Quang Phu Van

Quang Phu Van (Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., California State University) has been teaching Vietnamese Language and Literature at Yale University since 1999.

From 1995 to 1998, while pursuing his graduate studies, Quang Phu Van taught Vietnamese Language at the University of Oregon. He also taught courses in Vietnamese Literature, Folk Literature, Multicultural Ethics, and Eastern Philosophy during that time. He completed his M.A. in Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach in 1981, and earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Oregon in 2001. His dissertation was titled Nguyen Cong Tru’s Poetic Vision: Roaming the World and Wandering At Ease. His interests include Daoist and Confucian thought, Vietnamese culture, philosophy of religion, and Vietnamese literature.

At Yale, he teaches Vietnamese language courses and a course on Vietnamese Culture and Literature in Translation. He has also taught a course in Eastern Philosophy via the Philosophy Department at Yale during the regular semesters and summers. Quang Phu Van often returns to Vietnam to work on educational projects and attend Vietnam-related conferences.

In addition to his teaching, Quang Phu Van is involved with the Yale Vietnamese Studies Group (YVSG) and is active in the undergraduate Vietnamese Student Association (ViSA) and the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC). He also helps to coordinate educational exchanges between Yale University and Hue University in Vietnam and has been a member of the Hue-New Haven Sister Cities Project since 2006.