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Lan Nguyen, MSW, PhD

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Clinical Instructor - Social Work Field Education

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Dr. Nguyen Thi Thai Lan earned her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Regina, and completed her PhD in Social Work at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her teaching, research, and practice focus on several key areas:

  1. Indigenous and authentic social work education
  2. Professionalization of social work services in child and family care and protection
  3. Evaluation of social security and social protection policies
  4. Intervention models for mental health and vulnerable groups (including persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others) in the context of emergencies and the impacts of climate change

Publications:

Le, D. T. K., Nguyen, L. T. T., & Cu, L. N. T. (2025). The impact of the internet on family communication in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of parents and children in urban families in Vietnam. Anthropological Researches and Studies, 15, 444-459 https://doi.org/10.26758/15.1.30

Pham, V. Q, Nguyen, L. T. T., & Pham, V. H., (2025). Barriers to accessing the social security of self- employed immigrant workers in Vietnamese metropolitan areas. Multidisciplinary Science Journal. 7(10). 2025480. https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2025480

Nguyen, L. T. T., Cu, L. N. T., Hoai Nguyen, A. L., Nguyen, G. Q., & Cu, L. C. (2024). An Exploration of Transgender People’s Lived Experiences in Addressing Mental Health Challenges in Vietnam. Clinical Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-024-00941-2

Nguyen, T. T. L, Hugman, R., & Giang, T. T. H. (2024). Social work education in Vietnam: the development, challenges and ongoing effort to indigenization in the past two decades. Social Work Education, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2360056     

Nguyen, T.T.L et al. (2024). Internet Impacts on Parent–Child Communication in Vietnamese Urban Families. Child and Family Social work. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13157

Nigel Spence, Win May Htway, Thi Thai Lan Nguyen, Ty Sovannary, (2024). Chapter 48 The Development of Child Protection Systems in Southeast Asia, in “The Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research: Knowledge Building, Application, and Impact” (Elizabeth Fernandez, Penelope Welbourne, Bethany Lee, & Joyce L. C. Ma). Routledge. Pp801-826.

Nguyen T. T. L. et al, (2024). Chapter 13. Moving toward the fulfillment of the SDGs: The case of Vietnam in “The Routledge International handbook of Social work, and the Sustainable Development Goals” (David Androff & Janianton Damanik- Ed). Routledge. pp. 214-229.

Nguyen, T.T.L (corresponding author). (2023). Social work services for autism children in Vietnam: Status quo and challenges. Anthopological research and studies. No13. 2023. Pp. 274-287. doi.org/10.26758/13.1.19.

Nguyen, T.T.L, et al. (2023). Impacts of the Internet on Parent-child Communication: A Case Study in Hồ Chí Minh City. Vietnam Social Sciences, No. 4 (216) - 2023 DOI: 10.56794/VSSR.4(216).21-36.

Nguyen T. T. L. (Co-editor). (2023). Thích ứng với biến đổi khí hậu dựa vào cộng đồng (Community-based climate change adaptation). NXB Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, ISBN: 978-604-343-445-4. (book)

Nguyen T. T. L. et al, (2023). Chapter 7: Social Vulnerability and Exclusion during the Fourth Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam in ‘’Who Cares?: COVID-19 Social Protection Response in Southeast Asia’’. Silkworm. ISBN: 9786162151996. pp. 291-335.

Lan Nguyen & Minh Bui (2022) Social protection response to COVID-19: Experiences and lessons from Vietnam, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 32:4, 278-293, DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2022.2140703

Nguyen Thi Thai Lan (2020). A Quest for Indigenising Social Work

Services for Disadvantaged Children in Vietnam. British Journal of Social Work (2020) 00, 1–18. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa130.

Nguyen, T.T.L. (2020). International organizations and service professionalization for disadvantaged children in Vietnam. International Social Work. p.1-14.

Nguyen Thi Thai Lan (2020). International organizations and service professionalization for disadvantaged children in Vietnam. International Social Work/Sage. DOI:10.1177/0020872819896821.