Dr. Ngoc Lan Thi Dang is currently Acting Head of the Language Center and Foundation Year of the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) in Vietnam. She is also an adjunct English instructor and researcher for VGU and two educational research institutes in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. She earned her Master’s degree in Educational Management and Human Resource Development at the University of Sydney in Australia in 2002, and her doctoral degree in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education at Michigan State University in the U.S. in 2012.
• Sept 2016 – Present Acting Head, Language Center and Foundation Year, Vietnamese-German University (VGU), Viet Nam
• Nov 2014 – Aug 2016 Deputy Head, Department of Academic Affairs, VGU
• June 2013 – Oct 2014 Associate Dean for international relations, research, and international joint training programs of the Graduate School and English teacher at CTU, Viet Nam
• Oct 2002 - Deputy Director of Department of International Relations and Project
• August 2007 Management and English teacher at CTU
• Sept 1994 – Aug 2007 International relations officer of Department of International Relations & Project Management and English teacher, School of Education and the Center for Foreign Languages, CTU
Working at VGU since November 2014 Field expertise: Gender issues, women and leadership in academia, administration and governance in higher education, student affairs, and female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
Taught courses:
Undergraduate and graduate English courses for students of Can Tho University and Vietnamese-German University