"Lotus in a Sea of Fire”: U.S. Army Mobile Advisory Teams and Territorial Soldiers in Viet Nam
Dra. Nguyễn
August 2022 Ph.D. in U.S. Military History, Department of History, Texas Tech University (TTU). GPA: 4.0 Dissertation: “MATs in a Mad War: The U.S. Armys Advisory Efforts in Waging Peace in the Vietnam War.” (Adviser: Dr. Ron Milam; Committee Members: Dr. Gretchen Adams, Dr. Laura Calkins, Dr. Justin Hart). MAT: Mobile Advisory Teams May 2022 Graduate Certificate in Graduate Research Strategies Initiative, (Texas Tech University Libraries and Graduate School), TTU September 2018 Doctoral Comprehensive Exams: completed with High Pass distinction. May 2015 Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, with an emphasis on International Affairs, TTU. GPA: 4.0 Graduate Certificate in Strategic Studies, (Institute of Modern Conflict, Diplomacy, and Reconciliation), TTU. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 9/2023-Present Research Assistant Professor - Institute for Peace and Conflict, College of Arts and Sciences, TTU 2022-2023 Texas Tech University Postdoctoral Research Associate - Institute for Peace and Conflict, Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive 2021-2022 Graduate Research Assistant - Graduate School, TTU 2019-2021 Graduate Instructor - Department of History, TTU 2014-2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant - Department of History, TTU PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters “At Alamo Bay, Love Is Not Enough: Reflections of an ARVN Officers Daughter about War and Peace,” The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of Americas Most Controversial War on Everyday Life, ABC-CLIO, November 2016. “Lotus in a Sea of Fire’: U.S. Army Mobile Advisory Teams and Territorial Soldiers in Viet Nam,” The Vietnam War international seminar - INISEG (Instituto Internacional de Estudios en Seguridad Global | The International Institute of Studies on Global Security), January 2023. Book Reviews Review of After Saigon’s Fall: Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations, 1975-2000, by Amanda Demmer (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), Journal of Military History, October 2021, Vol. 85 Issue 4, pp. 1148-1150. Review of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire: War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy, by Steven Trout (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2021), Studies in American Culture, October 2021, Vol. 44, pp. 125-127 Review of Drawn Swords in a Distant Land: South Vietnams Shattered Dreams by George J. Veith (New York: Encounter Books, 2021), H-Diplo Roundtable Review, Forthcoming - Spring 2024 Op-Ed Article “Whose War Was It?” – The New York Times, Vietnam ’67 series – August 18, 2017. Online Link to Read Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/whose-war-was-it.html
08-03-2024