Anh Nguyen Austen

I have a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Bryn Mawr College, a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and PhD in History from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining ACU as Associate Research Fellow in January 2020, I worked with native title land rights in Victoria, legal aid in Boston, and HIV/AIDS research in Nigeria.

My research work includes teaching workshops using game design, digital and live storytelling, and oral histories for non-profit capacity building and community-based histories about vulnerable populations and environments including bushfire rural communities, refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless populations. I work with schools and non-profits to co-create community-based, high impact, interdisciplinary projects for local and public history engagement. I volunteer as a founding member of VietSpeak, a community-based language advocacy group in Inner West Melbourne, and cook for Free to Feed, a social enterprise that supports refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.