My research lies in the intersections of teacher education, sociology of education, and applied linguistics.
My PhD thesis, Logics and Politics of Professionalism: The case of university English language teachers in Vietnam, Umeå University, Department of Language Studies and School of Education, 2017, explores the dynamics between teacher professionalism, teacher knowledge, and higher education policies and practices.
I have also conducted research on critical pedagogy, inclusive education, gender, and internationalisation.
Research areas: Teaching profession, Teacher professionalism, Teacher knowledge, Teacher agency, Critical pedagogy, The multilingual classroom, Education policy
Qualifications:
PhD (2017): Department of Language Studies and School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden
MA ELT (Teacher Education & Applied Linguistics) (2004): School of English and School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK Distinction
BA English Studies (2001): College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam First class honours
Reviewer/Member of Editorial Review Board of several international journals in the field
English Language Teacher Education
Meriterad lärare, Umeå University, appointed Autumn term 2022
Current Teaching project: Teacher mobility and English Language Teacher Education Internationalisation (Mai Trang Vu, John Vincent Baker, Umeå University & Emina Jelešković, International University of Sarajevo). Project supported by Umeå University School of Education and Department of Language Studies.
Selected projects:
. Council of Europe ECML Developing competences for democratic culture for young learners through language education. Project member
. Council of Europe ECML Building blocks for planning language-sensitive teacher education. Associate partner/Nominated representative (Sweden)
· EU Project All means All on Inclusive Education. Book chapter Co-author
. Umeå University, Umeå University Library. Project "PhD Support" - A project to support PhD students at Umeå University with Academic Literacies and scientific communication, 2017-2018. Project initiator/designer/co-developer Read more here and here
· Vietnam Ministry of Education (with Pearson). English Textbooks for Lower Secondary Education (Grades 6-9), New series, 2011-2015. Textbook series Co-author
. US Department of State, US Government International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), 2012. Nominated representative (Vietnam)
· Vietnam Ministry of Education. Vietnam English Language Teacher Competency Framework, 2009-2012. Project member
. National Geographic Learning | Cengage Learning. 'Our World' textbook series, 2012. International Textbook reviewer
· Vietnam Ministry of Education. National Curriculum Framework for Secondary English Teacher Education, 2011-2012. Project member
· British Council. Young Learners English Teaching, Training-of-Trainers (ToT). East Asia. 2009-2012. Project member/Teacher Trainer
· Temasek Foundation & National University of Singapore. Teacher Education Materials development, ASEAN countries, 2009-2010. Project member/Policy leader (Vietnam)