Faculty Profiles

• Ph.D. — Culture, Language and Literacy, University of Texas at San Antonio (2016)
• M.A. — Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, San Jose State University, California (2008)
• Grad. Dip. — Applied Linguistics, Regional Language Center, Singapore (2003)
• B.Ed. — Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2001)

• 2019 – present
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy,
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 2017 – 2019
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy,
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 2015
  Curriculum Developer
  ESL services, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 2014 – 2016
  Instructor of Record,
  Department of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies,
  University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 2014, 2016
  Visiting Lecturer,
  Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2013 – 2014
  University Teaching Fellow,
  University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 2012 – 2013
  Teaching Assistant,
  Department of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 2010 – 2012
  Teacher Trainer and Lecturer,
  Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2008 – 2010
  M.A. Program Coordinator,
  Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2008
  Adult ESL Teacher,
  San Jose City College, California
• 2007
  Researcher,
  San Jose State University, California
• 2001 – 2006
  Teacher Trainer and Lecturer,
  Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2004
  Translator and Interpreter,
  Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 1999 – 2001
  ESL Teacher,
  Newton Thilay Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2000
  Translator and Interpreter,
  O.M.C. Company, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• Exploratory SAIL Grant, Purdue University (2018)
• ISLS Travel Grant, The International Society for Language Studies Conference (2017)
• Graduate Student Award, The American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference (2016)
• Doctoral Dissertation Grant, The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) (2015-2016)
• The Rick Sullivan Stipend Award, CATESOL state conference (2007)

Reviewer – Language Policy

• Chan, V., Morita-Mullaney, T., & Kuleshova, D. P. (Forthcoming). Building a more resilient approach to ELL field experience in teacher education. In C. Pu & W. E. Wright (Eds.), Optimizing practica in teacher education for TESOL: Identifying effective design, implementation, and pedagogy. Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
• Wright, W. E. & Chan, V. (2022). Khmer language use and presence in the linguistic landscape of greater Los Angeles’ Cambodia Town. In C. H. Chik (Ed.),Multilingual La La Land: Language use in sixteen Greater Los Angeles Communities (pp. 170-189). New York: Routledge.
• Chan, V. (2021). Cambodia language-in-education policy in the context of ASEAN economic integration and the internationalization of higher education. In K. M. Bailey & D. Christian (Eds.), Research on teaching and learning English in under-resourced contexts. New York, NY: Routledge and TIRF.
• Wright, W. E. & Chan, V. (2019). Multilingualism in North America. In Montanari, S. & Quay, S. (Eds). Multidisciplinary perspective on multilingualism. U.S.: De Gruyter
• Chan, V. (2018). The linguistic landscape of a Cambodia Town in Lowell, Massachusetts. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 13(1). doi:10.7771/2153-8999.1137
• Chan, V., & Henderson, K. (2018). Effective classroom strategies toward decolonizing ELT practices: Implications for postmethod pedagogy. In J. I. Liontas & M. DelliCarpini (Eds.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching: Wiley.
• Chan, V. (2018). Refugee resettlement in the United States: Language, policy, pedagogy, by Feuerherm, E.M. & Ramanathan, V. (Eds.)., Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 17:1, 63-64, DOI:10.1080/15348458.2017.1347386
• Chan, V. (August, 2016). Medium-of-instruction policy in Cambodia higher education. (Ph.D. Dissertation), University of Texas at San Antonio, ProQuest.
• Chan, V. (2015). Integrating social awareness through reading and writing: A classroom action research. Language Education in Asia, 5(2), 216-227. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5746/LEiA/14/V5/I2/A04/Chan
• Chan, V. (2013). Book review of J. W. Tollefson (2013) (Ed.), Language policies in education: Critical issues (2nd ed., Malden, MA: Routledge). RELC Journal, 44. Available: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0033688213488413a
• Chan, V. (2010). Networking event with academic institutions in Phnom Penh. FAAC NEWSLETTER, 8(2).
• Chan, V. (2009). After Siam Reap – Lecture series in Preah Sihanouk province. FAAC NEWSLETTER, 1(2).
• Chan, V. (2007). Book review T. Clayton (2006), Language choice in a nation under transition: English language spread in Cambodia (New York, NY: Springer). RELC Journal, 38. Available: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00336882070380020703

Work under Review

• Chan, V. Linguistic landscape in a Cambodia Town in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Research in Progress

• Chan, V. A linguistic landscape in a Cambodia Town in Long Beach, California.
• Wright, W. E. & Chan, V. Khmer heritage language retention and loss of Cambodian American students.

Professional Presentations & Interviews

• Medium-of-Instruction policies in higher education in Cambodia
• Presenter at the 2017 conference of the International Society for Language Studies, Manoa, Hawai’i. June 15-17, 2017
• A textual and contextual analysis of Cambodia’s language policies
• Presenter at the 2017 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, Oregon. March 18-21, 2017
• A critical examination of the medium-of-instruction policy in Cambodian higher educations Presenter at the 2016 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Orlando, Florida. April 9-12, 2016
• Integrating reading and writing in English for International Students courses Presenter at the Texas Language Education Research Conference, San Antonio, Texas. February 19-20, 2016
• Resettlement and Challenges Invited speaker at the event “Remembering the past and welcoming the future: 40 years since the killing fields,” North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington. August 29, 2015
• Language policy for higher education in Cambodia Invited guest on a 30-minute call-in live radio program broadcasted in Cambodia. Link to the article and embedded program: http://www.voacambodia.com/content/language-expert-warns-againstloss-of-identity-under-globalization/2834297.html Voice of America: Khmer Radio, Washington D.C. June 16, 2015
• The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP): Overview and potential application for Cambodia Featured speaker at the 11th Annual CamTESOL Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Feb 28-March 1, 2015
• Applying a genre-based theory in a writing classroom Presenter at the 16th Texas Foreign Languages Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas February 20-21, 2015 Tips on TOEFL training Presenter at a professional development workshop for instructors at ESL services, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas August 21, 2014
• Linguistic landscape in a Cambodia Town, Lowell, Massachusetts Presenter at the International Society for Language Studies 2014 Conference, Akita International University, Japan June 13-15, 2014
• Khmer Oral Language Proficiency of Cambodian American Students Co-presenter at the 2014 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, Oregon March 22-25, 2014
• The role of Khmer language and its contact with English in a Cambodia Town, Lowell, Massachusetts Presenter at the 6th Annual Khmer Studies Forum, Ohio University, Ohio March 14-16, 2014
• Integrating social awareness in writing class at a university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Presenter at the International Society for Language Studies 2013 Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico June 2013
• Assessing students’ motivation and outcomes in online peer-review A co-presenter at the 38th CATESOL Annual State Conference, San Diego, California April 2007
• Towards more genre-based writing A presenter at the 2nd CamTESOL Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia February 2006
• Peer correction of spoken language A presenter at the CamTESOL Workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia September 2004