Office Phone: (919) 684-2741
Email Address: marguerite.nguyen@duke.edu

Teaching (Spring, 2026):

• English 290s.02, Sp top in lang. & lit Synopsis

  Gray 319, MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

• English 390-6.02, Special topics in film Synopsis

  Allen 326, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

Office Hours:

Fall '25 Semester:

Thursdays 3:15-5:15 (304D)

Education:

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Nguyen, M. "Refugee Ecologies: Narratives of Water in Vietnamese Diaspora." Diaspora and Literary Studies. Cambridge University Press, 2023. 
2. Bui, LT; Nguyen, M. "Returns of War: South Vietnam and the Price of Refugee Memory. New York: New York University Press, 2018. 256 pages. $89.00 (hardcover), $30.00 (paperback), $30.00 (e-book)." Journal of Vietnamese Studies 18.1-2 (May, 2023): 203-209. [doi]
3. Nguyen, M. "Refugee Ecologies: The Elements, Flora, and Fauna in Refugee Narratives." The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives. Taylor & Francis, 2023.   [abs]
4. Nguyen, M. "Monique Truong." The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction, 2 Volumes 1980 - 2020. Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.   [abs]
5. Nguyen, M. "1.5 Generation Literature as Asian Americanist Critique." Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965-1996: Volume 3. Cambridge University Press, 2021. 64-78.  [abs]