June Tran

Dr. June Tran holds the position of Lecturer in the Department of Management and Organisations within the School of Management. Her primary expertise lies in Management, Human Resource Management (HRM), skilled migrants, and graduate employability.

Dr. Tran's diverse professional background encompasses several roles. She serves as a language educator, teaching English, Mandarin, and Vietnamese, while concurrently learning additional languages, including German, Russian, Cantonese, and Japanese. Beyond her linguistic pursuits, Dr. Tran is an accomplished education researcher, having previously led a quality assurance research center in Vietnam. She further contributes as a youth activist, having founded and served as the inaugural president of the Melbourne Overseas Vietnamese Student Association (MOVSA), and holding leadership roles within the Youth Union and Student Association in Vietnam. Dr. Tran's career trajectory has evolved to focus on Management, and she presently holds the position of Lecturer in Management and International Business within the School of Management.

Dr. Tran's research interests centre around skilled migrant workplace integration, graduate employability, work-integrated learning, and cross-cultural communication. She has significantly contributed to these areas through extensive publications and has successfully led various funded research projects. Notable among these are a postdoctoral research grant funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, grants funded by the Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam (MOET), and research contracts with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). These projects aimed at enhancing graduate employability for Vietnamese higher education students, contributing to the development of education policies by supporting MOET and fostering public-private partnerships (PPP) between higher education and industry partners in Vietnam.

Dr. Tran remains committed to addressing real-world problems and contemporary challenges faced by young people and vulnerable groups, including migrants. Her present focus involves exploring strategies to expedite the transition to the workplace for skilled migrants in Australia. This aligns with her dedication to meaningful contributions to societal issues through her academic and research endeavours.