Study Abroad in Vietnam: Vietnamese Studies & Service-Learning in Ho Chi Minh City – Faculty & Staff

Vietnam Faculty

Language faculty come from the host university’s affiliate language school, Vietnamese Language Studies Saigon (VLS). VLS runs a training program for Vietnamese language teachers and hires its own faculty from its top tier of students.

Core course lecturers come to CET from a variety of institutions. All instructors have held teaching or research positions in the US, or have experience teaching US students in Vietnam. Some are US-trained scholars or professionals living in Vietnam.

Vietnam Staff

CET maintains full-time, bilingual staff at each of its study abroad locations.

The Program Director oversees the academic program; coordinates housing and local roommates; supervises local staff; arranges activities; and manages student acclimation, health and welfare. S/he is trained to prevent and handle student emergencies.

Staff Bios

Hong Alyce Van, Vietnam Program Director

Alyce is a 2007 graduate of Yale University, where she majored in Anthropology and served as the Undergraduate Moderator of the Vietnamese Studies Group. In 2009, she completed an MA at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China where she conducted research about Vietnamese migrant workers and brides in Taiwan. She is fluent in Vietnamese and Mandarin (and proficient in Cantonese, French and Korean!), and brings to her position a wealth of travel and academic experiences.

Vietnam Alumni

Hear what CET Vietnam program alumni have to say! Click here to contact a program alumnus.

Academic Advisory Board

CET maintains an advisory board of US-based scholars. The Vietnam Advisory Board meets annually to discuss curricula and derive teaching standards. Board members visit the CET sites in order to evaluate programs and, when possible, teach courses.

Dr. Erik L. Harms
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University

Dr. Binh Ngo
Senior Preceptor in Vietnamese, Harvard University

Dr. Dieu Thi Nguyen
Associate Professor of History, Temple University

Dr. Rebecca H. Pisano
Director of Study Abroad, Towson University

Dr. Quang Phu Van
Senior Lector of Southeast Asia Studies, Lector of Philosophy, Yale University

Dr. Andrew Wells-Dang
Former CET Vietnam Immersion Resident Director