journal of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and the Journal of Family Diversity in Education. Dr. Howe is the co-author of a textbook on multicultural education – “Becoming a multicultural educator: Developing awareness, gaining skills, and taking action” published by SAGE. The best-selling textbook won the 2013 Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education. This text is now in its third edition and also published in Chinese.