Hao is a senior Social Studies student at Fulbright University Vietnam. He has demonstrated his commitment to community service through his work supporting underrepresented groups in Vietnam, including through cultural preservation activities with non-profit Ethnicity, teaching orphans STEM subjects at non-governmental organisation Kidspire, and by supporting his fellow Fulbright students as a senior peer mentor. Hao’s academic interests lie in cultural and psychological anthropology, particularly intergroup relations and biopolitics. He has been conducting fieldwork in Thao Dien, District 2, under the tutelage of Dr Tram Luong, focusing on the changing landscapes and ‘humanscapes’ that are central to urbanisation in Ho Chi Minh City. Hao is participating in the 2023-2024 Global UGRAD exchange programme funded by the United States Department of State in collaboration with World Learning.
Hao was awarded an IF Mobility Fund in 2023 to further his research as part of the Archiving COVID-19 Heritage in Ho Chi Minh City project, enabling him to present his work in Indonesia (see below). You can read more about Hao’s research as a result of the Mobility Fund HERE.
