Expertise:
- Migration & Immigration
- Development & Social Change
- Occupation & Gender Stratification
- Racial & Ethnic Minorities
Professional/ Work Experience:
Teaching experience
- Lecturer & Head of General Skills & Knowledge Section, General Education Program, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City, March 2011-.
Courses taught: Critical Thinking, Introduction to Research Methods, Gender and Development, Professional Ethics: Issues in Contemporary Vietnam
- Lecturer, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 1997- 2000. Courses taught:
English Reading Comprehension, Advanced Level
Multiculturalism in Australia(co-teach with Clare Doube, using English as the medium of instruction)
Australian Contemporary Society (English as the medium of instruction)
LIBRARY SCIENCE EXPERIENCE
- Research Library Assistant, Boston University School of Theology Library, 2004 – 2008.
Cataloging monographs and scores in the Research Collection using INNOPAC, Innovative Millennium, OCLC Connexion and OCLC Client. Work under the direction of the Technical Services Librarian to perform copy-cataloging: download matching records from OCLC; adjust resulting bibliographic records in local database; add item records to local databases; search and download authorities and subject headings.
- NELINET Certificate of Professional Development in Cataloging, June 2007.
Authority Record Control (online) - June 2007
- Understanding MARC Format (online) - May 2007
- OCLC Local Holdings Maintenance - May 2007
- OCLC Connexion Client Time-saving Techniques - Apr/May 2007
- OCLC Power Searching for Catalogers - Sep 27, 2006
- OCLC Connexion Client Basics - Oct 04, 2006
- Preservation/Conservation Library Assistant, Boston University School of Theology Library, March 2003 – 2006.
Perform technical repairs on ancient books and archival materials.
- Online Information Services. Workshop offered by Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College (Boston). 2001.
- Telecommunications and Networking. Workshop led by Patricia G. Oyler, Professor at Simmons College. 1999.
Affiliation:
- American Sociological Association (ASA). 2003 –.
- Association for Asian Studies (AAS). 2012 –.
- International Sociological Association (ISA). 2012 –.
- Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS). 2004 –.
Geo Interest:
- Vietnam
- Southeast Asia
- Asia Pacific
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