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Jacqueline Nguyen
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Education/Degree:
1 Educational Psychology (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
About
Jacqueline Nguyen is an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Sciences in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and current chair of the department. She is also the lead convener for the Multicultural Scholars Collaborative at UWM, which advances academic productivity, social support, and advocacy for BIPOC and other underrepresented scholars on campus. She is a first-generation college student with Vietnamese parents who arrived in Minnesota as refugees and cares deeply about ensuring that research is informed by, and ultimately impacts, community engagement and policy.
Current Work
Dr. Nguyen’s research explores the ways adolescents and emerging adults are agents in creating their own cultural identities and sense of belonging, particularly amidst environments or transitions in which these developmental processes are impeded by historical, structural, interpersonal, or contextual challenges.
Research track 1: Cultural identity variability, or how emerging adults manage identification with two or more cultural identities by emphasizing or de-emphasizing different identities simultaneously—such as when Southeast Asian youth identify with a ‘hip hop’ cultural identity in order to simultaneously increase acceptance by non-Asian peers while celebrating Asian and Black pride or solidarity through hip hop dance.
Research track 2: Sense of belonging in college, with a focus on incorporating a developmental lens into existing theories of belonging and centering the cultural experiences of minoritized and immigrant college students.
Research Area Keyword(s)
cultural identity