I am a bilingual professional with a diverse background in language studies, education, and technical support. Currently, I am a Lecturer of Vietnamese in the Heritage Language Program at the Linguistics Department, UC San Diego. Previously, I taught Vietnamese at the the Department of Asian and Middle East Studies, UNC (online)and the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literature at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where I share my expertise and passion for the language with students.
EDUCATION
| 2023 | M.A., SECOND LANGUAGE STUDIES University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA [Scholarly Paper: How do classifiers facilitate Vietnamese heritage speakers’ predictive processing?][Awarded the Harry Whitten Prize for Scholarly Excellence] |
| 2014 | B.A., ENGLISH LANGUAGE Thai Nguyen University, College of Languages, Vietnam |
| 2010 | B.A., HISTORY EDUCATION Thai Nguyen University, College of Education, Vietnam |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2023-Present | Lecturer of Vietnamese Department of Linguistics, UC San Diego |
| 2020 – 2023 | Web Resources Coordinator UH CSEAS, 1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall Room 405, Honolulu, HI 96822 https://www.cseashawaii.org |
| 2017 – 2020 | E-Commerce & Logistics Manager Hanalei Company, 3615 Harding Ave, Honolulu, HI 96816 https://www.hanaleicompany.com & https://www.elizabethmott.com |
| 2015 – 2016 | Technical Support Specialist Thai Nguyen University of Information & Communication Technology Center for Software Development, Quyet Thang, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam http://en.ictu.edu.vn |
| 2013 – 2015 | Customer Service Representative Diamond Media., JSC., Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam http://callcenter.vn |
Other Experience
| 2018 – 2022 | ACTFL Certified OPIc Rater of Vietnamese The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages https://www.actfl.org & https://www.languagetesting.com |
| 2017 – 2022 | VIETNAMESE Translator & Interpreter JN Productions, Inc., 2153 N. King Street. Suite 305, Honolulu, HI 96819 https://www.jnproductions.com |
| 2017 – 2019 | Research Assistant (Vietnamese Data) Hawaii Pacific University, 1 Aloha Tower Dr, Honolulu, HI 96813 https://www.hpu.edu |
Professional Development
| 2023 | NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop Center for World Languages, UCLA https://sites.google.com/view/nhlrc-workshop/home |
| 2022 | Course Design & Material Development for Specific Purposes and Heritage Learners, Virtual Vietnamese Pedagogy Workshop East Asian Languages And Cultures Department, Columbia University |
| The Fundamentals of Digital Accessibility Kapi‘olani Community College, University of Hawaiʻi, USA | |
| Genre-Based Language Teaching Indiana University’s Portal to Professional Education https://expand.iu.edu/browse/language-wkshp/courses/genre-based-language-teaching | |
| Preparing to Teach Online (PTTO) at UH <view the certificate> UH Online Innovation Center, University of Hawaiʻi, USA https://www.uhonline.hawaii.edu/uhoic/programs/ptto | |
| 2021 | Online Teaching Fundamentals for TAs <view the digital badge> College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA https://badgr.com/public/assertions/Ia_WrHKsQoClCM9YR7cLBA |
| 2020 | Elearning Essentials: Instructional Design Linked LEARNING https://www.linkedin.com/learning/elearning-essentials-instructional-design |
| 2019 | New Interpreter Training Language Services Hawaii, LLC |
| 2019 | Integrating Technology into Language Teaching Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers http://halthome.org/?page_id=1524 |
| 2018 | Comprehension-Based Communicative Language Teaching (CBCLT) HALT Summer Summit, Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers http://halthome.org/?page_id=966 |
| 2018 | OPIc Rater Training & Certification The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) https://www.actfl.org |
Grants and Awards
| 2023 | ELIZABETH CARR HOLMES SCHOLARSHIP ($500) Department of Second Language Studies, UHM |
| HARRY WHITTEN PRIZE FOR SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE ($200) Department of Second Language Studies, UHM | |
| RUTH CRYMES MEMORIAL GRANT ($500) Department of Second Language Studies, UHM | |
| 2022 | GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION Grant for Research Materials ($700) University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa |
| 2020 | Achievement Scholarship Tuition Award ($3,000) Department of Second Language Studies, UHM |