Nguyen CV

Education & Training

Research Interests

Developmental processes in ethnic minority and immigrant families: parental ethnotheories, ethnic/cultural identity formation, autonomy development, and acculturation; Parent-child/adolescent relationships; Qualitative and mixed-methods research methodology

Select Publications

*For full list of publications, see Google Scholar profile

Nguyen, J., Hughes, K.N., Donnay, S., Giray, C., & Scott, T. (2020). Trauma-informed responses to immigration policies and practices. (Policy brief 1-2020). Retrieved from http://www.communitypsychology.com/trauma-informed-responses/

Nguyen, J. & Ferguson, G.M. (2019). "I kind of have a goal when I do it": The phenomenology of cultural variability in tricultural Southeast Asian American emerging adults. Emerging Adulthood (Special issue: Self and Identity), 1-15. 

Nguyen, J. & Ferguson, G.M. (2019). A global cypher: The role of hip hop in cultural identity construction and navigation for Southeast Asian American youth. In J. McKenzie (Ed.), Globalization as a Context for Youth Development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 164, 99–115.

Ferguson, G. M., Nguyen, J.*, Iturbide, M. (2017). Playing up and playing down cultural identity: Introducing cultural influence and cultural variability. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(1), 109-124. (*Note: first and second author determined alphabetically)

Nguyen, J. (2013). Of Pride and Pencils: Deconstructing the Role of Ethnic Pride in Hmong Adolescent Identity Formation. Hmong Studies Journal, 14, 1-19.

Hernandez, M.G., Nguyen, J., Saetermoe, C., & Suarez-Orozco, C. (Eds.) (2013). Conducting Research with Immigrant Origin Children, Adolescents, & their Families. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 141.

Recent Presentations

Nguyen, J. & Ferguson, G.M. (2021). Measure Me, Draw Me, Tell Me: Cultural Variability in Southeast Asian American Hip Hop Identity. In McKenzie, J. (chair), Diverse methods for assessing cultural identity. Paper presented at annual meeting of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, virtual.


gSchmahl, C.S. & Nguyen, J. (2021). Emerging Adult College Students' Grit, Belonging and Goals in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic Stress. Poster presented at biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, virtual conference.


Nguyen, J. & Page, J.D. (2020). Jumpstart: Impact of a Brief First Year Experience on Efficacy, Belonging, and Retention. Poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, virtual conference.

Courses Taught

Foundations of Learning and Development, Theories of Human Development, Social Psychology of Group Differences: Race and Ethnicity, Adult Development and Transitions, Pathways to Success in College

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