Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Modeste, M., Pavlakis, A., & Nguyen, C. (2022). Theory amid policy and practice: A typology of theory use in educational leadership scholarship. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 17(1), 55-89.
Modeste, M. E., Nguyen, C., Nafziger, R. N. & Hermansen, J. (2022). Socially distributed leadership in elementary schools: Teacher and staff leadership practice in Denmark and the United States. Journal of Educational Administration, 60(20), 188-206.
Nguyen, C. (2020). Nationally standardized policy and locally interpreted implementation: How Vietnamese school leaders enact education reform. International Journal of Leadership in Education. DOI:10.1080/13603124.2020.1722249
Li, A., Nguyen, C., & Choi, J. (2019) “Because of the fellowship, I decided to stay”: How participating in Christian fellowship shapes the social and academic experiences in Chinese international students. Social Sciences, 8(8), 234.
Nguyen, C. & Quinn, R. (2018). “We share similar struggles”: how a Vietnamese immigrant youth organizing program shapes participants’ critical consciousness of international tension. Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 21(5), 626-642.
Nguyen, C. & Kebede, M. (2017). Immigrant students in the Trump era: What we know and do not know. Educational Policy, 31(6), 716-742.
Quinn, R & Nguyen, C. (2017). Immigrant youth organizing as civic preparation. American Educational Research Journal, 54(5), 972–1005.
Nguyen, C., Li, A., & Himes, H. (2017). Supporting all Pennsylvania Dreamers: A policy brief advocating the Pennsylvania DREAM Act. The Beacon, 12, 1.
Nguyen, C., Li, A., & Choi, J. (2016). Religion and higher education: How does participation in Christian church activities shape Chinese and South Korean international students’ academic and social experiences in an American university? Comparative and International Higher Education. 8, Winter.
Book Chapters
Nguyen, C. (2021) Thực trạng dạy thêm và học thêm ở Việt Nam: Nghiên cứu phân tích từ ba học thuyết – Thuyết chức năng, Thuyết xung đột và Thuyết thể chế mới [Shadow education in Vietnam – An analysis from functional, conflict, and neo-institutional theories]. In Duong, H. B.; Hoang, D. A.; Bui, H. T. M. (Eds), Giáo Dục Phổ Thông Việt Nam: Chuyển Biến và Sáng Tạo [General Education in Vietnam: Challenges, Innovation, and Change]. Dân Trí Publishers.
Nguyen, C. (2020) Rural youth, schools, and communities in transition: Ten years after Hanoi’s administrative boundary extension. In Schafft, K.; Stanic, S.; Horvatek, R. (Eds), Rural Youth at the Crossroad: Contemporary Challenges Within Transition Societies in Central Europe and Beyond. Routledge.
Fleet J.V., Dinh, T., Nguyen, K., Luc, M., & Nguyen, C. (2013). Making: Art forger. In Sasges, G. (Ed.), It’s a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today (pp. 122-124). National University of Singapore (NUS) Press.
Dinh, T., Nguyen, K., Luc, M., & Nguyen, C., Fleet J.V. (2013). Selling: Fish feeder. In Sasges, G. (Ed.), It’s a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today (pp. 137-135). National University of Singapore (NUS) Press.
Public Scholarship
NONFICTION BOOKS
Nguyen, C. (2023). 9 Quy Tắc Vàng Cho Một Cuộc Sống Hiệu Năng [9 Golden Rules for an Effective Life]. The Present Writer. [Ebook in Vietnamese]
Nguyen, C. (2018) Một Cuốn Sách về Chủ Nghĩa Tối Giản [Holistic Minimalism]. Thế Giới Publishers. [National best-seller in Vietnam; 20,000+ copies sold]
NONFICTION BOOK CHAPTERS
Nguyen, C. (2023). Lời giới thiệu [Forward]. In: Russ Harris, Bẫy Hạnh Phúc [The Happiness Trap]. Dân Trí Publishers.
Nguyen, C., (2021). Quản lý tài chính ngay từ khi còn trẻ [Financial management at young ages]. In Dinh, V. (Ed.), Cẩm Nang Quản Lý Tài Chính cho Sinh Viên [The Financial Handbook for College Students] (pp. 80-81). Thanh Niên Publishers.
INVENTIONS
Nguyen, C. (2023). The Present Day Planner. Thế Giới Publishers. [Productivity planner in English; 8,000+ copies sold]