I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My dissertation is titled “In Between and Ambivalent: Diasporic Return Migration and the Global Economy” (Defense: June 2013). My participant observation fieldwork and semi-structured interviews took place in 2004, 2008, and 2010 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
My areas of specialty lay in the sociology of ethnic and racial studies, diaspora and refugees, global and transnational sociology, economic change and development, and ethnography. To learn about my publications, teaching, and service awards, please download my CV (Nguyen-CV-03-16-13).
I live in the area surrounding Madison, Wisconsin. I was born in Vietnam and grew up in California. My BA degree is from UC Berkeley, and my MA is from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Contact:
Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar
Sociology Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison
8128 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1393
email: mnguyen@ssc.wisc.edu
I also go by the name: Mytoan Nguyen Akbar