XUAN THUY NGUYEN
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EDUCATIONPh.D. in Educational Studies, Department of Integrated Studies in / 2012
Education, McGill University
Master of Education, major in Inclusive Education, Department / 2004 - 2006
of Counseling and Educational Psychology, McGill University
Bachelor of Arts, major in English, Teachers’ Training College, / 1993 - 1997
Hue University
TRAINING
Certificate, Supervising graduate students at York,York University / 2014
Teaching certificate, Interactive teaching techniques, The British / 1999
Council, Hanoi, Vietnam
Certificate, French Language and Culture, / 1995
University of Standhal Grenoble 3, Grenoble, France
EMPLOYMENT
Adjunct professor 2014
Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
Post-doctoral fellow 2012
Critical Disability Studies Program, School of Health,
Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University
Adjunct faculty / 2012- present
Critical Disability Studies Program, School of Health,
Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University
Research associate 2012
Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI), York University
York Center for Asian Research (YCAR), York University
Research Assistant Center for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, / 2011
McGill University
Institute for Democratic Learning in Career Education / 2006
(IDLCE), Concordia University
Administrator
/ Inclusive Education in Elementary Education / 1998-2004
Department of Education and Training,
ThuaThien Hue Province, Vietnam
Teacher
College of Fine Arts, Hue City, Vietnam / 1997
Association for Children with Visual Impairments / 1997
Hue City, Vietnam
/ Dang Tran Con High School / 1998-2004
RESEARCH
Refereed journal articles
Nguyen, X. T (2010). Deconstructing “Education for All”: Discourse, power, and the politics of inclusion. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 14(4), 341-355.
Nguyen, X. T. (under review).Genealogies of disability in global governance: A Foucauldian critique of disability and development. Foucault Studies.
Nguyen, X. T. (under review). Disability and institutional policy in Vietnam: A history of the present. In Hanes, R., Hansen, N., & Brown, I. (Eds). Snapshots in the History of Disability: An International Collection.
Nguyen, X. T., & Mitchell, C. (2012). On the use of visual methodologies in education policy research. South African Journal of Education, 32(4), 479-493.
Nguyen, X. T., & Mitchell, C. (2014). Inclusion in Vietnam: An intersectionality perspective on girls with disabilities and education. Childhood, Special issue onDisability, Education,and Childhood in the South, pp.1-15. DOI: 10.1177/0907568214524459
Nguyen, X. T., & Roemmele, D., Peel, R. (2013). Education reform in Vietnam: a critical analysis of inclusion and management discourses, Journal of Asian Critical Education, 2, 69-80. Available at
Mitchell, C., De Lange, N., & Nguyen, X. T. (2008). "Let's just not leave this problem": Exploring inclusive education in rural South Africa. Prospects, 38(1). Available online at
Book
Nguyen, X. T. (forthcoming). The Journey to Inclusion. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei, the Netherland: Sense Publishers.
Monographs
Nguyen, X. T. (2012). Policy, power, and the paradigm shift in the Vietnamese discourses of disability and inclusion (doctoral dissertation), McGill University, Montreal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2012). Review of inclusive education indicators. UNICEF's Monitoring for results for equity (MORES). Unpublished document. Consultation for UNICEF.
Nguyen, X. T. (2012). Disability and inequalities: Input for the Global Consultation for the post-MDG. Available at
Nguyen, X. T., Mitchell, C., Fritsch, K. (2014). Visual research and social change: Using a different lens for monitoring and transforming the rights of girls with disabilities in Vietnam. Toronto, York University.
Proceedings/Conference papers
Nguyen, X. T., Mitchell, C., Nguyen, L.A. (forthcoming). Girls with disabilities, education, and social change: Perspectives from a collaborative project on monitoring educational rights in Viet Nam. Paper presented at Disability Studies in Education conference, University of Victoria, Melbourne.
Nguyen, X. T., Mitchell, C., Fritsch, K. et al. (2014). Changing the landscape of Education for All: Using participatory research for monitoring educational rights for girls with disabilities in Vietnamese schools. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education (CIES) meeting, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Nguyen, X. T., Mitchell, C. (2013, December). Participatory monitoring research in education: An interdisciplinary dialogue with girls with disabilities. Paper presented at International Girlhoods Exchange, McGill University, Montreal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2013, June). Genealogies of disability in global governance: A Foucauldian critique. Paper presented at the Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA) meeting, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.
Nguyen, X. T. (2013, April). Rethinking the politics of inclusion/exclusion within therights-based agenda of disability and education: The implications of the United Nations’ Disability Convention for inclusive education. Paper presented at theAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting, San Francisco, California.
Nguyen, X. T. (2012, May). Reframing disability in a global/local order (invited panel). Paper presented at the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) meeting, University of Waterloo, Toronto.
Nguyen, X. T. (2011, May). Deconstructing and reconstructing discourses of participation. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education (CIES) meeting, Concordia University, Montreal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2011, February). Theory, methodology, and fieldwork in critical policyresearch: A personal perspective. Paper presented at Research Exchange Forum(REF), Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montréal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2011, January). Power/knowledge and the commonsense of dis/ability: Aresponse to “Why is disability political?” Panel discussion, presented at the EGSSInterdisciplinarity and Equity in Education, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montréal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2010, May). Reading the present: Can inclusion policy change exclusionarypractice? Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of EducationAnnual Conference, Concordia University, Montréal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2010, March). Contested discourses on inclusion in Vietnam. Paper presented at the 9th EGSS Annual Conference, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montréal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2009, March). On the history of inclusion: Understanding our past, present,and the future. Paper presented at the 8thEGSS Annual Conference, Faculty ofEducation, McGill University, Montréal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2008, March). A theoretical perspective for re-conceptualizing inclusiveeducation. Paper presented at the 7thEGSS Annual Conference, Faculty ofEducation, McGill University, Montréal.
Nguyen, X. T. (2006, June). Understanding inclusive education: A critical perspective ondisability and social justice. Proceedings presented at the 16thAnnual Conference,Institute of Leadership for Social Justice, School of International Training, Washington D.C.
Nguyen, X. T. & Mitchell, C. (2011, April). Picturing Policy and Social Change: The
Use of Visual Methodologies in Educational Policy Research. Paper presented at theAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting, April 2011, Louisiana, New Orleans.
Nguyen, X. T. & Roemmele, D. (2010, November). Rethinking the politics of participationin education policymaking: A global/local mapping. Paper presented at Center forGlobal Citizenship Education Research (CGCER) Conference, Alberta.
Nguyen, X. T. & Roemmele, D. (2009, May). Can theory make a difference in policyanalysis? An analysis on the socio-historical constructions of inclusion in Vietnamese education. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study ofEducation Annual Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa.
Nguyen, X. T. & Roemmele, D. (2009, May). Interrogating inclusion and social justice inthe era of globalization: Policy borrowing and the dilemmas of “travelling theory”.Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, post-CSSE Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa.
Research projects and funding
Disability and visual politics: A theoretical critique of disability in the context of the Millennium Development Goals. Postdoctoral research funded by Fonds de recherchesur la société et la culture (FQRSC) (2012-2014)
Monitoring educational rights for girls with disabilities in Vietnam: Towards a transformative approach on understanding social justice in education. Researchfunded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Insight Development Grant430-2013-0979 (2013-2015).
Research interest
Disability studies
Inclusive education
Critical policy research and theory
Critical theory
Human rights/citizenship studies
Visual methodologies
TEACHING CDIS 6130 (International development on disability / 2012-2014
and human rights), Critical Disability Studies
York University (course director)
SWRK428 (Social policy and Administration), / 2011
School of Social Work, McGill University
(teaching assistant)
Special education, McKay Center for / 2004
Children with Physical Disabilities, Montreal
(tutoring)
Special education, Association for Children with Visual Impairments / 1997
Hue City, Vietnam
English, College of Fine Arts, Hue City, Vietnam / 1997
English, Dang Tran Con High School
1998-2004
SERVICE
Editorial board
Journal of Asian Critical Education / 2012
Journal & Conference proposal reviewer
South African Journal of Education (SAJE) / 2012
International Journal of Inclusive Education (IJIE) / 2010
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) / 2011
Canadian Society for the Study in Education (CSSE) / 2009
Guest speaker
International development on disability and human rights: / November 2012
What does it mean for disability studies?
(Invited lecture for CDIS 5100, graduate course or PhD and MA students,
Critical Disability Studies, York University, Toronto)
Disability and international development: An introduction / November 2011
(Lecture for SWRK 428, Social Policy and Administration,
School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal)
Becoming a researcher / March 2010
(Invited section on research methodologies, presented at
Proseminar in Educational Studies, graduate course for PhD students,
Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal
Traveling policy / October 2009
(Invited section, presented at Textual Approaches to
Research in the Social Sciences, graduate course, Faculty of Education,McGill University, Montreal
VP Equity and Diversity CommitteeEducation Graduate Student Society (EGSS), McGill University / 2010
SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
Kelly Fritsch, doctoral student, Social and Political Thought, 2013-2014
York University (research assistant)
Thu Trang Nghiem, undergraduate student, 2013-2014
University of Hanoi (research assistant)
Hong Thuan Do, employee at Action to Community Development Center, 2014
Hanoi, Vietnam (research assistant)
Tammy Bernasky, MA student, Critical Disability Studies, York University 2014
(MA Candidate)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA) / 2012
American Educational Research Association (AERA) / 2011
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) / 2011
International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) / 2010
International Studies Association (ISA) / 2010
Canadian Society of the Study in Education (CSSE) / 2009
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Language: Vietnamese - mother tonge
English: fluent
French: good
Computer sciences: Microsoft Word, Excel, online courses (e.g., MOODLE, WebCT),
Nvivo software in qualitative research
HONOUR/DISTINCTION
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Insight Development Grant 430-2013-0979 (principal investigator)
Fellowship for post-doctoral research,
Fonds de recherchesur la sociétéet la culture (FQRSC), Canada, 2012-2014
Principal’s Graduate Fellowship (PGF), McGill University, Canada, 2009.
Fellowship, Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP), USA, 2004-2006.
Scholarship, Agency of Francophone Universities (AUF), France, 1995.
References will be provided upon request.