Hang T. T. Tran, PhD

Books (2)

Tran, T. T. H. (2026, in press). When Food Is Not Food: Understanding the Impacts of Culturally Relevant Food Offerings on Refugee and Immigrant Families, Children, and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan.

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://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5818-4

Book Chapters (1)

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 (5 Scopus, 8 International, 2 National)

Reid, N., & Tran, T. T. H. (2025). When Micro Is Not Micro: Supporting Flourishing in Teacher Education in Canada Through a Microcertificate in Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Pedagogies and Practices. Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 29(2), 99-111.

Reid, N., & Tran, T. T. H. (2025). Engaging with/in the Messiness of Curriculum Alongside Educators in a Trauma-Informed Microcertificate. LEARNing Landscapes, (29), 193-208. https://doi.org/10.36510/learnland.vi29.1150 [Scopus-Q3]

Tran, T. T. H., Khan, S., Bui, T. A., Kenton, D., Serekharan, S., Lu, O. (2024). Making Kin with Multispecies’ Flourishing in the Anthropocene: A Multiperspectival Narrative Into Environmental and Sustainability Education. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 70(2), 224-248. [Scopus-Q3]

Tran, T. T. H. (2024). Teaching Environment and Sustainability: Experiences of a Vietnamese Educator Living in Canada. Journal of Environment and Sustainability Education, 2(2), 61-72.

Tran, T. T. H. (2024). Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multiperspectival Narrative of Vietnamese University Students. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, 15(1), 1-10. [Scopus-Q4]

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. 

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. [Scopus-Q1]

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, 25(1), 3-18. ISSN 1927-6117 [Scopus-Q3]

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.

Tran, T. T. H. (2003). A Comparison Investigation into Verbs of Cognition in English and Vietnamese. Proceedings of the Student Research Conference, Da Nang City, Vietnam.

 

Keynote and Conference Presentations

Tran, T. T. H. (2024). Culturally Relevant Food Offerings and Their Impact on the Mental Health of Refugees and Immigrants in Canada. Canada Metropolis Summit, Vancouver, BC.

Tran, T. T. H. (2024). Walking Alongside Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in the Complex Times. Canada Trauma Symposium. Montreal, Quebec.

Tran, T. T. H. (2024). Walking Alongside Young Children in Complex Times: Messages to the Social Workers. Invited talk for the Canadian Association of Social Workers.

Tran, T. T. H. (2024). Narrative Research with Immigrant and Refugee Children, Youth, and Families in Canada. Invited talk for the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.

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.