Biography

Tri C. Tran, PhD, teaches Linguistics and Vietnamese at the University of California, Irvine and Spanish at Fullerton College. He obtained his PhD and MA in Romance Linguistics and Literatures from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his BA in Spanish Linguistics from the University of California, Irvine. Tran is actively involved in community activities related to teaching, publishing and preserving Vietnamese language and culture. He also regularly contributes to several Vietnamese language newspapers as well as print- and e-magazines in the US.

Some of Tran’s selected publications include Màu Nước Trời Hè (Collection of short stories translated from English, French and Spanish, Thư Ngôn Press, 2026), Vietnamese for Beginners (Tuttle Publishing, 2026), Lối Về Của Nước (Collection of short stories and plays, Nhân Ảnh Publishing, 2023) and Trong Vườn Mắt Em (Collection of short stories translated from the Spanish, Nhân Ảnh Publishing, 2022).