EDUCATION
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada
Thesis: “Vietnamese Tone: Tone is not Pitch“
M.A., Linguistics, University of Toronto
B.A., Linguistics and Literature, University of Hue, Hue city, Vietnam.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Vietnamese and Linguistics. Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Florida. 2010-present.
Assistant Professor of Vietnamese Language and Linguistics. Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Florida. 2002-2010.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Language and Linguistics, York University, Toronto. 2001-2002.
Instructor, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto. Summer 2002.
Instructor of Vietnamese, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto. 1999-2002.
SERVICE – DISCIPLINARY
2021-2024
Member, Fulbright U.S. Student Program National Screening Committee (English Teaching Assistantships in Southeast Asia), administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers recent graduates and graduate students the opportunities for research, study, or teaching assistantships in over 140 countries.
2013-2015
Test Reviewer, Defense Language Institute (DLI), USA.
2010-2015
President, Group of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese Studies in America (GUAVA). Universities included Yale, Harvard, Cornell, UCLA, University of Washington, Arizona University, University of Florida, etc.
2006-2010
Director of Administrative Affairs, national Group of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese Studies Abroad (GUAVA).
2008
“On controversial issues of teaching Vietnamese spelling and Issues on Vietnamese culture through proverbs and folk songs.” Sole lecturer for a one-day Training Workshop (8 am – 5 pm) for Teachers of Vietnamese K-12 and Heritage Programs in Central and South Florida, Orlando. June 7.
2007
Field Director of Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI). Hanoi, Vietnam, summer.
2006
“Issues on the Vietnamese sound system, syntax, and dialects; Introduction to poetic language.” Sole lecturer for a three-day Training Workshop for Teachers of Vietnamese K-12 and Heritage Programs in Central and South Florida, Orlando, August 18–20.
2004 – present
Linguistic consultant for Lexicon Branding Co. (name new products worldwide)
Reviewer
Book manuscripts Colloquial Vietnamese by Tuan Duc Vuong and John Moore, 2nd edition. Routledge Publisher, 2011.
Grant Proposals National Science Foundation, 2003-04, 2004-05; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2003-04.
Journal articles The Heritage Language Journal; Journal of Phonetics; The Linguistics Review; Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society; Language; Southwest Journal of Linguistics.
Conferences (Abstracts reviewer) WECOL and West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015.
Tenure &Promotion University of Maryland, University of Washington.
SERVICE – INSTITUTIONAL
International Student Center (UFIC)
Program Director, Study Abroad Faculty-Led Leadership (SALP), UF in Vietnam, 2019-present.
Design the program, design and teach VTN4930 “Vietnam in Context” course for the program, and work on recruiting students in FL.
Academic Faculty Advisor, Student Exchange Program between UF and National University of Singapore, 2014-2018.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and University of Florida
Member, Nomination Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 2016–2018.
Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 2005–2007.
Faculty & Chapter Advisor (Kappa Phi Lambda). 2005-2007.
Member, Search Committee, a tenure-accruing line in South/Southeast Asian Buddhism in Religious, Department.
Faculty Advisor of EMPRESS and various students’ organizations at UF 2002-present
Department of African & Asian Languages and Literatures (AALL) and Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures (LLC)
Chair, Merit Raise Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2021-23
Chair, Search Committee for a Visiting Lecturer in Korean Language and Culture, LLC, 2020
Member, Merit Raise Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2019-2021
Member, Travel Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2016-2018
Member, Zirger Fellowship Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2014-2018.
Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2008-present.
Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2012-2014.
Chair, Peer Evaluation Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 2010-11; Member 2012-13.
Seminar Co-ordinator, AALL, Fall 2006.
Chair, Search Committee for a lecturer in Korean, AALL, 2005-2006.
Member, Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee, 2002-present.
Member, Search Committee for a tenure-track position for Akan/Twi studies, AALL, 2004-2005.
Undergraduate Co-ordinator for Vietnamese Language Program, 2002-present.
Ph. D. Thesis committees (member)
University of Florida, Department of Linguistics
Woo, Minjae. “An Investigation of Vowel Length and Tone Assignment in North Kyungsang Korean Native and Borrowed Word”, Department of Linguistics, 2020-present.
Chen, Si. “A Phonetic and Phonological Investigation of the Tone System of Chongming Chinese”, Department of Linguistics, UF, 2011-14 (completed).
Khaodeedech Donruethai, “Thai tone acquisition”, 2007-09 (completed).
Yunjuan He, “The production of Mandarin coarticulated tones by American speakers”, 2006-09 (completed).
Priyangkoo Sarmah, “Tone Correspondence among the Languages of Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo subfamily of Tibeto-Burman Family of Languages”, 2005-09 (completed).
University of Florida, Department of Mathematics (external member)
Julien Sorci 2018 – 2020 (completed)
John Streese 2020 – present
University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Linguistics Jeff Stebbins, “A Usage-Based Approach to Tonogenesis in Southeast Asia,” 2006-2010 (completed).
COURSES TAUGHT
LIN 228 Phonetics
LIN 100 Introduction to Linguistics
LIN 3201 Sounds of Human Language
VTN 1130 Beginning Vietnamese I
VTN 1131 Beginning Vietnamese II
VTN 2220 Intermediate Vietnamese I
VTN 2221 Intermediate Vietnamese II
VTN 2340 Vietnamese for Heritage Learners I
VTT 3500 Vietnamese Culture
VTN 4905 Independent Studies
VTN 4930 Special Topics in Vietnamese Studies
VTN 4930 Structure of Vietnamese
LIN 4930/LIN 6571 Structure of Vietnamese
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
- 2021-2024 University of Florida Term Professorship
- 2019-2022 Leadership of Overseas Study Program Grant
- 2019-2020 Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund, CLAS, University of Florida.
- 2018-2019 Full-year sabbatical leave, CLAS, University of Florida.
- 2017-2018 Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree, CLAS, University of Florida.
- 2016-2017 Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund, University of Florida.
- 2010 Spring One term sabbatical leave, CLAS, University of Florida.
- 2006-2007 Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund, University of Florida.
- 2002-2003 Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund, University of Florida.
- 2002-2003 Freeman and State scholarships, UF, for Development of the Vietnamese Curriculum.
- 2001-2002 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2001-2002 University of Toronto Postdoctoral Fellowship (denied).
- 2000-2001 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship.
- 2000-2001 Ontario Graduate Doctoral Scholarship (denied).
- 2000-2001 University of Toronto Foundation Graduate Award.
- 1999-2000 Canada Study Grant, Ministry of Education and Training.
- 1998-2000 Ontario Graduate Doctoral Scholarship.