EDUCATION
1997 - 2001    Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Toronto.
1994 - 1997    Masters of Arts, Linguistics, University of Toronto.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Phonology, Phonology-Phonetics Interface, Tones, Vietnamese Linguistics, Language Change,
Language Acquisition.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Linguistics

2003.     Vietnamese Tone: A New Analysis, New York: Routledge.
2002.     Gender in addressing and self-reference in Vietnamese, in Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod
              Bussman (eds) Gender Across Languages, 281-312, Vol 2, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2001a.   Vietnamese tone: tone is not pitch, Ph.D. dissertation. University of Toronto.
2001b.   A phonetic study of Vietnamese tones: Reconsideration of the Register Flip-Flop rule in
              reduplication. In Linguistics in Potsdam, Vol 12, 140 -158, Caroline Féry, Antony Dubach
              Green and Ruben van de Vijver (eds.) Proceedings of  HILP5,  Potsdam: Universitätsbibliothek.
2000a.   Vietnamese learners: Markedness Differential Hypothesis and English consonants. In the
              Proceedings of GASLA IV, p.152-162. University of Pittsburgh.Pennsylvania.
2000b.   Indirect Cognate Objects: Vietnamese case. Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol 17,
              1999, p.173-184. Toronto.
1998.     The Coronal-Velar relationship in Vietnamese: a prosodic account. Asia Pacific Language Research
              Vol 1, 1998 Paul Watters (ed), Australia: Cassowary Computing Publisher.

Literature
1997.    Tieng Me  (Mother’s Voice), collection of poems. Toronto.
1992.    So Phan Bui Giang (The Destiny of the Poet Bui Giang) (with Nguyen Phan Canh),Vietnam
             Hai Ngoai, California, No 250, August 1992.
1989a.  Tho Tran Huyen Tran. (Poems by Tran Huyen Tran, Introduction). Thanh Nien  No 33.
             August 6, 1989. Saigon.
1989b.  Lan Cuoi Cung Gap Thi Si Tran Huyen Tran. (Last Meeting with Poet Tran Huyen Tran).
             Khanh Hoa Chu Nhat, August 1989. Khanh Hoa.
1989c.  Gap Ngan Giang Nu Si (Meeting with the Poetess Ngan Giang), Thanh Nien, No 13,
             March 26, 1989. Saigon.


Various poems published in Vietnamese newspapers and magazines (Giup Ich Philadelphia,
U.S.A., Tu Do Toronto, Canada, Tap chi Tho  California, U.S.A., Vietnam Hai Ngoai  California,
U.S.A., Kien Thuc Ngay Nay  Saigon, Vietnam).