Education
PhD in Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada (2015-2021)
Thesis: Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Vietnamese Children and Mothers Composing Lives in Transition to Canada
Master of Arts in TESOL, School of Education, Victoria University, Australia (2007-2010)
Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching, Da Nang University of Foreign Language Studies, Vietnam (1999-2003)
Awards
University of Regina President's Research Seed Grant (Regina-Canada, 2023)
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Narrative Research Outstanding Dissertation Award (Chicago-US, 2023)
Post Doctoral Fellowship Award, Government of Canada & University of Regina (2022-2025)
Canadian Association of Teacher Education (CATE) Recognition Award (Toronto-Canada, 2022)
Web of Science Publish Award, Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam, 2020)
Dr. Mary Young Memorial Award, University of Alberta (Canada, 2019)
J Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research, University of Alberta (Canada, 2019)
GSA Travel Grants, Graduate Students' Association, University of Alberta (Canada, 2017 & 2018)
Residence Community Award, University of Alberta (Canada, 2017)
Myer Horowitz Travel Award, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta (Canada, 2017)
PhD Project 911 Award (2015-2019)
Young Lecturer Research Award, Ho Chi Minh University of Technical Education (Vietnam, 2014)
Students’ Science Research Award, University of Da Nang (Vietnam, 2003)
The Most Excellent 12th Grader Award, Lam Dong province (Vietnam,1999)
National Award for Vietnamese Literature Writing (Vietnam, 1999)
Professional Associations
Reviewer, Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers (2023-2025)
Reviewer, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting (2022-2024)
Editor, The 13th Engaging With Vietnam International Conference Proceedings, Amsterdam University Press (2023)
Reviewer, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Conferences (2019-2023)
Reviewer, Proceedings of Engaging With Vietnam International Conferences (2017-2019)
Reviewer, Proceedings of VietTESOL International Conferences (2017-2023)
Reviewer, Research Showcases of Graduate Students, University of Alberta (2017-2020)
Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Member, Canadian Association of Teacher Education (CATE)
Member, Canadian Association for Educational Psychology (CAEP)
Member, VietTESOL Association
Trainer, National Foreign Language Project 2020, Government of Vietnam
Teaching
Postgraduates courses
Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Pedagogies and Practices in Education (Canada)
Processes of Curriculum Development (Canada)
Contemporary Issues in Elementary Mathematics Education (Canada)
Undergraduate courses
Teaching Language and Literacy in Multilingual Classrooms (Canada)
Communication Through Mathematics Education (Canada)
Issues in Elementary Mathematics Education (Canada)
English Skills for English Majors (Vietnam)
General English for Non-English Majors (Vietnam)
English for TOEIC (Vietnam)
English for Business (Vietnam)
English for Banking and Finance (Vietnam)
English – Vietnamese Translation/Interpretation (Vietnam)
History of the English Language (Vietnam)
English Language Teaching Practicum (Vietnam)
Professional training programs
Graduate Teaching and Learning Level 2, University of Alberta, Canada (2021)
Graduate Teaching and Learning Level 1, University of Alberta, Canada (2020)
Improving Pedagogical Competence for Vietnamese Primary English Language Teachers, Vietnam (2013)
Improving EFL Proficiency for Vietnamese Primary English Language Teachers, Vietnam (2012)
Research Interests
Language/Mathematics teacher education and development
Refugee and immigrant children, youth, and families
Multispecies' flourishing and education
Child and youth mental health
Familial curriculum making
Narrative inquiry
Publications
Books
Tran, T. T. H. (2023). A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Vietnamese Children and Mothers in Canada: Composing Lives in Transition, Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community. Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-5818-4
Book Chapters
Khan, S., Karrow, D., Tran, T. T. H., & LaFrance, S. (2022). Plantation Logics and STEM Economics: Make Kin as Education for Multispecies’ Flourishing. In A. Farrell & C. Skyhar, Teaching in the Anthropocene. Canadian Scholars.
Journal Articles
Tran, T. T. H. (2023). Analyzing Children's Oral Language in an English Language Arts Classroom. E-Journal of Inquiry into Languages and Cultures, 7(3), 263-273. https://jilc.vn/index.php/tckhnnvh/article/view/359/pdf
Tran, T. T. H., Bui, T. A., Rajasekharan, S., Kenton, D., Lu, O., & Khan, S. (2023). Making Kin with Multispecies' Flourishing in the Anthropocene: A Multiperspectival Narrative. Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (JAAACS), 16(1).
Khan, S., LaFrance, S., & Tran, H. T. T. (2022). After plantations’ precarities: curating math-thematic curriculum plots in initial teacher education for multispecies’ flourishing and a freedom-yet-to-come. Research in Mathematics Education, 24(2), 170-186. [ESCI/Scopus (Q1)]
https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2022.2090421
Tran, T. H. T., & Bui, T. A. (2021). Living in Transition to Teacher Education in Canada: Personal Reflections and Portraits of Two Vietnamese Female Doctoral Students. Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 25(2), 26-40.
https://doi.org/10.26522/jiste.v25i2.3667
Khan, S. K., Tran, H. T. T., & LaFrance, S. (2021). Mathematics for Multispecies’ Flourishing. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Mathematics Education and Society Conference (MES 11), Germany, pp. 555-564, Tredition.
Tran, T. T. H., Khan, S., & La France, S. (2020). Mathematics for multispecies’ flourishing: Make kin with Vietnamese Bánh Chưng. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 36. http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/education/research/centres/stem/publications/pmej/pome36/index.html
Tran, T. T. H. (2019). An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of a Vietnamese Mother: Living Alongside Children in Transition to Canada. In Education Journal, Vol 25, No 1 (2019), pages 3-18. ISSN 1927-6117 [ESCI/Scopus (Q1)]
Tran, T. T. H. (2018). An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry: Assessing Vietnamese Children's Experiential Learning of English as a Second Language. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning Today: Diversity and Unity of Language Education in the Globalised Landscape, May 2018, Ho Chi Minh city, pp. 467-493, ISBN 978-604-73-6009-3
Tran, T. T. H. (2018). Narrative Inquiry: A Window to Understand Experiences of Learning English of Vietnamese Children in Canada. Proceedings of the 3rd VietTESOL International Conference: English Language Education in Diverse Contexts, Vietnam National University Press, pp. 58-68, ISBN 978-604-968-552-1
Tran, T. T. H. (2014). Designing Computer-based Objective English Tests for Non-English Majors: More than just an Educational Tool. Proceedings of the International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, Vietnam.
Keynote and Conference Presentations
Tran, T. T. H. (2023). Research, Dissemination, Advocacy, and Community: The Story of Child Trauma Research Centre. Keynote presentation at the Youth Mental Health Sharing and Learning, Saskatchewan Health Quality Council, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. & Reid, N. (2023). Trauma-Sensitive Spaces: The Student Achievement & Support Branch. Keynote presentation at the Ministry of Education Training Series, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Reid, N. & Tran, T. T. H. (2022). The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom: Newcomer and Refugee Students and Their Teachers/Educators. Keynote presentation at the Ministry of Education Summit, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Pham, M. N., Le, T. N. D., Quach, N. N. Q., Nguyen, P. T. T., & Tran, T. T. H. (2022). The Experiences of Vietnamese Students Learning Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Collaborative Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry. Paper presented at the 13th Engaging With Vietnam international conference, Ho Chi Minh City-Tra Vinh, Vietnam.
Tran, T. T. H. (2022). Living Culturally, Ethically Relational Ways with Co-Researchers in Narrative Inquiry. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Diego, USA.
Tran, T. T. H. (2022). Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Vietnamese Children and Mothers Composing Lives in Transition to Canada. Paper presented at the Canadian Congress - CSSE 2022, Ontario, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2022). Towards a Polylogic Pedagogy in Making Kin with and for Multispecies’ Flourishing: A Multiperspectival Narrative. Paper presented at the Teaching and Learning Here and Now conference, University of Regina, SK, Canada.
Khan, S., LaFrance, S., & Tran, T. T. H. (2020). Curating Flourishing I/identities in Elementary Mathematics Pre-service Teacher Education: Becoming the Math Teachers They Wish They'd had. Paper presented at the Canadian Congress - CSSE 2020, Ontario, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2020). Attending Familial Curriculum Making: Vietnamese Newcomer Children and Families in Canada. Paper presented at Canadian Congress - CSSE 2020, Ontario, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. & Bui, T. A. (2020). Life in Transition: Portraits of Two Female Vietnamese Doctoral Students in Canada. Paper presented at Canadian Congress - CSSE 2020, Ontario, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H., Khan, S., & LaFrance, S. (2020). Mathematics for Multispecies' Flourishing: A Case of Make Kin Vietnamese Chung Cake (Bánh Chưng). Festival of Teaching and Learning 2020, University of Alberta, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2019). Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of Composing Lives in Transition: Vietnamese Newcomer Children and Mothers in Canada. Paper presented at Canadian Congress - CSSE 2019, Vancouver, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2019). Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of Vietnamese Newcomer Children and Mothers in Transition to Canada. Paper presented at the Narrative Research SIGs - American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2019, Toronto, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2019). Weaving Ways of Knowing Through Learning to Think Narratively. Paper presented at the 11th Graduate Research Showcase, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2017). Narrative Inquiry: A Window to Understand Experiences of Learning English of Vietnamese Children in Canada. Paper presented at the 3rd VietTESOL International Conference: English Language Education in Diverse Contexts, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.
Tran, T. T. H. (2017). Unpacking the Experiences of Professional Development: A Window to Engage with Primary English Language Teachers in Vietnam. Paper presented at the 9th Engaging with Vietnam International Conference, Ho Chi Minh city – Binh Duong – An Giang, Vietnam, 26 December 2017 – 4 January 2018.
Tran, T. T. H. (2017). Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of Vietnamese Immigrant Children in Transition to Canadian Schools. Paper presented at the 9th Research Showcase Workshop for Graduates at Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2017). Narrative Inquiry: A Window to Understand Experiences of Vietnamese Immigrant Children in Transition to Canada. Paper presented at the International Conference on Social Sciences, Economics and Education, University of Toronto, Canada.
Hang, T. T. T. (2014). Designing Computer-based Objective English Tests for Non-English Majors: More than just an Educational Tool. Proceedings of the International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
Tran, T. T. H. (2003). An Investigation to Lexical Verbs Denoting Cognition in English and Vietnamese. Proceedings of the Science Research Conference of Da Nang University, Vietnam.
Research projects
Tran, T. T. H. (2023-2025). Culturally Relevant Food Offerings and Their Mental Health Impacts for Refugee and Newcomer Families, Children, and Youth in Canada: A Narrative Inquiry. Postdoctoral Grant, Canada.
Reid, N., Tran, T. T. H., & Turcotte, N. (2022-2023). Building a Facilitator Community to Create a Micro-Credential in Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Pedagogies and Practices in Support of Educator and Student Mental Health. SHRF Connections Grant, Canada.
Khan, S., LaFrance, S., & Tran, T. T. H. (2019). Multispecies Flourishing in Mathematics Teacher Education. SSHRC Connection Grant, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2014). Computer-based Objective Test System for General English Courses. Research Grant for Young Lecturers in Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education, Vietnam.
Book Reviews
Q: Skills for Success – Reading and Writing 1. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2010.
Q: Skills for Success – Reading and Writing 2. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2011.
Q: Skills for Success – Reading and Writing 3. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2011.
Q: Skills for Success – Reading and Writing 4. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2011.
Q: Skills for Success – Reading and Writing 5. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2011.
Unpublished works
Tran, T. T. H. (2010). Using Student-Presented Lectures to Deepen Students’ Understanding at Banking University. Unpublished Master thesis, Victoria University, Australia.
Tran, T. T. H. (2018). Tiếng Việt 1/ Vietnamese Grade 1. Edmonton Vietnamese Language School, Canada.
Tran, T. T. H. (2018). Tiếng Việt 2/ Vietnamese Grade 2. Edmonton Vietnamese Language School, Canada.
Thesis Supervision and Examination
Supervising the FFL Students' Project (UTE Student Research 2022, Certificate of Merit awarded) Title: The Experiences of Vietnamese Students Learning Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Collaborative Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry
Students: Pham Minh Nhat, Le Thi Ngoc Diem, Quach Ngoc Nha Quynh, Nguyen Phi Thuy Trang
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