I am a senior fellow of the Advance Higher Education (SFHEA) and a teaching-focused academic working for the University of South Australia in Education Futures Unit. I am also a full member of UniSA Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion (CRESI). I coordinate and teach a number of courses in Foundation, Undegraduate, and Postgraduate programs, and supervise PhD students in English language teaching and language education.
An enabling educator dedicated to education equity, social just and student excellence, I am honoured to receive a Student Engagement and Equity (Academic) Staff Recognition Award (2017), a Staff Excellence Award (2022), and UniSA Citation for Oustanding Contributions to Student Learning (2022). I... Read more
About me
I am a senior fellow of the Advance Higher Education (SFHEA) and a teaching-focused academic working for the University of South Australia in Education Futures Unit. I am also a full member of UniSA Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion (CRESI). I coordinate and teach a number of courses in Foundation, Undegraduate, and Postgraduate programs, and supervise PhD students in English language teaching and language education.
An enabling educator dedicated to education equity, social just and student excellence, I am honoured to receive a Student Engagement and Equity (Academic) Staff Recognition Award (2017), a Staff Excellence Award (2022), and UniSA Citation for Oustanding Contributions to Student Learning (2022). I have worked for several higher education and research institutions in Vietnam, the United States, Singapore and Australia.
My current research interest focuses on English language teaching, English medium instruction (EMI) and content and language intergrated learning (CLIL) with special interest in CLIL in health sciences. I am a lead investigator and investigator of a number of national and international research projects in English language teaching and English medium instruction.
My current research focus: English language teaching, English medium instructions (EMI), content and language integrated learning (CLIL), EMI and CLIL in health sciences
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Funduded research projects
Enhancing university English medium instruction through professional development: A cross-country study in Southeast Asia, a partner-engagement research project funded by UniSA Education Futures. Project team: Min Pham (chief investigator), Jenny Barnett (Australia), Roslin Roslan (Brunei), Iwan Jazadi, Jalaluddin Qodir, Berli Arta (Indonesia), Victoria Pineda (philippines), Huy Nghiem, On Linh, and Minh Nguyen (Vietnam).
Innovating English language learning in South Korean secondary school classroom, a project funded by the Australia-Korea Foundation ($20,500). Project team: Greg Restall (chief investigator), Min Pham, Kyung-Whan Cha, Jin-hwa Lee, Ada Yao, and Belle Niu.
Promoting Post-COVID university student mental health through cross-country innovative pedagogies – a project application submitted to the Australia-ASEAN Council; Project team: Min Pham (Chief investigator), Sharron King (Associate investigator), and Sarah Hattam (Associate investigator) (pending).
Advancing English teaching methodologies for higher school teachers - ($125,000 Commercial-confidential) in collaboration with the School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU-Hanoi): UniSA Project Team: Min Pham (Chief investigator), Jenny Barnett, Kathleen Heugh, Sarah Hattam, Sharron King, Greg Restall (approved but canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Using human language technology to enhance academic integrity, inclusivity, knowledge exchange, and student diversity and retention– a research project sponsored by the University of South Australia ($15,000. 00): 2019. Project team: Kathleen Heugh (chief investigator), Vandana Arya, Necia Billinghurst, Shashi Nallaya, Julie Nicoles, Min Pham, Enza Tudini, Jeanne-Marie Vilijen.
Institutional links to address issues in higher education in Vietnam – a project funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia ($54,000. 00): 2017-2018. Project team: Ngoc Doan (Co-chief investigator), Min Pham (Co-chief investigator), Jenny Barnett, David Caldwell, Kathleen Heugh, Toan Pham, Kham Tran.
English as a medium of instruction in Vietnamese higher education of social sciences and humanities: current situation and solutions for international integration– a research project funded by the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development of Vietnam ($65,000.00): 2019-2020. Project team: Ngoc Doan (chief investigator), Cuong Pham, Min Pham, Toan Pham, Trang Nguyen, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Kham Tran.
Contemporary theories in international relations: Vietnamese context– a research project funded by the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development of Vietnam (Nafosted), ($50,000. 00): 2011 - 2013. Project Team: Nam Hoang (Chief investigator); Hung Nghiem, Huong Nguyen, Min Pham.
East Asian cooperation from a constructivist perspective– a research project granted by Vietnam National University-Hanoi ($5,000.00): 2009-2010. Project team: Min Pham – sole investigator
Neo-realism and East Asian regional cooperation– a research project funded by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi (US$2,000. 00): 2008. Project team: Min Pham – sole investigator.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2022 |
1
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2022 |
1
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2022 |
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2022 |
1
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2020 |
Open access
5
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2018 |
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Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2022 |
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2022 |
Open access
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2018 |
6
1
1
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2016 |
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2015 |
Pham, MV 2015, 'Vietnam to continue playing the diplomatic field', East Asia Forum, online, pp. 1-1.
Open access
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2014 |
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2009 |
Pham, VM 2009, 'East Asian regionalism from neo-realist perspective', vol. 24, no. 5E, pp. 18-23.
Open access
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Books
Min Pham and Jenny Barnett (2022), English medium instruction in Vietnamese universities: Institutional, lecturer and student perspectives, Sinapore, Spring Nature.
Articles and book chapters
Min Pham (2022), Enabling the enablers: Professional development for peer leaders to enhance the learning experience of students in enabling education, Journal of Peer Learning, vol. 15, pp.112-123.
Min Pham (2022), ROAD-MAPPING English medium instruction in Vietnamese universities: The divergence of agencies, in English medium instruction in Vietnamese universities: Institutional, lecturer and student perspectives, Pham M. and Barnett J. (ed.), Springer Nature, Singapore.
Min Pham and Ngoc Doan (2020), English as medium of instruction (EMI) and pedagogical enactments in higher education, in Higher education changes and emerging discourses: International contexts, Le-Ha Phan and Ngoc Doan (ed.), Palgrave McMillan (in press).
Ngoc Doan, Toan Pham, Min Pham & Kham Tran (2018), English as an international language in Viet Nam: History and development, Journal of Asian Englishes, 20(2), pp. 106-121 (co-authored).
Jason Young and Min Pham (2018): Anti-Chinese protest in Vietnam: Complex conjunctures of resource governance, geopolitics and state-society deadlock, In China’s backyard: Policies and politics of Chinese resource investments in Southeast Asia, Jason Moris-Jung (ed.), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 229-255.
Min Pham (2017), Revisit constructivism in a new international relations context, in Contemporary international relations theories: Implications for Vietnam, Nam K. H (ed.), Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, pp. 84-114.
Min Pham (2016), Explaining China’s three-step approach in international energy cooperation: The primacy of national interest, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 2 (1). pp. 30-51.
Min Pham (2015), Vietnam to continue playing the diplomatic field, East Asia Forum, Australian National University, Canberra, 5 February 2015, <http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/05/vietnam-to-continue-playing-the-diplomatic-field/>.
Min Pham (2014), Vietnam and the South China Sea dispute: Sovereignty, energy security and joint development agreements, Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies, 1(2), ISSN: 2288-6834, pp. 51-69. Min Pham (2013), Constructivism in IR: Origins, approaches and tenets, Journal of European Studies, 12(147), ISSN: 0868-3581, pp. 38-51.
Min Pham (2013), A Constructivist approach on common identity and East Asian regional cooperation, Journal of International Studies, 3(90), ISSN: 1859-0608, pp. 131-148.
Min Pham (2010), Vietnam's China policy: Geopolitical situation, resource and sovereignty strategies, Geopolitics in the 21st Century1(1), ISSN: 2062-3666, pp. 81-100.
Min Pham (2009), East Asian regionalism from Neo-realist perspective, Journal of Science: Social Sciences and Humanities, 25 (5E), ISSN: 0866-8612, pp. 18-23.
Min Pham (2009), East Asian geopolitical shifts in 20thcentury and the beginning of 21stcentury, International Studies Review, 1(35) (1-3/2009), pp. 11-20.
La Tran and Min Pham (2009), U.S speedy intervention into French-Indochinese war 1945-1954, Journal of Military History, 210 (June 2009), pp. 44-47 (co-authored).
Min Pham (2009), U.S role and influence in Western European and East Asian regional cooperation from historical comparative perspectives, Journal of Science: Social Sciences and Humanities, 25(4), ISSN: 0866-8612; pp. 229-234.
Selected conference presentations and proceedings
Min Pham, Jennifer Lawther, Dayna Green, Parveen Parveen (2022), PEER pedagogy: toward whole person learning in enabling education, Reimagining Enabling in Higher Education (5-6 December), UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide, SA.
Min Pham (2022), Enabling the enablers: professional development for peer leaders to enhance the learning experience of students in enabling education, STARS Conference (4-6 July 2022).
Min Pham and Ngoc Doan (2018), English as medium of instruction (EMI) and pedagogical enactments in higher education, ACTA Conference 2018: English language learning in a mobile world (2-5thOctober 2018), Adelaide Convention Centre, SA.
Min Pham and Thuy Hoang (2018), The EMI pedagogical-policy nexus: Can a Community of Practice approach address it? English as medium of instruction in university social sciences in Vietnam: Policies and pedagogies, co-organised by the University of South Australia-School of Education, and the Vietnam National University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, December 14th– 15th 2018.
Research
My current research focus: English language teaching, English medium instructions (EMI), content and language integrated learning (CLIL), EMI and CLIL in health sciences
I am a member of different national and international professional associations and have been involved in various international projects in international relations and in EMI and TESOL education.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Hanoi University of Industry | VIET NAM |
National Economics University | VIET NAM |
Singapore University | SINGAPORE |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Vietnam National University, Hanoi | VIET NAM |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberJounral of Global Vietnam |
2023 |
Executive Board MemberSA TESOL |
2023 |
SA TESOL Representative to SA Educators CouncilSA Educators |
2023 |
Executive Board MemberSA TESOL |
2022 |
Executive Board MemberSA TESOL |
2021 |
Fellow of Southeast Asia Youth Leadership ProgramInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |
2016 |
The Gerald Segal Research FellowshipInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |
2013 |
Professional Associations:
SA TESOL: South Australian Association for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
HERDSA: Higher Education Research and Development Society
NAEEA: National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia
UniSA Transknowleding and Translanguaging Research Group
New Pedagogies for Justice Research Group
Vietnam EMI Club
Vietnam Consortium of International Relations/Studies
International Awards
2017: Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Student Engagement and Equity Academic Award (UniSA)
2016: Fellow of Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program (SEAYLP), the US Embassy in Singapore
2013: The Gerald Segal Research Intern Fellowship, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-Asia), Singapore.
2011: Australian Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship (2011-2015)
2011: The University of South Australia President Scholarship (2011, offered, not taken)
2006: The Ford Foundation Scholarship for Master Program (2006-2008)
2005: Research Intern Fellowship, Centre for Indigenous Cultural Survival, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
2000: Toyota Foundation Scholarship for Excellent Student
2000: Vietnam National University President’s Award for Academic Excellence
English language and education, digital learning
English-medium-instruction, foundation studies, student engagement, equity and enabling pedagogies
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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111053 - Developing the Communicative Competence of International STEM Students through Immersive Virtual Reality | Current |
An investigation of the influence of TEFL on secondary school students¿ learning of intercultural communicative competence in China: An Exploratory Case Study | Current |
Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) to develop listening skills of adult migrant students in the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program in foundation skills, TAFE SA | Current |