Ms Khuyen (Quin) Tran

Quin Tran is a Lecturer/Course Coordinator at UniSA Business (Ehrenberg-Bass Institute of Marketing Science) and UniSA Online. In the area of business education, Quin has a strong interest in teaching and learning pedagogies about building high performing teams and strong communities.

In the November 2022 Local Government Elections, Quin was elected as Councillor with a very convincing number of First Preference Votes by Woodville Ward residents in the City of Charles Sturt.

In July 2021, Quin was appointed as Boardmember on the South Australian Multicultural Commission (SAMC). Here, she will work with all levels of government through the Minister to contribute towards the planning, leadership and active engagement of intercultural community initiatives to determine the needs and aspirations of South Australia's diverse communities.

On 2nd December 2021, Quin was appointed as Member of the Multicultural Education and Languages Committee (MELC). Here, she will give advice on three interrelated areas of education: languages education, multicultural education and the internationalisation of education.

Quin has over 25 years combined industry experience in the financial services sector and academia. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma in Marketing, Master of Marketing, and has completed postgraduate studies in Education (Digital Learning).

In her role as Lecturer/Course Coordinator, Quin adopts a student-centric teaching style to add value to students' learning experiences to prepare them for their business careers. For consecutive years from 2010 to 2021, she has been nominated for Teaching and Learning Excellence Awards at UniSA Business School. She was formally recognised for her commitment to high quality teaching and student engagement as Recipient of the UniSA Business School Teaching and Learning Awards in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2021.

Quin won the 2018 Ethnic Schools Primary Teacher of the Year Award presented by the Minister for Education. The award recognises Quin's 22-year engagement as a volunteer Community School Teacher. In 2019, Quin was appointed Principal of the Vietnamese Community School in South Australia, where she leads a team of 15 Maths Teachers and 30 Vietnamese Teachers to preserve Vietnamese language and culture.

Quin has co-authored a paper and poster about team-based learning in a marketing simulation course. She has presented nationally and internationally, at the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (2016 and 2022) and Higher Education Research Conference (2016 and 2022).

1st female elected President (since 1978), Vietnamese Community in Australia/SA Chapter (Jan 2024 - present)

Boardmember, Community Language Schools SA (Nov 2023 - present)

Councillor, Elected Member in the Woodville Ward, City of Charles Sturt (Nov 2022 - present)

Boardmember, South Australian Multicultural Affairs Commission (July 2021 - present)

Principal, Vietnamese Community School in South Australia [E85] (Jan 2019 - present)

Boardmember, Multicultural Education and Languages Committee (Dec 2021 - Dec 2022)

Member, Vietnamese Community Advisory Committee, Adelaide SA (Oct 2017 - Oct 2018)

Member, Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia (2018 - present)

Reviewer, Journal of Marketing Education

Member, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference

Member, Higher Education Research Group Adelaide 

Business Career Mentor Program (2012-2015)

Qualifications

• Master of Marketing University of South Australia

• Graduate Diploma in Marketing University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Commerce The University of Adelaide

Work history

Course Coordinator/Lecturer, UniSA Business, University of South Australia (2009-present)

President, Vietnamese Community in Australia/SA Chapter (2024-present)

Councillor, City of Charles Sturt, Woodville Ward (2022-present)

Principal, Vietnamese Community School in SA, Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia (2019-present)

Deputy Principal, Vietnamese Community School in SA, Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia (2018)

Teacher, Vietnamese Community School in SA, Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia (1996-2018)

Bank Manager, Bendigo Bank Ltd, Adelaide South Australia (2012)

Marketing/Project Officer, UniSA International and School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of South Australia (2007-2009)

Relationship Manager, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Adelaide South Australia (1996-2006)