Degree |
Program |
University |
Ph.D. |
Theology |
Fordham University |
M.Phil. |
Theology |
Fordham University |
M.A. |
Theology |
Catholic Theological Union |
M.Div. |
Theology |
Catholic Theological Union |
B.A. |
Philosophy |
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium |
My Siena Experience
My Teaching Philosophy
My quick response is dialogue which means engaging people with the materials in order to see how it affects their lives and the world.
What I Love About Siena
I enjoy the people who work for the school as well as the students who come prepared to learn.
My Favorite Courses to Teach
The courses that I like to teach is World Religion and courses on Globalization.
My Professional Experience
Year |
Title |
Organization |
2005 - 2018 |
Chair |
Siena College |
1998 - 2000 |
Teacher |
Hayden High School |
Articles & Book Reviews
- Future of Catholicism in America
Sociology of Religion
2019 - Racism and 'Place' in American Catholic Experience: Resources for Reconciliation in Asian American Communities
Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology
2019 - Asian American and Asian Theology
Catholic Theological Society of America
2018 - Book Review: Stephen M. Cherry: Faith, Family, Filipino American Family Life
Review of Religious Research, vol. 56
December, 2014 - Hospitality in the Time of Migration: Reflection on Racism and Poverty
Asian Horizon, vol. 8
December, 2014 - Theology of Migration
Catholic Theological Society of America, vol. 67
2012 - Book Review: Jonathan Tan Introduction to an Asian American Theology
Horizons: Journal of the College Theology Society, vol. 38
2011 - Book Review: Thomas P. Rausch Educating for Faith and Justice: Catholic Higher Education Today
New Theology Review, vol. 24
2011 - Theology of Migration
Catholic Theological Society of America, vol. 66
2011 - Crossing and Dwelling: Hospitality in a Theology of Migration
Asian Christian Review, vol. 4
2010 - The Faith and Practice of Asian American Catholics: Generational Shift
New Theology Review, vol. 23
2010 - Theology of Migration
Catholic Theological Society of America, vol. 65
2010 - Theology of Migration
Catholic Theological Society of America, vol. 64
2009 - All Look the Same: Asian American Catholics and Racism
New Theology Review, vol. 21
2008 - Creating New Spiritual Homes: Vietnamese Refugees Negotiating American and Catholic Identities
American Catholic Studies, vol. 118
2007 - Book Review: Dwight N. Hopkins, Being Human: Race, Culture and Religion
MultiCultural Review, vol. 15
2006 - Book Review: Peter C. Phan Vietnamese-American Catholics
American Catholic Studies, vol. 117
2006 - Book Review: Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, and Helen Lee, Growing Healthy Asian American Churches
MultiCultural Review, vol. 15
2006 - The Im/Possibility of Dialogue
Catholic Theological Society of America, vol. 61
2006 - Place: A Spiritual Renewal in Being Human
Spirituality, vol. 21
May/Jun, 2015
Books & Book Chapters
- Experiences of the Sacred
Cognella Academic Publishing
2020 - Experiences of the Sacred
Cognella Academic Publishing
2020 - Religion in 5 Minutes
Equinox, Djakarta
2017 - Scattered and Gathered: Catholics in Diaspora
Wipf and Stock
2017 - Asian American Religious Cultures Two Volumes
ABC-CLIO
2015 - Southeast Asian Diaspora in the United States: Memories and Visions, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2014 - Asian Pacific American Religious Culture
ABC-CLIO
2012 - Mission with Migrants in a Global World
SCM Press
2012 - Rebuilding Religious Experience:Vietnamese Refugees in America
AkademikerVerlag
2012 - Southeast Asian Diaspora in the United States
Routledge
2012 - The Catholic Studies Reader
Fordham University Press
2011 - Rebuilding Religious Experience:Vietnamese Refugees in America
VDM Verlag Dr. Muller
2007
Presentations
- Have you Eaten Yet? Food, Franciscans and Climate Change
2023
Re-Imaging the World: Saint Francis and Pope Francis, San Diego, California - Inviting Our Asian and Pacific Island Sisters and Brothers
2020
National Religious Vocation Conference, San Francisco, Virtual - Asian Slavery in the Americas: Christianity's Harm in Race Relations
2019
American Academy of Religion, Montreal, Canada-Quebec - Asian Slavery in the Americas: Reconsidering the American in American Catholicism
2019
American Catholic Historical Association, Chicago, Illinois - Encountering Christ in Harmony: Among Young Adults
2019
Mid-Atlantic Religious Education Congress, Baltimore, Maryland - Grace Across the Pacific: Theological Reflection on Asian Slavery in the Americas
2018
Catholic Theological Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana - Asian American Catholics and Racism
2015
Albany Diocesan Gathering of Deacons, Albany, New York - Faith in Motion: The Experience and Identity of Vietnamese Catholics
2015
Orange Diocese, Santa Ana, California - Reading Peter C. Phan: Engaging Culture, Identity, and the Catholic Church
2015
Vietnamese in America Since 1975, Los Angeles, California - Re-Imaging Mary as Vietnamese
April, 2014
World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, Chicago, Illinois - Crossing and Placing: A Vietnamese American Catholic Experience
2013
Association for the Sociology of Religion, New York, New York - Dwelling in Place: Asian American Enhancing a New Catholicity
2013
Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami, Florida - Migration in a Trinitarian Perspective
2012
Catholic Theological Society of America, St.Louis, Missouri - The Mission with Migrants in a Trinitarian Dimension
2012
Migration, Religious Experience and Mission with Migrants in Asia, Manila, Philippines - Consuming Religion: Asian Americans in a Consumer Culture
2011
Association of Asian American Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana - Mapping Spaces: Catholicity and Religious Pluralism in Asia
2011
World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, Chicago, Illinois - Separating Religious and Cultural Spaces: Vietnamese American Catholic Experience
2011
Re-SEAing Southeast Asian American Studies, San Francisco, California - Southeast Asian Refugees: Negotiating Religious Markers
2011
Critical Refugee Studies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Yellow by Choice: Asian American Catholics and Racism
2011
College Theology Society, New Rochelle, New York - Catholicism on Campus: A Practice in Transition
2010
ASACCU Conference, St. Joseph, Minnesota - Crossing and Dwelling: Hospitality in A Theology of Migration
2010
Catholic Theological Society of America, Cleveland, Ohio - Mission Ad Gentes: Inter-religious Dialogue and Inculturation
2010
United States Catholic Mission Congress, Albuquerque, New Mexico - Catholic Practices Among College Students
2009
ASACCU Conference, Loudonville, New York - Strangers with Borders: Theological Reflection on Refugee Resettlement
2009
Catholic Theological Society of America, Halifax, Nova Scotia - Asian American Catholics: Generations of Church Participation?
2008
Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami, Florida - A Heart-Mind Turn: Confucianism in Vietnam at the Period of Franciscan Missionaries
2007
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan - Diversity Leadership in the U.S. Catholic Church
2007
Fordham University, Bronx, New York - Immigrants in Mission
2007
United States Catholic Mission Congress, Austin, Texas