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Education and Career
• 2002 – 2003
Master of Studies (Japanese Studies: Linguistics); University of Oxford (UK)
• 1998 – 2000
Master of Arts (Vietnamese Linguistics); Hanoi National University (current Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam)
• 1996 – 1997
Bachelor of Arts (Honors; Golden Key Award Winner for top 5 percent of cohort);
University of Hawai’ i at Manoa (USA)
• 1986 – 1989
Bachelor of Arts (Japanese Studies); National University of Singapore
• February – March 1995
Community Ｉnterpreting; University of Hawai’i at Manoa (USA)
• 1989 – 1990
Matsushita-SIM Supervisory Management (Singapore)
RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• June 2006-present:
Research associate; Chinese Heritage Singapore.
• 2005-2006:
Independent researcher; consultant for Japanese companies in Singapore and Australia.
• 2000 – July 2002:
Teacher; taught programs: International Baccalaureate Mandarin and Sheltered Immersion English. Also Editor; Langenscheidt, KG & Lexus Ltd. (DE; UK).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• Chinese Studies Association of Australia (AUS)(Contact: john.fitz@latrobe.edu.au)
• International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO)(Contact: Mette Thuno: mette@HUM.KU.DK)
• Linguistic Politeness Research Group (UK)(Contact: saramills@eclipse.co.uk)
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Honors
• October 3, 2005 - April 3, 2006
Affiliate Scholar for Research Study Attachment; Asia Research Institute, Singapore
• 1995 – 1996
School of Hawaiian & Asian Pacific Studies Merit Scholarship; Dean’s List of Honoured Student and the Golden Key Award; University of Hawai’i at Manoa
• 1989
Japanese Proficiency Level One, a Japan Foundation Certification
• 1987-1988
Japan Foundation Merit Scholarship
• 1986
Mauritius Writing Competition - First Prize; Organized by National University of Singapore & Mauritius Trade Commission
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Publications
Books
• March 2002: Chew et al. Langenscheidt Vietnamese-English Dictionary. Munich; New York: Langenscheidt KG. Accessible at: www.amazon.com
• 1991/1992: Japanese-English Precision Measuring Dictionary. Singapore: Mitutoyo Asia Pacific Ltd.
• November 1990: Kataoka & Chew. Business Manners. Singapore: Human Resource Development Center, Asia Matsushita Electric (S) Ltd.
INTERNATIONALLY REFEREED PAPERS
• May 2007: ‘Eastern Voices: Enriching Research on Communication in Business: A Forum’. Co-authored with Bargiela, Francesca et al. in Discourse & Communication, Vol. 1, No. 2. Thousand Oaks, USA: Sage Publications, pp. 131-152.
• March 27-30, 2006: ‘The Influences of Culture in Australian and Japanese Communication Behaviour and Work Styles’. Published as a working paper (No. 650; ISSN 1435-6473) at the 31st International LAUD Conference 2006; Universität Duisburg-Essen, Landau, Germany.
• Autumn 2005: ‘The Functions of duoc (“OK; possible; can”) in Business Communication in Vietnam’. In Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini (ed.) Asian Business Discourse(s) Part 1, a special issue of the series Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and Communication, Vol. 15, Issue 2. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 229-256.
• 2008 (forthcoming): ‘The Cultural Dimension of Business Communication in Vietnam’. In Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini (ed.) The Handbook of Business Discourse. Edinburg: University of Edinburg Press.
• 2007: ‘Sentiments towards “Zu Guo” (ancestral land or motherland), “Jia Xiang” (hometown) and “Zhong Guo Ren” (Chinese people; people of China) in Hoi An, Central Vietnam’. In Leo Suryadinata (ed.) Chinese Diaspora Since Admiral Zheng He: With Special Reference to Maritime Asia. Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre: 295-306.
• 2006: ‘Australian-Japanese Business Communication Issues: The Case of a Japanese Multinational Organization’. In Intercultural Communication Competence: Proceedings of the International Conference in Singapore, October 6-7, 2005. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic: 353-366.
BULLETIN ARTICLES
• May 2007: The Confucius Institute in the World: An Overview. CHC Bulletin, Issue 9. Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre, pp. 13 - 19.
• November 2006: ‘The April 2006 Riots in the Solomon Islands’. CHC Bulletin, Issues 7 & 8. Chinese Heritage Centre, pp. 11- 24.
• December 2004: ‘Linkages of Native-Place Associations in Hoi An, Central Vietnam’. In Ng Chin Keong and Kwan Siu Hing (eds.) CHC Bulletin, Issue 4. Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre, pp. 28 - 35. Accessible at: http://www.chineseheritagecentre.org/bulletin/jun2004/CHC.pdf
CONFERENCE PAPERS
• September 21-23, 2007: ‘The Chinese Community of Phu Quoc Island and Its Education’. Presented at the Sixth International Conference for the International Society for Scholars of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Beijing.
• October 6-7, 2005: ‘Australian-Japanese Business Communication Issues: The Case of a Japanese Multinational Organization’. Presented at the 1st International Conference for Intercultural Communication Competence: Implications for Business, Education and Politics; an ASEAN-EU Academic Conference. Singapore Management University, Singapore.
• August 18-20, 2005: ‘Sentiments towards “Zu Guo” (ancestral land or motherland), “Jia Xiang” (hometown) and “Zhong Guo Ren” (Chinese people; people of China) in Hoi An, Central Vietnam’. Presented at The Third International Conference for Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies in Singapore.
• June 30-July 3, 2005. ‘Anti-Japanese War Resistance: The Thirteen Martyrs of Hoi An’. Presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia, Bendigo, Australia.
• May 26-28, 2004. ‘Duoc, chac (la) duoc, chac chan duoc: Their meanings in intercultural business communication in Vietnam’. Presented at 2nd Symposium on International, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS II), University of Seville, Spain.
SELECTED PRESS ARTICLES
• January 30, 1998: ‘Tet Celebrations Unite’. The Straits Times, Life! Section. Singapore: 1.
September 7, 1997. ‘Wake Up to a Hanoi Wet Market’. The Straits Times, Life! Section. Singapore: 14.
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